Those down south always reckon they get the best of our British weather but today's shown that isn't always the case. I image some of you are even feeling a little red cheeked from the glorious sun which shone down in the Upper Derwent Valley today. So, those who made the trip from the south coast, I hope you'll be back to see us again soon.
The reason for such epic journeys to today's race was, of course, that it incorporated the http://vhealthportal.com Police Sport UK duathlon championships and it was an honour to be your host for the day.
But it was about more than just that. It was about everyone - competitors, helpers, spectators - enjoying what for many of us is on our doorstep and putting in a satisfying performance. Congratulations go to all our overall and category winners and to the many who knocked a chunk off their previous times. I know there were quite a few.
Interestingly, and for the first time, we didn't have a roughly even split of first run choices. The balance weighed in favour of doing the fell run first. Are we getting closer to solving the Mystery of the Derwent Duathlon? Who knows.
Lady winner Bethan Gay approaching T1.
Winner Matthew Hallam. 
PSUK winner Rich Martin.
Special thanks must go to all those who helped out: friends, family and the police cadets from Glossop. Jonathan Lee from Wheels On Fire too for his mechanical help in the bike department. Also to the first aiders who actually had something to do this year when a dog singled out Chris Hallas for a bit of entertainment. Mind you, if you read back to the 2014 report you'll find that he features in that too for riding most of the bike route with no saddle. Some mothers do have 'em, Chris. If you're wondering who he is, he's the guy who features on the label of your bottle of Intrepid Brewery Duathlete Blonde Ale which, by the way, I hope you enjoy.
And watch this space next year to see Chris' 2017 antics.
Kirsty Shannon with her prize. Something to dance around at the disco.
And all that effort for this...... 
Worth every bead of sweat, I'm sure you'll agree.
Thanks to Rebecca and Ben at the Intrepid Brewing Company down the road at Brough for the special edition brew.
Here are the results. Thanks for coming.
| Enter T1 | Exit T2 | Finish | PSUK | |||||||
| 1 | Matthew Hallam | M | 18:40 f | 01:09:10 | 01:32:36 | |||||
| 2 | Eugene Grant | M | 40 | 20:09 f | 01:10:37 | 01:35:19 | ||||
| 3 | Rich Martin | M | 40 | 19:14 f | 01:10:46 | 01:35:30 | Devon & Cornwall | |||
| 4 | Rob Baldock | M | 20:59 f | 01:10:37 | 01:35:49 | |||||
| 5 | William Griffiths | M | 20:22 f | 01:11:21 | 01:35:25 | |||||
| 6 | Ben Cartwright | M | 19:19 f | 01:14:00 | 01:37:58 | |||||
| 7 | Jason Chubb | M | 40 | 25:20 r | 01:16:56 | 01:37:59 | Devon & Cornwall | |||
| 8 | Matt Gibbons | M | 21:10 f | 01:12:54 | 01:38:32 | West Mercia | ||||
| 9 | Liam Walker | M | 19:58 f | 01:14:43 | 01:38:52 | |||||
| 10 | Samuel Hughes | M | 19:11 f | 01:13:26 | 01:39:01 | |||||
| 11 | Stuart LeClere | M | 24:33 r | 01:19:09 | 01:39:33 | West Mercia | ||||
| 12 | Andy Day | M | 40 | 20:42 f | 01:14:28 | 01:40:14 | West Midlands | |||
| 13 | Rob Johnson | M | 24:26 r | 01:19:38 | 01:41:13 | |||||
| 14 | Tom Willner-Reid | M | 19:50 f | 01:15:20 | 01:41:37 | |||||
| 15 | David Ryder | M | 40 | 25:55 r | 01:21:24 | 01:41:52 | ||||
| 16 | Greg McNally | M | 40 | 26:38 r | 01:20:57 | 01:42:22 | ||||
| 17 | John O'Dwyer | M | 21:39 f | 01:17:32 | 01:43:40 | |||||
| 18 | Owain Llewellyn | M | 01:22:30 | 01:44:04 | North Wales | |||||
| 19 | Matthew Oldham | M | 24:24 r | 01:24:29 | 01:44:32 | GMP | ||||
| 20 | Matthew Latham | M | 20:40 f | 01:19:45 | 01:44:52 | |||||
| 21 | Michael Beech | M | u20 | 23:58 f | 01:17:52 | 01:45:38 | ||||
| 22 | Pat Kinch | M | 50 | 24:40 f | 01:17:24 | 01:45:54 | ||||
| 23 | David Schofield | M | 40 | 27:50 r | 01:23:14 | 01:46:08 | South Yorkshire | |||
| 24 | Richard Sample | M | 23:21 f | 01:18:07 | 01:46:13 | GMP | ||||
| 25 | Maximilian Bloomfield | M | 21:51 f | 01:21:24 | 01:46:20 | |||||
| 26 | John Levick | M | 50 | 23:20 f | 01:18:09 | 01:46:45 | West Yorkshire | |||
| 27 | Jacob Pope | M | 21:20 f | 01:20:15 | 01:46:46 | |||||
| 28 | Daniel Stephenson | M | 40 | 27:38 r | 01:23:28 | 01:46:59 | ||||
| 29 | Pete Orme | M | 50 | 24:03 f | 01:20:33 | 01:47:25 | Derbyshire | |||
| 30 | Stefan Winstanley | M | 26:20 r | 01:24:02 | 01:47:26 | Devon & Cornwall | ||||
| 31 | David Addenbrooke | M | 21:56 f | 01:21:34 | 01:48:15 | |||||
| 32 | Callan Moffat | M | 40 | 23:13 f | 01:21:06 | 01:48:18 | ||||
| 33 | Richard Harbon | M | 50 | 22:58 f | 01:21:15 | 01:48:38 | Hertfordshire | |||
| 34 | Gavin Newhouse | M | 22:23 f | 01:21:40 | 01:49:08 | |||||
| 35 | Carl McMullen | M | 26:26 r | 01:26:55 | 01:49:41 | |||||
| 36 | Ronnie Neilson | M | 23:30 f | 01:21 | 01:49:45 | |||||
| 37 | Lee Keefe | M | 24:57 f | 01:20:48 | 01:49:50 | GMP | ||||
| 38 | Paul Slaymaker | M | 26:22 f | 01:26:13 | 01:49:49 | West Mercia | ||||
| 39 | Bethan Gay | F | 22:54 f | 01:23:23 | 01:49:55 | |||||
| 40 | Jon Batt | M | 50 | 22:22 f | 01:20:40 | 01:50:08 | ||||
| 41 | Dave Peart | M | 40 | 25:20 f | 01:24:39 | 01:51:46 | ||||
| 42 | Stuart Dinwoodie | M | 50 | f | 01:24:04 | 01:51:54 | Wiltshire | |||
| 43 | Phil Slingsby | M | 28:10 r | 01:27:45 | 01:51:56 | GMP | ||||
| 44 | Kevin Elliott | M | 40 | 24:00 f | 01:24:06 | 01:51:56 | GMP | |||
| 45 | Rachel Brown | F | 22:24 f | 01:24:50 | 01:52:05 | |||||
| 46 | Kevin Handley | M | 23:17 f | 01:23:14 | 01:52:11 | GMP | ||||
| 47 | David Jacobs | M | 40 | 25:35 f | 01:22:37 | 01:53:28 | ||||
| 48 | Joshua Carlisle | M | 23:10 f | 01:27:00 | 01:53:35 | |||||
| 49 | Christine Howard | F | 40 | 24:18 f | 01:24:30 | 01:53:44 | Derbyshire | |||
| 50 | Stuart Smith | M | 25:12 f | 01:24:32 | 01:54:19 | |||||
| 51 | Nick Lees | M | 40 | 26:42 f | 01:24:27 | 01:54:45 | GMP | |||
| 52 | Rebecca Lineker | F | 25:28 f | 01:22:30 | 01:54:50 | |||||
| 53 | David Thornsby-Smith | M | 50 | 24:05 f | 01:24:01 | 01:55:06 | ||||
| 54 | Anthony Marchant | M | 40 | 26:30 f | 01:22:38 | 01:55:08 | ||||
| 55 | Kevin Ball | M | 50 | 26:11 f | 01:24:10 | 01:55:20 | ||||
| 56 | Steve White | M | 50 | 29:10 r | 01:30:00 | 01:55:28 | ||||
| 57 | Neil Stenton | M | 50 | 24:50 f | 01:25:50 | 01:55:30 | ||||
| 58 | Arran Sayle | M | 40 | 23:52 f | 01:26:34 | 01:55:50 | Lancashire | |||
| 59 | Jay Dale | M | 23:50 f | 01:25:12 | 01:55:56 | Staffordshire | ||||
| 60 | Neil Angus | M | 40 | 24:54 f | 01:28:20 | 01:56:12 | ||||
| 61 | Liz Batt | F | 50 | 23:35 f | 01:24:08 | 01:56:30 | ||||
| 62 | Alexander Craig-Thompson | M | 23:45 f | 01:26:58 | 01:57:25 | |||||
| 63 | Kirsty Shannon | F | 40 | 29:53 r | 01:31:49 | 01:57:32 | Hampshire | |||
| 64 | Chris Hallas | M | 50 | 24:47 f | 01:28:35 | 01:57:47 | ||||
| 65 | Nick Harrison | M | 25:59 f | 01:26:49 | 01:57:56 | |||||
| 66 | Paddy Shambrook | M | 23:59 f | 01:28:25 | 01:58:06 | Derbyshire | ||||
| 67 | Antony Lester | M | 28:50 r | 01:33:24 | 01:58:39 | |||||
| 68 | Nick Clayton | M | 26:10 f | 01:24:48 | 01:59:00 | |||||
| 69 | Laurance Dolman | M | 31:43 r | 01:31:24 | 01:59:49 | |||||
| 70 | John Ashforth | M | 23:18 f | 01:29:59 | 01:59:59 | |||||
| 71 | Enya Tabram | F | 25:47 f | 01:27:58 | 02:00:25 | |||||
| 72 | Christine McMullen | F | 40 | 26:13 f | 01:30:12 | 02:00:37 | GMP | |||
| 73 | Bryan Lawton | M | 50 | 24:44 f | 01:31:10 | 02:00:44 | GMP | |||
| 74 | Sarah Martin-Smith | F | 26:40 f | 01:28:17 | 02:00:51 | |||||
| 75 | Daniel Waterfield | M | 29:30 f | 01:26:28 | 02:00:57 | |||||
| 76 | Alastair Wills | M | 31:55 r | 01:33:23 | 02:01:44 | |||||
| 77 | Steve Gregory | M | 40 | 28:12 f | 01:25:33 | 02:02:03 | ||||
| 78 | Benedict Kay | M | 40 | 31:57 r | 01:37:10 | 02:03:56 | ||||
| 79 | Roderick Smart | M | 40 | 29:56 r | 01:37:22 | 02:04:14 | Leicestershire | |||
| 80 | Tim Nixon | M | 50 | 32:34 r | 01:37:20 | 02:04:49 | ||||
| 81 | Sarah Walker | F | 28:06 f | 01:33:25 | 02:05:14 | |||||
| 82 | Kevin Wood | M | 50 | 30:38 r | 01:36:47 | 02:05:20 | ||||
| 83 | Lee Murden | M | 40 | 27:26 f | 01:31:32 | 02:05:20 | ||||
| 84 | Claire Weston | F | 31:41 f | 01:32:37 | 02:06:09 | |||||
| 85 | Rod Hockin | M | 50 | 32:51 r | 01:36:52 | 02:06:22 | Leicestershire | |||
| 86 | Robert Quinn | M | 32:52 r | 01:36:57 | 02:07:35 | |||||
| 87 | Damian Reed | M | 31:02 r | 01:36:44 | 02:08:07 | GMP | ||||
| 88 | Richard Pegg | M | 50 | 26:25 f | 01:39:00 | 02:08:51 | ||||
| 89 | Berin Jones | M | 40 | 25:48 f | 01:36:24 | 02:08:52 | ||||
| 90 | Nicolle Croft | F | 28:24 f | 01:36:40 | 02:09:25 | Lancashire | ||||
| 91 | Laura Belfield | F | 29:30 f | 01:37:39 | 02:09:44 | |||||
| 92 | Ian Tyers | M | 50 | 33:59 r | 01:36:33 | 02:10:58 | Devon & Cornwall | |||
| 93 | Gareth Steward | M | 31:50 r | 01:38:38 | 02:11:25 | Thames Valley | ||||
| 94 | Katrina Kemp | F | 50 | 31:59 r | 01:41:57 | 02:11:32 | Leicestershire | |||
| 95 | Mark Mulryan | M | 40 | 27:42 f | 01:36:40 | 02:12:15 | Lancashire | |||
| 96 | Joanne Howett | F | 40 | 27:03 f | 01:40:36 | 02:12:29 | ||||
| 97 | Jo Baker | F | 60 | 34:23 r | 01:43:53 | 02:14:46 | ||||
| 98 | Cheryl Hughes | F | 40 | 26:12 f | 02:15:22 | GMP | ||||
| 99 | Ian Ellis | M | 50 | 36:11 r | 01:44:50 | 02:16:23 | ||||
| 100 | Kevin Clark | M | 40 | 26:44 f | 01:44:07 | 02:16:25 | North Wales | |||
| 101 | Rob Moffat | M | 40 | 30:59 f | 01:40:10 | 02:05:20 | ||||
| 102 | Wendy Spencer | F | 28:30 f | 01:48:40 | 02:20:09 | |||||
| 103 | Dave Pearson | M | 33:03 r | 01:45:42 | 02:20:30 | |||||
| 104 | James Williams | M | 31:44 f | 01:43:32 | 02:21:21 | |||||
| 105 | Ben Coombs | M | 31:30 f | 01:43:19 | 02:22:26 | GMP | ||||
| 106 | Kristian Kavanagh | M | 33:52 f | 01:46:57 | 02:22:39 | |||||
| 107 | Rebecca Burrell | F | 28:30 f | 01:50:40 | 02:24:16 | |||||
| 108 | Emma Dickinson | F | 32:33 f | 01:48:48 | 02:26:10 | |||||
| 109 | Hannah Beresford | F | 36:29 r | 01:54:56 | 02:26:48 | |||||
| 110 | Steve Broadbent | M | 50 | 33:44 f | 01:47:10 | 02:27:41 | Lancashire | |||
| 111 | Paul Bratby | M | 50 | 38:09 r | 01:54:40 | 02:28:18 | ||||
| 112 | Steven Plumb | M | 50 | 33:59 r | 01:50:02 | 02:28:32 | Leicestershire | |||
| 113 | Cameron Black | M | 36:59 r | 01:54:03 | 02:28:42 | |||||
| 114 | Sophie Pitt | F | 36:58 f | 01:57:10 | 02:29:35 | |||||
| 115 | Gemma Smith | F | 33:44 f | 01:48:50 | 02:29:56 | |||||
| 116 | Nina Close | F | 32:46 f | 01:48:29 | 02:30:18 | |||||
| 117 | Steph Pitt | F | u20 | 37:02 f | 02:03:30 | 02:34:35 | ||||
| 118 | Mark Porter | M | 50 | 31:46 f | 01:53:43 | 02:37:32 | Lancashire | |||
| 119 | Megan Dosdale | F | 37:23 r | 02:03:30 | 02:41:37 | |||||
| 120 | Suzie Parker | F | 37:22 r | 02:03:30 | 02:41:37 | |||||
| 121 | Tracy Pollington | F | 42:09 f | 02:08:45 | 02:56:46 | Essex | ||||
| 122 | Greig Avery | M | 42:02 f | 02:08:45 | 02:56:46 | Essex | ||||
| 123 | Catherine White | F | 50 | 34:31 f | 02:08:50 | 02:57:53 | ||||
| Elizabeth Forbes | F | 34:40 f | DNF | |||||||