JAMES Coleman was delighted to see his fruitful season rumble on as he made another addition to his medal collection at the British Age Group Duathlon Championships.

The 29-year-old, from Westwood, took home a silver medal in the 25-29 age group, racking up the fifth-fastest time overall as he crossed the line in 1:54:02 at Emberton Country Park, near Milton Keynes, on October 11.

Coleman became a world age group champion at the 2013 Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, Canada and followed that up with a bronze medal in Pontrevedra, Spain, in this year’s competition in June.

And the Wiltshire athlete, who works in London for market research agency OnePoll, who also sponsored his World Championship forays, was surprised with his success earlier this month, due to the injuries that hampered his preparations.

“I’ve been struggling with a tight left side – I think my body has been giving up on me,” said Coleman.

“It means that my whole body has been out of kilter, so I hadn’t been training as hard as I could have been.

“I had to get up ready to race at 4am after celebrating my girlfriend’s birthday the night before. It wasn’t the best preparation but my 10k time (33:42) was a PB for me.

“I had one of the fastest split times on the bike and I think it could have been the fastest if I hadn’t had to stop to adjust my cycle computer.

“I’m really happy with the medal. I’ve had a few injury problems this season, so I’ve not raced as much as I wanted to, but I’ve still kept on getting really good results.

“I had my medal in Pontevedra and I was third in the London Duathlon in September too.”

Local bragging rights are next on Coleman’s agenda as he looks to notch up a third successive victory at the Castle Combe Chilly Duathlon.

The Westwood man took the gold medal in his age group at last year’s event but is expecting to have an almighty task on his hands on November 23.

He said: “It’s probably going to be my toughest race of the year, especially when you look at some of the people that are racing this year.

“I don’t think anybody had won in twice in a row and it’s definitely not been done three times.”