Sunday, July 26, 2015

Run 274

Another close finish this week with Steve winning, and Nada coming back into her own to take out second place. Peter wasn't too far back from them, with Tessa, Alicia and Atsuko all in the mix.

Bec, Stephanie and Caitlin all ran the 3km course and after some adjustments for starting times were all within a second of each other.

Barbara continues to walk the 2km course with reasonably consistent times.

No one was able to beat their personal best time, but Alica and Tessa did manage to equal theirs, so they are within 15 seconds and get the extra points for that.

The Consistency Points Table is looking very close, with Atsuko and Peter within two points of each other and Jozica only 8 points back. All of these runners have already run at least ten runs this season, so their points will only count if they manage to beat one of their other runs for this season (remember only your best ten runs can count towards your season score).

Next week's run will be on SUNDAY 2 August due to the market on Saturday. We will be there for a start at 7:30am.

New runners or walkers are welcome at any stage during the season.

Each week when there are ten or more runners, a random number is drawn and whoever comes in that place on the run results wins themselves a pair of socks. This week the socks went to number 1 - Steve. Congratulations.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Run 272 and 273

Sorry for no post last week. I have been quite unwell and have not had the energy to keep the site updated.

So, for Run 272

It looks like it was an amazingly close finish with Tessa, Peter and Atsuko all finishing within 2 seconds! Must have been a great race to the end.

Kaje had his time adjusted to match his handicap and that brought him in under the magical 30 minute mark. Caitlin and Steve were also within 2 seconds of each other and Joz, Amanda and Nada weren't too far behind either.

All up there was only 1 PB and no-one else within 15 seconds of their PB:
Kaje beat his previous PB by 1 minute and 39 seconds - great running!

Socks for this week went to Tessa

Run 273

Finishers were a little more spread out this week, and there were still some notable runs. Peter ran the 4 km course for the first time in a while, and absolutely blitzed through. After adjusting his time to match his 4 km handicap he came in just under the 30 minute mark.

That left Atsuko to take out the honours for this week with a beautifully timed run, followed by Nada and Tessa and Alicia, with Caitlin not far behind them.

There was a bit of a break to the last few runners in Kaje, Joz and Jon.

With people starting to reach more than 10 runs for the season, we may see some movement at the top of the table as only your best 10 runs can count towards your consistency points in any one season.

There were 2 PBs this week and 2 people within 15 seconds of their PBs:
Peter beat his previous best at this distance by 2 minutes and 3 seconds - a great effort,
Atsuko beat her previous best by 4 seconds.

Tessa and Alicia were both within the 15 second range of their PBs.

Some great running from everyone.

No socks for this week as there were not 10 runners.

The next run is on Saturday 25 July at 7:30 am.

New runners and walkers are welcome at any stage during the season.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Run 271

This morning we welcomed two new runners to the group. Kaje came along and ran the 5km course and Emma joined us in the 3km distance. We hope that we will see you back again soon.

A few people set off at different times to their handicaps and so there were quite a few adjustments this morning, but I think I have it all sorted now.

After adjusting, Niels has ended up in first place today, with a PB, so he gains the maximum points. Caitlin's time was also adjusted, bringing her in fourth place, so well done.

Thanks to Nada for running early today and doing the timekeeping for this week. As has become the norm for a Sunday run, several people then went on to have a morning coffee at Warrandyte Cafe.

Just the one PB this week:
Niels beat his previous Personal Best by 1 minute 58 seconds - well done!

No-one else was within 15 seconds of their PB.

Next week the run is back to Saturday 11 July at 7:30am.

New runners and walkers are welcome at any stage during the season.

Socks this week go to Owen.