Saturday, May 28, 2016

Run 316

It was great to see James back for his second run on this cold morning. It was a very chilly start, but we soon warmed up as ten starters completed the 3, 4 and 5 km courses.

It was a very close finish today with 5 runners finishing within a minute. The first over the line was Jozica who blitzed the 5 km course today. She was followed, not too far behind, by James (and Atsuko on the same finishing time after starting early to fit in kids sports) with Nada and Paul close behind.

Jacinta was next over the line after completing the 4 km course, followed by Jon and Steve with Tessa and Peter bringing up the rear. Great work, Peter, on your first "run" back, and thanks for doing the timing for us again this morning.

There were three personal best times this morning:
Jozica beat her previous 5 km best time by 25 seconds,
James beat last week's time by 24 seconds and
Atsuko beat her previous best 3 km time by 21 seconds.

Congratulations to you all.

No-one else was within 15 seconds of their personal best.

Next week the run will be on SUNDAY at 7:30 am.

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

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Run 315

There were nine starters for the run in the chill of the morning today and we thank Peter for coming along to be time-keeper for us in the cold. We welcomed first-timer James who ran the 5 km course this morning. Several people had to go early, and so there was quite a bit of handicap adjusting before the winners could be determined.

Jozica ended up finishing first this morning, just taking out the honours ahead of Atsuko. James ran into third position with Nada and Steve close behind him. Paul ran the 4 km course and came in 6th ahead of Jon. Lisa and Jacinta took it easy over the 3 km course this morning.

There was only one person who achieved their personal best for the distance run this morning:
well done to Atsuko who took 11 seconds off her previous best time over 3 km.

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

Our next run will be on Saturday 28 May at 7:30 am.

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


Saturday, May 14, 2016

Run 314

It was a lovely morning for a run along the Yarra with 9 starters for this morning's event.

Jozica didn't make it - maybe after too much celebrating for her birthday yesterday (Happy Birthday Joz).

Jon and Paul took off at their 5 km handicap time but only ran the 3km distance this morning, so their handicaps were adjusted accordingly. After adjustment, Jon managed to record a break coming in before the 30 minute mark and being the "first" over the line. Jacinta was the official winner this morning, being the first person after the 30 minute mark. She was only seconds ahead of Atsuko, who overtook Nada coming in to the finish line - a very close finish all around.

Steve's time managed to beat Tessa by just 1 second, and Alicia and Paul were the final runners over the line after adjustments.

Pete was back for a 2 km walk this morning and did the timing for us - thanks very much for that.

There was one Personal Best time recorded this morning:
Jon took 2 minutes off his previous 3 km best time.

No-one else was within 15 seconds of their personal best.

We presented the trophies, medals and prizes for Season 19. Congratulations to our winners and runners-up.

In the kids section, the winner was Tessa with 35 points from 12 runs, and second place was Alicia with 27 points from 6 runs.

In the open section, the winner was Nada with 115 points from 15 runs with 5 wins for the season, and the runner up was Steve with 80 points from 12 runs with 2 wins during the season.

Remember only your best 10 runs can count towards your season points.

New runners and/or walkers are welcome at any time during the season.

Our next run is on next Saturday 21 May at 7:30 am.

All runs are starting at the winter time of 7:30 am now - both Saturday and Sunday.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Run 313

With only five runners this morning there was a big opportunity to gain points in the first run of the new season.

Jozica was out fast and ran well to come in well under the 30 minute mark this week and so broke. The first over the line after 30 minutes was Tessa running the 3km course. Nada and Jacinta were quite close together and Paul switched from the 5km course to walking the 3km course when his knee started to give him pain so he ended up in the last position this week.

Even with her more than 30 second break, Jozica was still not within 15 seconds of her PB.

No-one else beat their personal best or was within 15 seconds of their PB.

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

The next run will be on Saturday 14 May at 7:30 am.


Thursday, May 5, 2016

Run 312

I wasn't sure if I should stick with the tradition of not updating the results after the last run of the season, but have figured that it doesn't make any difference this time, so here goes:

We had nine runners starting this morning and we all began together as has been the case for the last run of each season. After adjustments were made for the handicaps we should have run off, Jacinta managed to come in under the 30 minute mark, while Alicia was the first to finish after 30 minutes. Paul managed to come in second by only 1 second and Atsuko was only 16 seconds behind him.

Nada was a very close 4th and Steve, Jon, Peter and Tessa rounded out the field today.

Well run everyone over the last season. Our scores all begin anew next week.

There was one Personal Best time recorded this week:
Jacinta beat her previous 3km best time by

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

Next week the run will be on SUNDAY 8 May at 7:30am.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL RUNS (BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) WILL BE AT 7:30am DURING THE WINTER SEASON.