Run 357 and 358

A slight hiccough with the database meant that I was not able to update the blog site last week, but here are the last two weeks' results.

Run 357

There were 11 finishers running and walking all of the distances (2km, 3km, 4km and 5km) today.

In the shortest distance, Amelia was first over the line followed by Caitlyn (who did some walking of the dogs as well as running) and Paul and Margaret walked the dogs along the river.

In the longer distances, Louanna blitzed the 3km course, being the first over the line, but came in just under the 30 minute mark and so was considered a breaker today. That left the win for the day to Peter, who came in just ahead of Nada's time. Jozica and Jacinta had a very close finish, and Jon and Tessa rounded out the field in the "main event".

One person managed to beat their previous Personal Best time over their chosen distance:
Well done Louanna for beating your previous PB by 42 seconds

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

Run 358

Thee were people everywhere this morning, with 16 finishers over all of the distances. Atsuko was certainly kept busy with the timing of today's run with lots of people finishing within seconds of each other.

In this big field, Ben, Ed and Paul ran the 2km course, with Ben winning over this distance convincingly.

In the handicapped event, Louanna again continues to run very well, timing her run this week to come in just after the 30 minute mark and taking out the win today, but only 3 seconds ahead of Nada, with Helen and Angela another 10 seconds behind. Jon was next over the line, ahead of Tessa who nudged out Jozica for bonus points which only go to the top 6 places. Peter was only 9 seconds back from them, and Jacinta just behind. Amelia and Steve were next finishers and Adrienne and Harrison rounded out the field over the longer distances.

There were two personal best records broken today:
Louanna continues to improve each week, beating last weeks PB by another 18 seconds, and
Helen beat her previous PB by 5 seconds.

Three people were within 15 seconds of their PB:
well done to Nada, Angela and Paul

Next week the run will be on THURSDAY EVENING at 6:30 pm due to the Warrandyte Festival occurring over the weekend.

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

Run 356

It was a very warm evening that saw eight starters in this week's run along the Yarra. We welcomed Ben for his first run with the group today and hope to see him running with us on some weekends as well. Thanks to Nada for doing the timing this week.

There were three runners this week of the shorter 2 km course and Ben was way out in front, coming in ahead of Ed and Harrison. In the longer distances, Monica was first over the line after the 30 minute mark followed quite closely by Atsuko. Nada took out third place and Amelia and Jacinta were the final runners over the line.

There were no personal best times recorded this week and no-one was within 15 seconds of their PB.

The points table is looking very close this season, with Nada nudging ahead by 2 points at the moment and Jacinta and Atsuko very close behind. As people begin to run more than ten runs in the season, don't forget that only the top ten runs for that season will count towards your total.

Next week the run will be on Saturday morning, 11 March,  at 7:00 am.

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