Run 435

The mornings are starting to warm up and we managed to get the run in before the rain started on Saturday. We welcomed Genevieve to the group this week and hope to see her back again soon. Thanks to Jacinta for doing the timing this week.

In the shorter (2 km) distance, there were four runners/walkers, with Henry the first runner back followed any Genevieve, Jacinta and Mark. In the longer, handicapped, runs the first over the line today was Niels but he again ran too quickly coming in before the 30 minute mark and breaking. That left the win open for Matthew, closely followed by Alicia and Paul. Catherine ran into fourth position ahead of Daniel and Nada in sixth. Atsuko was next over the line this week. Robert, Tessa, Jozica and Monica were the last to finish today.

There were four personal best times recorded today:
Niels took an amazing 1 minute and 56 seconds off his previous PB,
Matthew continues to improve, taking another 53 seconds off his best time,
Alicia, in her first run back after a break, took another 5 seconds off her previous best, and
Henry sprinted out in the 2 km distance taking 48 seconds off his best time.

One person was within 15 seconds of their PB:
well walked this week to Mark.

After the run we had the presentation for last season. In the junior section the winner was Matthew (98 points from 14 runs) with the runner up being Daniel (37 points from 15 runs).

In the open section, Atsuko took out the season with 125 points from 15 runs while Matthew came second with 98 points from 14 runs.

Only one person managed all 17 runs for the season - congratulations to Jacinta.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 22 September at 7:30 am.

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