Run 608

It was still very muggy when a group of six runners gathered to run this week. Thanks to Atsuko for coming along and doing the time-keeping duties this week.

Atsuko took on the 3 km distance after starting everyone on their runs, and managed to be the quickest runner once her handicap had been included into her run time. Tony managed second place ahead of Monica. Jon and Paul were only seconds apart in fourth and fifth places and Jozica was the last runner over the line.

Nobody managed to run a personal best time and no-one was within 15 seconds of their PB.

Next week our run would normally be on Sunday, but that is the date for Run Warrandyte, so we will be moving our run to Thursday evening. We will meet at our usual place at 7:30 pm on Thursday 2 March to begin (hopefully there will be enough light at the end of the run at 8:00).

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

Run 607

The hot weather had calmed down a bit but it was still very muggy for the run song the banks of the Yarra River in Warrandyte this week. Five starters took on the course running 2, 3 and 5 km distances. Thanks to Nada for running early and doing the time-keeping duties this week.

Only Paul took on the 2 km, unhandicapped distance. In the longer distances Atsuko managed to be the first person over the line after the 30 minute mark. She was followed by Nada in second place this week. Harrison took out fourth place and Jozica was the last runner over the line.

Nobody managed a personal best time or was within 15 seconds of their PB.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 25 February beginning at 7:00 am. We will be running through the set up for the Pottery Festival but this does not normally affect our run.

The following week will be the weekend for Run Warrandyte. Since the fun run occurs on Sunday when we would normally run, we usually move our run to the Thursday evening before (2 March) so watch out for the start time for that run.

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

Run 606

 Hi all,

It's been a couple of weeks since I managed to get a post up for the River Runners, but here are the details of the latest run. I have updated the blog site with the results of previous runs under the Weekly Runs link.

There were six starters in the run completing 4, 5 and 6km distances. First over the line this week was Monica followed closely by Atsuko. Tony managed to take out third place ahead of Jozica. Nada and Harrison were the last runners to finish.

Nobody managed to run a personal best time and no-one was within 15 seconds of their PB.

The next run will be on Saturday 18 Feb (tomorrow) at 7:00 am.

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

We celebrated the fact that River Runners has had over 600 starts with a BBQ and our presentation of awards for Season 39. The kids trophy was taken home by Harrison, while the overall competition was won by Atsuko with 109 points from 13 runs (only the top ten runs count towards your total). This included 6 wins during the season. In second place was Jon with 73 points from 9 runs which included two wins.

Congratulations to everyone who ran with us during Season 39.