Run 227

It was a much better morning for a run with a large turnout for the end of the season.

It was good to see Niels back and testing out a different distance. We also saw Ollie, Lewis, Miles, Owen and Steven G all out for the mass start.

The mass start events are always an interesting one to determine whether I have started to fast or maybe not fast enough.

The dash to the first turn around and back was taken out by Lewis (sorry no additional points) and closely followed by Jon. Owen was the first over the line before handicaps were adjusted and he was followed by Paul.

I think the warm weather of Qld does Doug very well as after a stint in the beautiful north he has come back with a nice win. This is the second time so I am not sure whether he is secretly training or the rest and relaxation is the key. After all the adjustments, both Caitlin and Owen broke and Atsuko and Paul were so close to Doug it would have been interesting to see the actual finish if it was a handicap start.

PBs

Paul K - 4 seconds

Owen - 14 seconds

Atsuko was within 15 seconds

Next run Sunday 7th September 2014 at 7:30am.

Rob

Socks to Niels.

Run 223 to 226

It has been a while since I have updated the blog.

It has not meant that we have stopped in anyway and in fact for a cold winters day this week we had a great turn out.

I would like to welcome Niels who came to run with is for the first time on one of the colder mornings. If you can run in those conditions it will only get easier so we hope to see you there more often.

On my last post I asked if anyone could catch Nada. This put the challenge out there and Paul after returning from injury has done a stellar effort winning 3 of the last 4 events with 2 of those as PBs. This weeks run being 9 seconds faster than last weeks new PB of 6 seconds. Definitely back on the road to recovery.

Whilst he has returned from injury this has meant shorter distances which means overall points are impacted. Curious about the impact of the rules I looked at removing all the rules and viewed the points. In this instance there would only be 2 points in it.

Nada to her credit has continued to be consistent in her runs with a number of 2nd and 3rd placings. Great effort. I also need to mention Atsuko and Jozica who are also taking out a number of points with top placings each week.

The days are getting longer and warmer so there should be no excuses for getting out for a graceful glide by the river.

Next weekend is the last run for the season and will be a mass start. We hope to see you there.

Next run is Saturday 30th August 2014 at 7:30am.

Rob