Saturday, August 29, 2015

Run 279

No update to the Consistency Table or Results Table today to keep a few things secret until the big announcement of this Season's winners.

I will say that even though it was a mass start this morning with everyone leaving at the same time, there were a lot of people running hard today.

Three people ran a distance they hadn't run before, and six others picked up personal best times! The other four of us were not within 15 seconds of our PBs, though.

It was quite a cold morning but the rain held off, and it was great to see a bit of competition happening even if the times were going to be adjusted. Tessa refuses to be beaten by Peter, and Alicia was just flying today.

Next week Season 18 kicks off with the run on Sunday morning at 7:30 am. We know it is Fathers' Day, but come along if you can.

New runners or walkers are welcome at any stage through the season.

Socks this week go to Catherine.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Run 277 and 278

Sorry I missed getting the blog updated last week, but here is a summary of the last two runs:

Welcome to three new runners for this week. Lisa, Sam and Jasmine. Lisa and Jasmine ran the 3km course and Sam took on the 5km.

There were lots of adjustments to times as people didn't all run off their handicap times, but overall it was a win to Stewart, followed fairly closely by Atsuko. After time adjustments for their first runs, the new runners came in next, with Steve and Jozica just after the 31 minute mark.

Nada continues to run well and was next, followed by Jacinta and Jon, with Tessa and Alicia bringing up the rear.

There was only one person with a personal best this week:
Stewart by 1 seconds - good running to earn the maximum 20 points for this week.

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

Socks for this week went to Sam



For the next run (278):

Thanks Monica for doing the timing for this weekend.

Alicia took off and flew through the 3km course, coming in well under the magical 30 minute mark and therefore missing out on those maximum points. That left Atsuko to take out the first position for the day, coming in at 30 minutes exactly! Well timed, Atsuko. Jozica was also running well and was only a few seconds behind her.

Catherine continues to improve her times, and came in third place in front of Steve.

It was a very exciting sprint finish between Peter and Tessa, and the time-keeper was unable to separate them in the end.

Dennis, Nada, Paul and Jon rounded out the field for the day.

There were three PBs set today:
Alicia beat her previous best by an amazing 2 minutes 36,
Atsuko beat hers by 12 seconds, and
Catherine by 53 seconds.

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

The next run will be on 29 August and is the final run for the current season and will therefore be a MASS START. Please make sure you are at the starting point by 7:30 am as we will all be starting together.

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

Socks for run 278 go to Paul :)

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Run 276

The rain held off just enough for us to have a good run along the river. Thanks to Monica for coming along to do the timing this morning.

We welcomed a new runner to the group in Catherine who ran the 5 km course today. We hope to see you running with us again soon.

There were a few alterations to starting times again this week as we had some runners starting a little bit later than their handicap times. With adjustments, the results are:

Cam came in first, but was under the 30 minute mark, so didn't get the maximum points. Alicia and Tessa ran the 4 km course together and managed to be the first across the line after the 30 minute mark. Excellent running, girls!

Atsuko continues to run well, coming in in third place, just ahead of Steph and Bec and then Nada. New runner, Catherine, was next just ahead of Jozica. Peter and Jon rounded out the main field and Paul ran the 2 km course.

Overall, there were 6 PBs this week:
Cam came in 1 minute 30 seconds ahead of his PB,
Stephanie and Bec were 27 seconds under their PB,
Alicia and Tessa beat their previous best by 24 seconds, and
Paul beat his 2 km PB by just over a minute.

Good running everyone!

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

Our next run is on Saturday August 15 at 7:30 am.

Don't forget that you can like us on Facebook, too: https://www.facebook.com/WarrandyteRiverRunners

Socks this week went to Jacinta.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Run 275

It was a lovely morning for a run, with no rain around and the temperature reasonably mild.

A couple of runners took off to run one distance but ended up running shorter distances for several reasons: Steph and Bec are preparing for a half marathon in 11 weeks time, and Caitlin was not feeling too good after 2 kms.

With the adjustments to times that this required, it meant that Steph and Bec managed to slide into first place, just overtaking Nada's time. Jacinta ran extremely well, but came in just under that magical 30 minute mark and so missed out on maximum points.

 Monica was only ten seconds back from Nada and, along with Jozica and Dennis, made it in in under 31 minutes. Cam ran 3 km after having only walked this distance before, so his time was well under the 30 minute mark.

Steve and Tessa rounded out the remaining runners in the main field, while Caitlin and Paul ran the 2 km distance.

All up there were 5 PBs and 1 within 15 seconds so lots of people running well:

PBs went to:
Cam: by
Jacinta: by
Stephanie and Bec: by
and Paul: by

and Monica was within 15 seconds of her PB.

Remember that only the top 10 runs can count towards your consistency points for the season.

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

Next run will be on Saturday August 8 at 7:30am.

Socks this week go to Dennis.