Runs 289 and 290

Run 289

12 people showed up to run this morning, including new runner, Adrienne, who ran a 5km distance, Ed who stepped up to the 3km distance, and Barbara and Chantelle who walked the 2km. Stewart also ran the 2km course.

I was first over the line this week, closely followed by Peter N (I could almost feel him breathing down my neck). Nada managed to just beat Caitlin over the line for third place. Peter continues to run the 4km course and beat home Jon and Tessa this week.

There was one Personal best recorded this week:
well done to Peter N who beat his previous time by 33 seconds.

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

Run 290

It felt a bit cold to begin with, but we all warmed up pretty quickly this morning. 11 runners showed up to take on the 2, 3, 4 and 5km courses.

Ed was the only runner in the 2km distance, and continues to run very well. Nada ran 3km, her first run at this distance for a while. After a bit of adjustment for handicaps, Jacinta was the first over the line after the 30 minute mark, so has won the event this week. Three runners went out very quickly and have broken by coming in before 30 minutes: Catherine, Atsuko and Jozica (who missed out on the win by 1 second).

Adrienne continues to run well and beat her time from last week. Tessa and Steve came in fairly close together, with Paul and Alicia at the back of the field.

There were three Personal Best times recorded this week:

Catherine beat her previous best by 1 minute 30 seconds - fabulous work!

Atsuko ran 34 seconds faster than her previous best, and

Adrienne was 30 seconds faster than last week.

Two people, Jozica and Ed, were within 15 seconds of their previous best times.

Well done to all runners.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 21 November at 7:00 am.

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

END-OF-YEAR FUNCTION

We would like to have our end-of-year get together this year after the first run in December (Sunday 6 December). We thought that after the run we could go to the Warrandyte Cafe in Yarra Street for breakfast.

I would like to let the cafe know how many might be attending, so could you please send me an email to let me know if you can go: wrrunners@gmail.com

Cheers

Paul