Run 381

It was certainly an exciting end to the season for the Warrandyte River Runners this morning. We had 16 starters for the run today, including Rob and Jodi, the original founders of this group. It was great to see them back down in Victoria and they were warmly welcomed on the run today.

New to the group this morning also were brother and sister team of Henry and Elizabeth who ran the 3 km and 2 km courses respectively. It was great to see you there today and hopefully we will continue to see you running with us.

Thanks this morning to Monica, who came down and helped by timekeeping this morning.

The results of the run will be kept secret until the announcement of the winner of the season and the presentation of the "Rob and Jodi Clark" trophy in a few weeks. All I can say is that after the handicaps were added back onto people's times this morning, there were some very close finishes.

One person was within 15 seconds of their Personal Best, but no-one ran a PB this week.

Next week the run will be on SUNDAY MORNING 3 September at 7:30 am.

The start/finish line is at the gazebo at the bottom of Stiggant's Reserve, near the lizard statue.

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

Run 379 and 380

Run 379

There were 13 starters down by the river on this cold morning, running all distances today (2, 3, 4 and 5 km). Thanks to Jozica for timing this morning.

A beautifully timed run from Renee saw her come in just one second after the 30 minute mark, earning her maximum points today, a mere two seconds ahead of Alicia, with Jacinta only just behind rounding out the top three. Louanna ran well into fourth place, just ahead of Nada and Atsuko (who are fighting it out for the top of the consistency table this season). James and Monica were in seventh and eighth places respectively and then Adrienne, Jon, Peter and Tessa. Paul walked his dogs on the 2 km track and was the only person at that distance this week.

There were two people who managed to beat their Personal Best time at their chosen distance this week:

Well done to Renee who beat her previous PB by 51 seconds, and

Louanna, who beat her PB by 27 seconds.

One other person was within 15 seconds of their PB:

Congratulations Jacinta.

Run 380

It was wet underfoot (and when running through the puddles, James) this morning, but the rain held off for 11 starters this morning. Many thanks to Monica for coming down to do the time-keeping today.

Nada was back on track, managing to be first over the line for the fourth time this season, and leapfrogging back into top position ahead of Atsuko, setting up for an exciting final run of the season next week. James was only seconds behind in second position, with Atsuko in third place today. Renee and Adrienne had a sprint finish together, but since Adrienne had started early her handicap had to be added on leaving Renee in fourth place. Jon and Dennis were also close together over the line, And Adrienne, Jacinta and Peter rounded out the field in the longer distances. Paul managed a light jog this morning over the 2 km course and Jozica went for a walk.

No-one was within 15 seconds of their PB this week, and no-one ran a personal best time.

Next week will be the last run of the season, and as has been the tradition, everyone will begin from scratch and the handicaps will be added on after the race so that we can keep the final winner of the season a surprise until it is announced in a few weeks.

The run will be on 26 August and everyone will start at 7:30 am.

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

Run 378

There were 9 starters this morning and it was great to see Renee back for another run today. Thanks to Nada for running early and then doing the timing for us this week. Lots of people needed to go early today, so we ended up having a mass start with nearly everyone starting at the same time so that handicaps were then added to the final results to come up with today's placings.

First over the line after the 30 minute mark today ended up being Atsuko in a brilliantly timed run (she and Tessa had a sprint finish, but as they ran different distances and handicaps had to be added). Atsuko's time and win gave her the maximum points for the run and has boosted her in to first position on the consistency ladder with three runs to go in this season. Second place today went to Nada, just ahead of Renee. Jacinta and Adrienne were a bit further back in the field and Jozica and Tessa managed to come in with only one second between them. Peter was back to running the 3 km distance after a few weeks of recovering and keeping the times for us, and Paul walked the 2 km course again.

There was one person who managed to obtain a Personal Best time over their chosen distance today:
Congratulations to Atsuko who beat her previous PB by 7 seconds.

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

Next week the run will be on Saturday morning 12 August at 7:30 am.

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