Saturday, August 24, 2019

Run 483

It was great to have 11 starters again in the run this week, and great to see Hayden back for another run with the group. Thanks again to Jacinta for still coming along to do the time keeping duties each week at the moment.

It seems it was a quick morning today, with the first four people in before 30:11. In the 2 km distance, Paul was the only competitor. In the longer, handicapped distances, Jon was first over the line today but came in just before the 30 minute mark and was classified as breaking. That left the win once again for Randall who continues to run well. Kieran was in second only one second ahead of Atsuko. Hayden managed fourth place this week and Nada managed fifth. Tony, Steve, Cormick and Adrienne were the last ones over the line.

There were four personal best times recorded today:
Kieran took another 15 seconds off his PB,
Atsuko managed to run 19 seconds faster than her previous best,
Hayden was 26 seconds faster than last week, and
Randall took another 27 seconds off his best 5 km time.

One other person was within 15 seconds of their PB:
Well run Paul.

In the consistency results for the season, it is one of the closest results we have seen for a few seasons, with three people who could win after next week's run - Randall, Kieran and Monica. As next week is the final run of the season, it will be a mass start with everyone taking off at 7:30 am so please be sure to get down nice and early.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 31 August at 7:30 am.

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

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Run 482

There were 11 starters in the run along the banks of the Yarra today. We welcomed Hayden to the group running 6 km and hope to see him down with the group again soon. Thanks to Jacinta who continues to do the time-keeping while she is injured.

As we are heading towards the end of the season, please remember that only your best ten runs can count towards your consistency table points.

In the 2 km distance, it was fabulous to see Louanna back for a visit from the States and still come down to run, and Mark walked the distance today. In the longer sections, once the handicaps were added in Jozica managed to be fist over the line, but was well under the 30 minute mark and was classed as a breaker today. That left the win open for Randall who was just two seconds ahead of Nada. Tony and Hayden both took on new distances and were therefore given handicaps to bring them in at 31:00. Kaje took out fifth place ahead of Jon and Rachel, and Paul was last over the line this morning.

There were two personal best times recorded today:
Randall took another 3 seconds off his PB and
Jozica took a full minute off her previous 3 km best.

Mark was the only other person to be within 15 seconds of their PB.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 23 August at 7:30 am.

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

Friday, August 16, 2019

Run 481


The rain held off for the weekly run along the banks of the Yarra River today and there were 8 starters running 3, 4, 5 or 6 km. Thanks very much to Jacinta for coming down to do the time keeping duties while she is injured.

After the handicaps were added back in for those who started from scratch this week, it was Monica who came in first place in a beautifully timed run. She was less than ten seconds ahead of Randall, who was only just ahead of Nada. Kaje ran strongly into third place today and Jozica took out fifth. Cormick, Paul and Adrienne were the last runners over the line.

There were two personal best times recorded today:
Monica took 13 seconds off her previous 5 km best time, and
Randall took another 1 seconds off his PB for the 6 km distance.

One other person was within 15 seconds of their PB:
Well run, Kaje.

Next week the run will be on Saturday 17 August at 7:30 am.

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

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Run 480

It was a great morning for a run along the river and there were 7 starters this week, so almost everyone was in for a chance to get some points. Thanks to Jacinta for coming down and doing the time-keeping duties again this week.

No-one was out on the 2 km distance this morning. In the longer distances Atsuko was the first over the line, but she had gone out too quickly and came in before the 30 minute mark and was recorded as breaking today. That left the win open to Cormick who ran a beautifully timed 6 km today. Randall came in second place with Nada hot on his heels and Jozica just behind them. Kieran was in fifth place and Paul limped over the line in last spot this week.

There were four PB times recorded today:

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

Next week the run will be on Saturday 10 August at 7:30 am.

New runners ans/or walkers are welcome at any time during the season.