Results
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| Jaime Robinson today's 27.30 pacer |
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| Amanda Broughton looking fab in red |
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| Post 2km and looking fresh for the Pelorus Trust 5km |
Well it was a fine day but where was everybody?
There were
no walkers apart from Ray Marten and no Will Critchlow.
I can only presume that
people are resting up in advance or other events or were scared away by the prospect
of seeing Daryl wearing his Santa hat.
Well as it turned out Daryl wore his red
beret so the Santa hat will have to wait until "that time".
Plenty of red was being worn in
keeping with the Run in Red theme for the Save the Children charity run that was
embedded in the 5km. Those red Scottish Akaroa Relay T-Shirts came in handy
after all.
On the racing side Amanda Broughton cleaned up with a
decisive 18.41 in the women's grade to notch up her first win since 2016.
Back further in second was Kristen Dovey who
clocked 20.23 for her first outing in this race.
Young Hannah Molloy from Upper Hutt picked up
third place with 21.10 which is not too far off her PB of 21.10 set a year ago.
I presume that Hannah is related to Finn?
There was a dead heat in the men’s race with Kristian Day
and Ben Twyman doing the course in 15.37.
The official time gave Kristian the split-second
win but I am not so sure about that Daryl.
Ben’s time was pretty much equal to his PB for
the waterfront while Kristian’s time is his best for the two times he has started.
Within spitting distance behind these two was sub-2.30-marathoner
Mark Moore who ran 15.44. This time is a PB for Mark by a goodly margin and it is
going to be interesting to see what he can do over the next year or so.
Women
18.41 Amanda
Broughton
20.23 Kristin
Dovey
21.10 Hannah
Molloy
Men
15.37 Kristian Day
15.37 Ben Twyman
15.44 Mark Moore
A handful of children did the 2km charity run
option and it would seem a couple of them are entered for the 5km at this Sunday’s Pelorus Trust races in Petone. It’s going to rain kids.
Observations
Spotted having a good time at the St Johns Bar was triathlete
Cameron Goldsmid. He promised me twice in the space of ninety minutes that he
would come along to 5km next week’s 5km. He had better because if he doesn’t I
know where he lives.
Mrs Jones was on the rego counter and did some pacing. She did the usual complaining to about how
awful my photos of her were. I get this all the time but she also told me that she had been replaced by a piece of cardboard. I have no idea what
that means but what an outrage. Why would anybody think that a piece of cardboard could replace Mrs J? What have you been doing Daryl?
