Results
A chilly spring evening typical of this time of the year
greeted the very large field for the opening race.
Daryl thinks there were over 180 finishers
which is fantastic. There were lots of
new faces as well as many of the regulars, all out to stay fit and
healthy.
No sign of Will Critchlow or
John Hines for that matter the latter giving just returned from competing in
the World Masters Games held in the heat of Spain.
So no Will C, but we did have Dan Jones though fresh from
his overseas racing in multisport events with several wins under his belt. Dan was just looking for a tempo run tonight ahead
of this weekend’s National Road Relay Champs (NRR) in Christchurch (Takahe to
Akaroa)
As member of the formidable Scottish Men’s
A’s team he will be out to see if the team can hold onto the championship title
it won last year. And without making it sound too dramatic I expect the
competition between NZ’s top clubs to be ferocious and intense.
Also lining up next to Dan was Liam Back the cheerful lanky
high school age grade champion in both cross country and track and field.
A student at Wanganui Collegiate Liam is in Wellington because of the school holidays and was under strict orders from his coach to
do a time trial tonight which would fit well with Dan’s 5km tempo pace strategy.
So it is no surprise that Liam cruised home first in the
men’s grade in 15.37 with Dan Jones holding onto an easy 2nd place
clocking 15.45. Third home was Lucas Duross
in 15.58.
Mr D along with many others in the field will also be heading down to
Christchurch this weekend for the NRR which is as much a social event as a sporting one.
Getting the first 3 fastest across the line in less than 16
minutes puts this race way up there in terms of performance when compared to
the times achieved at the Park Runs held weekly throughout the country.
The first home in the women’s grade was Lesa Davidson in
20.10 and a massive PB to boot.
Last
seen on the waterfront in 2014 and second was Brooke Thomas in 20.17; so not to
far back at all behind Lesa.
Third was Christina Totina in 21.02.
The question
is who out of these women will be the first to get below 19 minutes this waterfront
5km season?
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| Behind Bede is the long line of registrants |
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| Marshall Clark models the special edition Scottish 2018 Akaroa Road Relay T-Shirt |
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| A busy rego desk |
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| It probably means something, I'm just not sure what. |
