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| Where is Seamus? |
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| Lindsay missed the podium ceremony because the sound system announcement could not be heard over at the yellow tent. |
Results
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Dom Post Story (mostly about fruit and vegetables) also apparently a half marathon is only 20km - "The run ranged from a 6.5-kilometre fun run/walk, to10km, to a 20km half-marathon."
Half Marathon (Men)
(1) 67.35 Dan Jones
(2) 69.54 Seamus Kane
(3) 71.19 Bert Prendergast
Half Marathon (Women)
(1) 80.01 Sarah Drought
(2) 84.14 Debbie Donald
(3) 84.17 Mel Stevens
10km (Men)
(1) 32.11 Nathan Tse
(2) 32.48 Thomas Strawbridge
(3) 33.15 Ben Twyman
10km (Women)
(1) 39.05 Ayesha Shafi
(2) 40.14 Ava Sutherland
(3) 40.51 Amanda Broughton
6.5km (Men)
(1) 20.06 Isaac Murphy
(2) 20.07 Will Anthony
(3) 20.35 Hiro Tanimoto
6.5km (Women)
(1) 24.50 Lindsay Barwick
(2) 25.17 Poppy Rae
(3) 26.27 Ritchel Parce
They should have been her by now, so where were they
Chan? The half marathoners should have
been coming into sight based on my calculations for a 68-69 min finish time. But
the road was clear right up to the wind wand. Maybe there was a delay with the start
or something (there was a lot of Police activity in the Miramar area before the
start).
No time to speculate because the
lone figure of Dan Jones slowly came into view accompanied by the pace cycle.
Then it was Seamus Kane and Bert Prendergast, with Kristian Day tucked in behind
Bert. There was a small wave of Scottish singlets behind the leaders and you can see who they are from the photos and the results.
Jonesy smashed the race
record with his 67.35 which is impressive on a course which in my view cannot
be considered super fast. He is clearly in good shape which augers well for his
planned training stint in Kenya followed by a crack at the Hanover Marathon.
And what about Seamus; he pulled off a sub 70 (69.54)
which will be a PB. And Mr Prendergast,
the other half of the Bert and Ben show may also produced a new personal best
with his 71.19. Kristian Day faded
though to finish in 4th place in a time of 72.07. No worries though s there will always be
another race.
In the women’s race I saw Sarah Drought come through pulling
through a big bunch of runners. She finished 15th overall which is a
great result.
I only picked out Mel Stevens in the crowd from her Scottish top.
By this time the road was packed with humanity and I was watching for people in
yellow and blue not to mention bananas and strawberries.
By the time the first 10km racers appeared the whole of the
seaside lane of Cobham Drive was still packed with tail-enders (and it was
a long tail).
So sensibly Nathan Tse used the airport side of the road to avoid getting held up in the crush. He looked like he was going for the doctor with Thomas Strawbridge (last year’s winner) trying to chase him down with Ben Twyman back in 3rd spot. This is how they finished as well, 1, 2 and 3 with Thomas setting a PB with his 32.48.
So sensibly Nathan Tse used the airport side of the road to avoid getting held up in the crush. He looked like he was going for the doctor with Thomas Strawbridge (last year’s winner) trying to chase him down with Ben Twyman back in 3rd spot. This is how they finished as well, 1, 2 and 3 with Thomas setting a PB with his 32.48.
I recognised Ayesha Shafi the first
woman even though she was not wearing club uniform (and thus easily missed) and
how could anyone miss the delightfully smiling Amanda Broughton who ended up 3rd.
I missed the 6.5km but based on the times the difference
between Isaac Murphy and Will Anthony (1st and 2nd) was
only 1 second. Will is used to those exceedingly tight finishes with his several
clashes against club mate Toby Gualter, who is now at Eastern Michigan Uni.
Overall it would not surprise me if there were a truck load
of PB’s generated in the day’s races, even though the wind (which was rising)
would have been annoying in places.
Back at the park the fruit and vegetables gathered and over at the yellow Scottish tent there were plenty of people interested in what the club had to offer. The coup de bribe was Sharon Wray’s apricot bliss balls.
WHAC had a similar promotional set up on the other side of the park (with a massage table as the lure) and honestly I don’t know why all the clubs can’t do a joint effort under the umbrella of Athletics Wellington. After all getting people joined up to a club is good for the whole sport because it means more people for Andrew Wharton to be wary of.
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| Dan Jones leaves an empty road in his wake. |
All evidence of people running now posted
