Sept 19 - 20
This weekend was the final race in the 5 Peaks series. The race was at Buntzen Lake and included distances of 15.5 (Enduro) 11 (Sport) and 26.5 (Half Marathon). But it’s a Half Marathon in the same way as the Knee Knacker is a Marathon. (Is there such a thing as an Ultra Half?).
Ross ran the Sport distance and came in 2nd in the Clydesdale division with a time of 1:00:26. But this time there was a weigh-in! Well not really. Being an honest competitor, Ross weighed himself that morning. A few extra beers/fries/slices of pizza this week ensured that he hit the edge of the weight range and with that claimed his rightful place - not only 2nd in the race but also 2nd Clydesdale overall in the series. His good fortune turned out to be John’s even better fortune - Ross won a GPS watch as a series prize and generously offered it up to club members on a first come first serve basis. John, who was either doing homework online or should have been doing homework online but was distracted by his email, snapped up the prize. Not bad!
Grant ran the “Half Marathon” in a time of 3:09:04. And since we know he can run a full marathon in close to that time -we’ll simply extrapolate to determine the overall difficulty of the course. I’m going with “ouch”.
Our Frosty runners were John (without GPS) 7:03 and Ed 8:54 in the 50 km and Stephen P in the 13 km - who finished with a blistering time of 40:06 to win that race. Now we all know Stephen’s fast but I’m a little suspicious of a 40 min 13 km trail run. Either the course was a touch short or, given his propensity to take the wrong turn maybe - just maybe - there was a discrepancy in the route. It’s all good though - he ran a little too far at Stormy and a little too short at Frosty. We’ll call it even ,Stephen.
(To be fair - I’m sure Stephen ran the same course as everyone else in the 13km and is entirely completely thoroughly deserving of his win.)
Well done gentlemen.
September 26th, 2009 at 11:49 am Ah, caught again - and I thought I was free of the homework police by isolating myself in my office - but the incoming e-mail was a welcome distraction from “accounting for asset retirement obligations”. Thanks again, Ross !!
October 14th, 2009 at 11:43 am Great post :) OK, I have to admit the course was probably only 9-10 km, but I’m always going to use that as my personal best for a 13km :) Cheers, Stephen