wednesday 22 august 2012

Fabulous afternoon for a run - a few PBs today.

Here are the results:

2 km:  Bianca Martini - 9.36 (PB by 6 seconds), Libby Doughty - 10.07, Wade McDonald - 10.34, Aidan Jay - 12.28 (PB by 6 seconds)

3.5 km:  Callen Rechardt - 16.37, Tracy Hogg - 19.55 (PB), Mike Kennedy - 20.01, Gab Smith - 20.35, Nick Hogg - 20.58, Karyn Starmer - 21.57, Catherine Jeffery - 22.22, Robyn Kennedy - 26.04, David McGann - 26.43.

5 km:  Dan Lloyd - Jones - 20.37, Gary Ashton - 21.38 (PB by 19 seconds), Adrian Connor - 22.38, Dave Connaughton - 23.17, Liza Martini - 23.27, Geoff Wells - 25.21, Paige Connaughton - 25.35 (PB by 57 seconds), Kim Pidcock - 26.02, Ross Haywood - 26.26, Deb Connaughton - 27.41, Chelsea Rehardt - 39.14.

wednesday 15th august 2012

Today's results:

2 km run:  Abbey McDonald - 10.15, Wade McDonald - 12.08, Zed Clare - 12.19, Aidan Jay - 12.34, Foxx McGeachy - 12.39, Kendall McGeachy - 12.39, Ziggy Clare - 13.16, Summer McGeachy - 13.24.

3.5 km run:  Gab Smith - 20.08, Mike Kennedy - 20.13, Tracy Hogg - 20.30, Sue Lindsay - 21.55, Lee Loutitt - 21.55, Catherine Jeffrey - 22.21 (PB by 22 seconds), Robyn Kennedy - 26.33, David McCann - 26.50.

5 km run:  Dan Lloyd - Jones - 20.31 (PB by 12 seconds), Simon Fearn - 23.20, Dave Connaughton - 23.56, Taryn Carver - 26.15, Ross Haywood - 26.21, Kim Pidcock - 26.40, Paige Connaughton - 27.13, Deb Connaughton - 27.49, Chelsea Rehardt - 39.37.

City to Surf 2012

This year, the Connaughton family took part in their first C2Surf.  Here is their race report:

After way too many years of saying that one day we will enter and run in the City to Surf finally 2012 became the one that we actually ran. The morning was cloudy with a Sw wind blowing as we went to catch the bus into the city and was a light rain falling. However the rain cleared and the weather was forgotten as we lined up with the thousand of other starters. The atmosphere is truly amazing and as we edged our way slowly to the starting line there was an amazing array of jumpers, scarves and beanies been flung in the air as the competitors in front nearing the start line began to strip off some layers. Once we finally began was non stop entertainment along the way with bands playing on the footpath, hilarious costumes running past, Dave in particular battled it out with some very large Gatorade bottles that kept passing him (and true to Dave's competitive nature eventually overtook them).

We all finished in one piece and the first thing we all said when we met up at the finish line was that we will definitely be coming back for 2013.

Dave, Josh, Paige and Deb Connaughton

new course record

Congratulations to Matt Johnsen - who achieved a new course record this afternoon for the 5 km run.  A PB of 16.04 is the new course record.

wednesday 8/8/2012 - new course record

Here are today's results - quite a few PBs again this week:

2 km run:  Wade McDonald - 9.44 (PB), Abbey McDonald - 9.45, Karen Gilmour -14.32 (PB).

3.5 km run:  Catherine Jeffery - 22.43 (PB), Peter Harris - 22.52, Roger Britten - 25.44, Richard Fisher - 27.22, David McCann - 27.26.

5 km run:  Matt Johnsen - 16.04 (PB), Simon Fearn - 22.43 (PB), Dave Connaughton - 23.18, Taryn Carver - 26.21, Paige Connaughton - 26.40, Deb Connaughton - 27.31, Ross Hayward - 28.39.

100 club

I was checking Mike's records (and thank you Mike for compiling these each week) and there are quite a few people who are almost up to their 100th run!

They are:

• Jill Brown - 84 runs
• Paige Connaughton - 81 runs
• Ross Hayward - 91 runs
• Nev Madden - 87 runs
• Liza Martini - 89 runs
• Kim Pidcock - 88 runs

windy wednesday

That icy cold wind certainly picked up by the afternoon run.  Here are today's results:

Wednesday 1st August, 2012.

2 km:  Bianca Martini - 25.54, Karen Gilmour (welcome) - 25.54 and Kie Nakano (welcome - visitor from Japan!) - 25.54.

3.5km:  Catherine Jeffery - 23.24.

5 km:  Dan Lloyd - Jones - 21.23, Gary Ashton - 21.57, Dave Connaughton - 23.07, Simon Fearn - 22.57, Liza Martini - 23.52, Taryn Carver - 24.34,Geoff Wells - 24.42,  Ross Hayward - 26.06, Paige Connaughton - 27.30, Deb Connaughton - 28.38.

Thank you to Deb for timing today.