2007 Hotfoot Competition - Race 1

Saturday, 10 November 2007

Race one of the Joggers new year was expected to be a sedate affair, the warmer weather made that more likely, and the mood was overly calm at the start, but somewhere out on the course the dice was thrown and some sizzling times were recorded at the line.

Tarek Heiland added another to his string of high quality runs, starting last off the grid and setting the fastest time of the day with 22:48 for the 6.7 kilometres, and managed to pass the entire field except for one.

Last week it was Karen Strachan and this week Louise Strachan was the fly in his ointment who claimed the win, the only runner in the front half of the field to get any honours at the line.

The Strachans are new to the hill and have quickly found their feet, while Heiland seems to have enjoyed collecting his trophy at the annual dinner and is looking for another.

He credits his fitness to the effort required to complete the recent club event, the Virtual Triathlon, and has resolved not to let it lapse.

David Huxley at third may also be looking for another trophy to match the one he was awarded, while sometime course marker Adam Johnson at fourth is still rueing his "years worst navigation" award but is setting himself up to try again.

Also running well to make the top ten were Ben Lloyd, Tracey Josling, David Ottrey who is off this weekend to the Shepparton Half Ironman Triathlon, Teresa Burgess, Tony Del Gigante and David Alpen, several of whom showed that late home from the awards night doesn't impede a good run the next day.

Chris Gale featured way back but got a cheer on his last run with the Joggers, as did Stewart Wood who swept up the field on his first time back from the repair shop.

The short run saw Liam Burgess with a great start to his new year taking a clear win, too quick even for the timekeeper to get up to the finish line in time.

Youngster Emma Slattery and "oldie" Joe Restagno have both been on the up and up with their running and took second and third, barely ahead of the fast finishing Anthony Trefilo who set the fastest time of the day with 11:43 for the 3.3km.

The runners were coming in a line just seconds apart with Sandra Altin, Mark Gatto, Jon Condon, Rani Aitken, Kim Myott and Donovan Foscarini all close but not close enough.

The current competition runs for seven weeks, finishing just in time for Christmas pudding, with a choice of long or short course over the tracks of Scenic Hill.

With the warmer weather coming it becomes more important than ever for runners to ensure they have had sufficient water in the day leading up to the run, and to take it easier out on the course. Better to ease off and survive to run another day.

Long Results

Place	Name	Nett Time	Place Points
1	Louise STRACHAN	35.19	80
2	Tarek HEILAND	22.48	75
3	David HUXLEY	29.47	70
4	Adam JOHNSON	26.22	65
5	Ben LLOYD	28.54	60
6	Tracey JOSLING	29.26	55
7	David OTTREY	26.20	50
8	Teresa BURGESS	27.54	45
9	Tony DELGIGANTE	30.59	40
10	David ALPEN	28.50	35
11	John JOHNS	31.08	30
12	John DODD	32.43	30
13	Jane HUXLEY	34.30	30
14	Ed FRKOVIC	31.41	30
15	Adam RUDGLEY	25.42	30
16	Ben FORNER	26.51	30
17	Dom CALABRIA	42.53	30
18	Ben POTROZ	25.55	30
19	Rebecca ROSATO	41.13	30
20	Glenys GREENAWAY	32.14	30
21	David SLATTERY	32.00	30
22	Rod BORTOLIN	30.20	30
23	John KEENAN	31.36	30
24	Graeme LYONS	28.09	30
25	David HEFFER	29.31	30
26	Janet MAZZAROLO	36.24	30
27	Jed CUTTER	26.41	30
28	Ian FORREST	34.13	30
29	Lena SERGI	31.45	30
30	Sadhana TIWARI	39.37	30
31	Lorna TYRRELL	42.39	30
32	Robyn McKENZIE	45.55	30
33	Sally WHITTAKER	42.11	30
34	Wendy MINATO	36.43	30
35	Paul MUIR	30.43	30
36	Brian BELLICANTA	27.51	30
37	Chris GALE	31.22	30
38	John TYRRELL	31.22	30
39	Ron ANSON	36.04	30
40	Mark HARRIS	35.01	30
41	Arun TIWARI	46.12	30
42	Jo POLKINGHORNE	36.55	30
43	Bob BARKER	41.20	30
44	Nicole DEHNERT	36.38	30
45	Ben CHOPPING	32.47	30
46	Maria SERGI	36.40	30
47	Trent ROSATO	39.38	30
48	Terry POTROZ	41.32	30
49	Vrinda TIWARI	45.20	30
50	Stewart WOOD	40.35	30

Short Results

Place	Name	Nett Time
1	Liam BURGESS	14.58
2	Emma SLATTERY	17.36
3	Joe RESTAGNO	14.41
4	Anthony TREFILO	11.43
5	Sandra ALTIN	18.45
6	Mark GATTO	14.48
7	Jon CONDON	17.58
8	Rani AITKEN	16.58
9	Kim MYOTT	18.06
10	Donovan FOSCARINI	14.07
11	Peta LARKIN	16.13
12	Simon GREET	17.33
13	Ryan ALTIN	17.37
14	Alex FORREST	15.44
15	Joseph ROVERE	19.57
16	Katelin FLETCHER	20.03
17	Thomas FLETCHER	17.08
18	Anthony SCARFONE	16.08
19	Matthew FLETCHER	19.27
20	Nicole FORREST	18.56
21	Will LYONS	18.01
22	Ben LYONS	17.15
23	Mary RESTAGNO	21.32
24	Tracie SCARFONE	21.45
25	Natalia BORTOLIN	19.10
26	Lynnette KENNY	19.11
27	Steven HEFFER	16.31
28	Kate WOOLFE	17.35
29	Brooke SLATTERY	23.36
30	Dianna SLATTERY	28.38
31	Lisa WOOLFE	29.41
32	Michelle WOOLFE	29.42
33	Samantha POTROZ	30.45
34	Christine POTROZ	30.51
35	Suellen FLETCHER	30.54
36	Tony FLETCHER	30.55
37	Isabelle WOOD	26.44
38	Brooke MYOTT	26.47
39	Sophie SLATTERY	27.04
40	Johanna BOTMAN	33.07