This week
How it Happened - Winter Competition Race 4 - May 2
It was all happening on the Hill this week. Keith Riley finally reached his 4000km milestone and Gary Signor notched up 5000km, one would think it a cause for a celebration, but it wasn’t to be. Keith, Gary and Graeme Lyons ( 4000km mile stone two weeks ago) all thought someone else was filling the Eski. The good news is that it was sorted for next week and perhaps the one after that.
This week, the podium was occupied exclusively by women. After five years running the short course Kate Morshead has opted for the long track with impressive placings of 6-4-1 in her last three runs. The same Kate is just 8.6km away from her 1000km milestone. Sheila Marcus put in another strong run finishing second and extending her lead in the competition to 24 points, with six more runs in the competition anything could happen. After a 11-year hiatus, Holley Rule was back for her second run on the Hill finishing 3rd. Just goes to show that a rest doesn’t hurt anyone.
Malcolm Blake was 6th and registered the fastest net time of 27m20 with James Wythes 20th, and yes Lachlan Date 24th and Aidan Fattore 33rd were there but clearly taking their time to smell the acacias. Two weeks ago, Di Keenan finished in first place. However, after her daughter's wedding last week, she may still be recovering, as she placed 35th this week. Connor Moore dropped from 5th to 22nd claiming it was due to him competing in all events at the MCC athletics carnival the day before while in John Dodd’s case 7th to 26th is just part of life’s ups and downs. When it comes to the walkers Graeme Lyons with Mark and Michele Groat set the cracking pace of 9.49min/km.
Reuben Fattore is aiming to secure consecutive victories in the short course Winter trophy event, so far, he leads by 49 points. His form to date in the 10-week competition is 2-1-6-2. This week Callum Vecchio was 1st, then came Reuban followed by Coco McIntosh fastest female 15m26s, Callum and Coco have only made one appearance so far in the competition while Nate Mingay 4th with the fastest time 12m51s has had two runs. Reuben needs to start in every race to ensure consecutive victories.
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The Feral’s meet at the water tower opposite pioneer park for a 4:30pm start. Please be there 10 minutes earlier to register. Whether it’s your own wellbeing or wanting the kids to get some outdoor exercise you are welcome as a sprinter, jogger or walker. Tracks are well marked; safety is of prime concern and there is lots of social fun after. The best part of being a Feral is enjoying the company of like-minded people.
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PLEASE BE ON TIME ENTER BEFORE 4:20 RACE STARTS 4:30
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Things to Remember each week
Runners must wear tags when participating in Feral events. Apart from the timing, it is a saftey measure. The tags serve to monitor those runners who have commenced their run and are still out on the track. It is not appropriate to turn up on the Hill on a regular basis without wearing a tag.
Zero start times
Zero handicaps are only for the slowest runners and for the walkers, so if you do not fit this description and you are given zero, please enquire with the race director. It is not usually our mistake, just that prior circumstances have dictated a zero which may need to be changed back (see below).
Also, if you have a Short course handicap (say 8min) and you want to walk, we prefer if you walk off that handicap (8min) ... you won't finish far behind, and it saves us a lot of time and possible mistakes in adjustments to and fro (see above).
We do allow Long course walkers to start off zero ... just let the race director know ... otherwise it is disq
Did Not Finish? We need to know. All non-finishers / short cutters / other issues - report to the race director
Instant Results ... we are putting the results online, at the finish line, so your loved one can know what mood you're in before you get home. (Will it be a hot bath or a cold shower? Champagne, or a beer in the dog house?) However ... be aware that these are preliminary results and will almost always change when joggers are added, deleted and edited. You may drop a few places, rise a few places, or even, heaven forbid, get disq'd. So if the fine details matter to you, drop back again later.