Wednesday 24 August 2005

Urambi Hills Race Report

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 with
Y O Y did I ever run at Urambi Hills? I have only ever run that race once before, but it was on the old course, and even though I swore I was never going to run it again, I changed my mind because the course had been made "easier".

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Some of the kms I "ran" in over 6 minutes. The uphills are too steep. The downhills are too steep. There is no flat.

What didn't help was having a rotten sore throat, but still, that doesn't explain everything. And the trouble with handicaps, or any seeded run for that matter, is you just cannot decide to "jog along" with your mates once you have started.

HOWEVER others in Team Moore did well - Col Farlow got a rare backmarker's medal in the long course, and Gary "Griffin" Bowen got a medal in the short course, AGAIN, with Katie getting fourth place for the third time. (One to go, Kt?).

Results 7.0K
9 Colin Farlow M40 28:51 (bronze medal)
13 David Webster M50 30:18
18 Charmaine Knobel W50 36:44
27 Margaret McSpadden W55 41:51
30 John Kennedy M55 31:45
32 Geoff Barker M60 38:41
39 Christopher Lang M50 38:32
45 Alan Duus M55 37:48
65 Peter McDonald M50 39:26
67 Carolyne Kramar W40 40:17
68 Peter Hogan M55 37:58
69 Cory Collins W65 50:30
77 Jill Brown W55 46:37
78 Graeme Small M60 43:58
79 Roy Jones M60 45:25
83 Ewen Thompson M45 43:57
84 Geoff Moore M55 41:03

3.5K
3 Gary Bowen M45 15:12 (bronze medal)
4 Katie Forestier W35 15:51
6 Sarah Pau W30 18:15
27 Kerry Boden W45 22:32
31 Neil Boden M50 19:45