Loaded Hog 5k Early Summer Series, Race Four, 31 October 2006  

Well, we didn't quite get the 100 participants I was looking for tonight, but 77 supporters enjoyed the hugely improved conditions - light northerlies with some gusty breezes. But yesterday's downpours were well forgotten. 

First home tonight were the race walkers - Mark Woodhouse leading the race with a time of 29:40, followed closely by Mike Lane in 30:02 and third home was Ian Morton just 11 seconds back in 30:13. Quickest woman (31:29) was Sevana Minassian  - albeit starting 1 minute 30 seconds after start time. No doubt she used that as incentive to catch the field. Second fastest was Melissa Carr in 31:45 and third was Ingrid Woodhouse in 32 minutes even. Both Melissa (by 2 seconds) and Ingrid (33 seconds) walked PB's again tonight.

Fastest in the running race was newbie Gianluca Valsenti, who put a 16:33 time to go with his first time last week of 16:30. Well done, Gianluca - your number was drawn twice for a Loaded Hog spot prize but sadly you were not present to collect the spoils of your win. Second home was Brian Garmonsway in 17 minutes even and third was Tim Armstrong recording 17:05. 

Quickest woman tonight was young Alice Wilson, who took a huge chunk off last week's time to record 17:39. From my recollection, this is one of the fastest three times by a woman on our Loaded Hog 5k course this calendar year. So well done Alice! Second home was a past Wellingtonian of the Year - Bernie Portenski - with a time of 18:29 and third was Natalie Smith - recording just tick over 19 minutes in 19:02. 

Welcome back and well done to young Luke McDermott who broke the 20 minute barrier for the second time in his young life (13 years I think). No doubt many others with PBs and course records tonight. Well done to all who recorded a personal milestone. Thanks to Dan (welcome back from Hawaii), Kathryn and Bob plus the Scottish P Team crew of Glen, Api, Craig, Bruce and Ewan (turnaround). Great support of The Loaded Hog's recovery drinks tonight - I even saw some of the visiting World Golden Oldies Rugby players looking sideways with looks that said something like - "Gee, these fast athletes look like they enjoy their ales as much as we do!"  Well, perhaps not quite.

Ok, lets target the 100 participants for next week - get your mates along for a blowout before the Business House Challenge the following Wednesday. Plus it's Melbourne Cup Race Day next week so should be humming at The Loaded Hog.

Jim Kerr, Race Series Organiser

Cumulative results | Spring series | Autumn series | Loaded Hog page

Place Number  Name Time Ave k/min
Walkers        
1 311 Mark Woodhouse 29:40 5:56
2 101 Michael Lane 30:02 6:00
3 66 Ian Morton 30:13 6:03
4 333 Sevana Minassian 31:29 6:18
5 290 Melissa Carr 31:45 6:21
6 74 Simon Reynolds 31:45 6:21
7 312 Ingrid Woodhouse 32:00 6:24
8 300 Carol Brieseman 35:06 7:01
9 40 Susan Henderson 36:09 7:14
10 68 Robert Bennett 37:16 7:27
11 255 Mick Rice 37:47 7:33
12 19 Colleen Singleton 41:09 8:14
Runners        
1 313 Gianluca Valsenti 16:33 3:19
2 167 Brian Garmonsway 17:00 3:24
3 8 Tim Armstrong 17:05 3:25
4 228 Alice Wilson 17:39 3:32
5 340 James Kennedy 18:11 3:38
6 14 Paul Homan 18:11 3:38
7 341 Gregory Beauchamp 18:15 3:39
8 328 Rob McCrudden 18:17 3:39
9 30 Sam Hughes 18:20 3:40
10 332 Brett Goodall 18:21 3:40
11 302 Richard Gibson 18:27 3:41
12 334 Des Young 18:29 3:42
13 244 Bernie Portenski 18:29 3:42
14 21 Matyas James 19:00 3:48
15 324 Deano Gaskin 19:02 3:48
16 220 Natalie Smith 19:02 3:48
17 193 Fleur Walter 19:16 3:51
18 293 Carline Thomas 19:18 3:52
19 57 Neil Price 19:28 3:54
20 135 Julian Benefield 19:38 3:56
21 338 Steven Shand 19:38 3:56
22 130 Cameron McGregor 19:41 3:56
23 165 Katherine Magee 19:45 3:57
24 335 Steve Brady 19:55 3:59
25 343 Luke McDermott 19:57 3:59
26 187 Janet Crawford 19:59 4:00
27 339 John Skinnon 20:11 4:02
28 43 Grayson Mitchell 20:26 4:05
29 143 Tristan Scott 20:27 4:05
30 248 Pam Graham 20:28 4:06
31 123 Alex Harrington 20:38 4:08
32 120 Craig Fairhall 20:47 4:09
33 90 Karen Gillespie 20:48 4:10
34 331 Jason Drake 20:50 4:10
35 287 Michael Edge 21:00 4:12
36 201 Rodney Sampson 21:06 4:13
37 36 Richard Farley 21:13 4:15
38 320 Wayne McDermott 21:23 4:17
39 189 Suzanne Marfell 21:25 4:17
40 132 Jasmine Brown 21:56 4:23
41 330 Christine Coulter 22:05 4:25
42 321 Victoria Sugden 22:31 4:30
43 291 Dave Jaggard 22:39 4:32
44 336 Kyle Joseph 22:47 4:33
45 29 Paul Rodway 22:47 4:33
46 55 Katie Elkin 22:56 4:35
47 342 Sarah Wong 22:57 4:35
48 243 Karen Jenkinson 23:02 4:36
49 317 Fiona McLachlan 23:29 4:42
50 96 Abi Balasoglov 23:35 4:43
51 35 Kirstin Lambert 24:00 4:48
52 323 Lisa Doliveira 24:22 4:52
53 125 Roger Shelton 24:28 4:54
54 241 Paul Crompton 24:41 4:56
55 13 Brenda Burke 24:49 4:58
56 218 Jeanette Bourke 24:57 4:59
57 23 Peter Hanson 25:12 5:02
58 25 Kathryn King 25:28 5:06
59 59 Don Mackay 25:56 5:11
60 226 Gavin Sutherland 26:13 5:15
61 232 Margarete McGrath 29:21 5:52
62 329 Andrew Henderson 29:21 5:52
63 337 Jess Takarangi 29:27 5:53
64 77 Helen Aston 30:44 6:09

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