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Wellington Waterfront 5k, Spring Series - Race 10, Queens Wharf, 7 October 2008

Race 10 has now come and gone – with yet another rough day to start with but again we ended up with significantly better racing conditions, although still a tough northerly. We had just 47 participants with just two Lifetime PBs that I am aware of and eight SPBs.

Walkers: Michael Walton raced walked a Lifetime PB tonight – shaving nearly a whole minute off his previous best performance – and a fine blow-out as he prepares for the Masterton Half Marathon walk. His winning time was 28:27. Second man was Richard Willis with 31:21 and third went to Philip Grimmett in 31:25. Fastest woman tonight was Alison Samson who posted 31:06 with Terri Grimmett taking second place – not far behind in 31:17 and third place went to Carol Briesman – who returned for her first walk of the season to post 37:03.

Runners: Backing up from last week’s win again tonight was Hayden Shearman who recorded 16:37. Second place went to Jason Waite with a time of 17:10 and third place – making it a Scottish trifecta for the men’s section - was Vaile Mexted who ran 17:18. Fastest woman tonight was the ever-improving young Scottish junior Ariana Harper (also running a Lifetime PB and just pipping dad Jonathon as well) as she posted an excellent time of 20:03. Second place went to Letisha Tan who ran 23:39 and returnee to the waterfront 5k series Brenda Franklin took third overall in 24:37. As we were not able to gain entry to The Chicago Bar last night, a quick prize-giving was held after the race conclusion and the following are the winners of the weekly Spot prize vouchers – Barbara Tucker, Alex Wilkin, Jason Waite, Richard Brandon, Chris Leatham, Roger Tabone & Patrick Still. These will be available for all to collect at future races. Ask at Registrations.

Thanks again to tonight’s officials - Dan Powell, Bart Jones, Todd Stevens and the Scottish Junior Men of Brendon Blacklaws, Ryan Woolley and honorary junior Stefan Smith.

A REMINDER:

From now on the race times have changed as the advent of daylight saving allows us to move the start time later in the evening. Ongoing details are:

REGISTRATIONS FROM:          5:30PM onwards at The Chicago Sports Bar, Queen’s Wharf, Wellington

WALKERS/RUNNERS:              5:45PM for all walkers and anyone who feels they will run around 26 minutes or more for the 5k race. It is preferred if you start at this time to help keep the race within a manageable time space – I suggest also that it makes for better racing for those runners joining the earlier start time.

RUNNERS RACE:                      6:00PM for all runners – expecting to run 26 minutes or less

Jim Kerr
Race Series Organiser
Wellington Scottish Athletics Club

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