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February 5@theLake Race Report
The cool evenings and mornings of recent days enabled very favourable running conditions, and the number of pbs reflected this. So different from the high humidity of last month which discouraged the happiest running and when only the one pb resulted.
We had 61 starters, the best starting number for the 5@theLake; the previous best having been 59 back in October’15. We welcomed a number of first-time visitors, and 11 had their first run in the 5k.
12pbs. There were 12 pbs and all achievers are to be congratulated, with a couple for special mention.
Chandra Gurung’s best had stood at 22:48 ran in April’18; he has now ran his 3rd pb in 4 runs this series; on those 3 occasions each time he has dropped his pb by 20secs, and that now sits at 21:46. Go Chandra.
Veronica Stevens likewise ran her 3rd pb, and has lowered her times from 48:08 to 43:44, and targeting sub 43:00 next month.
Pam Kennedy ran her 2nd pb in this series, this go with a 19sec improvement, and having a positive impact on Dave, who likewise 2nd pb’d, this go by 2 secs.
Veronica and Pam were each recent recipients of the handicappers’ effort recognition awards for ‘their achieving’ across both the 3.5k and the 5k events, and have continued ‘to go it a go’. Great work ladies.
Nathan Mudie had a pb of 22:42 back in Feb’18. He has had plans to get fitter and run faster and further, ditto running in the 10k handicap. He lowered his pb into the 20s, and on Saturday powered home to cross the line 4th in 20:15, not far behind pb’ing Ben. Very well done Nate.
This event is not necessarily about the quickest. It really is about doing your best against yourself, ergo the pbs, and maybe then the others in your age categories.
There are 5 attachments to reflect the results.
The first report is straight-forward - reporting the chip time of all finishers.
By category, the quickest were:
Males: Vateesh Chand 19:23, Steve Pappas 19:47 and Ben Swinfield 19:59
Females: Jacqui Viterale 23:17, Siobhan Kelly 24:06 and Sue White 24:21
Juniors:
Under 16 – Male: Kevin Tran 24:22, Nathan Tran 25:13 and Owen Forest-Jones 30:40
Under 16 – Female: -
16-18 – Male: Nathan Mudie 20:15
16-18 – Female: Sophie Trinh 25:04, Emma Trinh 26:28
The second report reflects the calculated points and our real champs of the day, based on the international formula for gender and age against world record, and reported in ‘points’ sequence. It can be that the early finishers may not be the highest point-scorers and vice-versa.
Our Winners:
Steve Pappas 478 points (second across the line)
Sue Chenery 472 (fifteenth across the line)
Dean Turner 463.6 (sixth across the line)
Vateesh Chand 463.3 (first across the line)
The third report is a cumulative result to-date of performance point-scores.
The 5@theLake is conducted through the Westies year. The competition winner will be the one with the highest cumulative point-score from eight of the eleven events.
The point-score report now reflects tallies less the 3 worse scores.
The fourth report is a listing of the 2018-19 participants with their recent times history. You can track results across the month, including consistencies, personal bests, et alia. It can be seen that the majority of our participants this month returned better efforts than last month when conditions were less favourable.
The fifth report reflects the participants’ placings within age and gender categories.
To all our participants, thank you for being part of the event.
Thanks as always to the many helpers with the set-up and the mat put-away.
Top efforts all.
Winners of the draws:
(Please remember you must be present to receive the draw prizes, else re-drawn).
Random placing draw winners were #9 Jacqui Viterale, #25 Sue Reynolds and #54 Reg Sexton. The lucky tickets were won by Ken Mudie & Robert Storey.
Vic.