Melbourne Marathon was kind to us again. What a great event to close out the winter running season.
After perfect conditions the last seven years, we were met with 50km/h winds, trees collapsing and birds falling out of the sky. There is nothing more pure and satisfying than ignoring the watch and going head to head with your opponents—and mother nature.
We couldn’t be more impressed with the attitude the crew displayed on race day. As well as the bloody-minded determination from all of our runners, we had runners manage to scalp opponents they never dreamt of beating, and we came away with a heap of pbs, great debuts, three age category wins, 3rd place female and an Australian marathon champion.
We could write a report about every runner, as they all raced hard and smart—bloody brilliant!
Marathon
Tom Do Canto 2:20.52 – 1st Australian Champion (debut)
Victoria Beck 2:46.02 – 3rd and silver medallist member of team QLD
Neil Pearson 2:37.25 – 1st 40-44yrs
Anne Boyd 5:08.57 – 1st 70-74yrs
Gemma Jenkins 2:54.50 – member of team NSW (debut)
John Binfield 2:39.49
Ross Lambert 2:45.19 (pb)
Alex Rogers 2:49.49
Darren Jordan 2:52.29
Damien Simpson 2:51.53 (debut)
Anthony Biggs 2:59.58 (pb)
Anne Moss 3:16.27 (debut)
Joe Vella 3:16.43 (pb)
Lea Paneras 3:34.24 (pb)
1/2 marathon
Tom Highnam 74:00 1st 40-44yrs
Peter Craig 86:27
Sophie Brown 86:32
Joanna Dent 91:11
Tsumi Smith 97:20
Rachel Craig 1:56.32
Jill Hennessy 2:04.46
Antoinette Baron 2:32.37
Courtesy Daniel Acocks & Lana Do Canto … and who knows.
