Club News

As you may be aware a team of Olympic members headed over to Rarotonga to compete in the week of running held from 28 September to 5 October.

The first event on the calendar was a 5k warm up and meet and greet themed "go Tropo" at least 2 of us wore Tropical shirts and all of us got very sweaty. Next was the round Raro race itself (this was our big one) 31k right round the island, thankfully run in the cooler morning (5.30am start). I was happy to run 4th overall and take home a medal (work of art) for 1st man 40-49, Juan McDonald took second man 40-49 at 6th overall. A few of us did struggle with that event though, I shall let everyone tell you there own stories when they return. Donna and Matt did the 10k event on the same day (7.30am start).

Monday was the local "Hash House Harriers" (Hussies and Hoffspring) birthday run which was an experience, we all ran in pareu (sarongs - see the photo).

Tuesday was the big event for the Rarotongans who all (400 of them anyway) joined in for the Round the Rock Relay. This was quite a colourful event with various interpretations of the rules and strategies in evidence. We managed to convince two Scottish Harriers, Della and Matyas to wear the black singlets (they looked very fine too!) as the 31k had taken it's toll on a number of us. Barry, who had been itching for a run, also chipped in a leg after Liam dropped a scooter on himself (I'll let him tell you that one too!). The upshot of all that was that we were, I think, the only team to follow the rules so we took out 4th overall and the 1st 10 person team trophy (a magnificent Tangaroa - you need to see him!)


After all that we still had the Nutters Run to do (yes you guessed it - bush bashing over the island). Juan and I after planning to stick with the locals in the bush and then stick it to them on the road on the other side, came unstuck when we lost them in the bush and instead of taking their short cut actually followed the course and subsequently lost 5 minutes going the long way. we even got passed by another local and ended up 4th and 5th. The replies to "how was that?" for this one ranged from "that was awefull" to "great fun, lets go back the other way".

All in all a great trip and and some eventful experiences.

Round Rarotonga Road Race

PLACE NAME TIME GRADE NO CTRY 1 G MOORE 2:04:50 OM 44 NZ 2 M JAMES 2:11:48 OM 7 NZ 3 A MCINTYRE 2:14:37 50-59 M 4 NZ 4 C SPEAKMAN 2:17:55 40-49 M 12 NZ 5 R NEURGER 2:21:02 40-49 M 14 CK 6 J MCDONALD 2:24:32 40-49 M 34 NZ 7 R VOMUND 2:25:18 OPENW 48 USA 8 S LYDIARD 2:25:26 4049 M 3 NZ 9 G STODDARRT 2:30:12 40-49 M 53 CK 10 L RUTTERSMITH 2:30:55 40-49 M 25 NZ 11 P HOUGHTON 2:31:56 OM 10 CK 12 F RICHARD 2:39:58 OW 123 CK 13 K HENDERSON 2:43:55 50-59 M 15 CK 14 N BENNETT 2:44:23 60-69 M 31 NZ 15 A TREGONNING 2:44:36 4049 M 27 AUS 16 A SIM 2:45:39 50-59 M 58 NZ 17 C HUTSON 2:53:24 OM 29 CK 18 J HOULT 2:55:39 50-59 M 57 NZ 19 D LOBB 2:58:41 60-69 M 54 CK 20 G PRIEST 2:58:41 4049 M 46 UK 21 J STAIRMAND 3:00:30 35-44W 22 NZ 22 C SCHLECKER 3:04:15 OW 21 CAN 23 M VALAIR 3:05:18 OW 1 CAN 24 W REYNOLDS 3:09:37 50-59 M 65 NZ 25 W PERKINSON 3:10:02 OM 18 NZ 26 T FULFORD 3:10:02 35-44 W 17 NZ 27 S BAKER 3:11:08 OW 63 CK 28 N ROBERTSON 3:11:10 50-59 M 20 CAN 29 L ROBERTSON 3:11:10 45-54W 19 CAN 30 L SIM 3:14:24 45-54 W 59 NZ 31 K BAILEY 3:15:24 35-44 W 2 NZ 32 J FRATER 3:17:55 OW 9 NZ 33 B KOTHE 3:18:10 OM 24 CAN 34 J DUNN 3:26:05 50-59 M 62 NZ 35 G GUNTER 3:27:11 45-54 W 32 USA 36 B PROSSER 3:27:26 45-54 W 8 NZ 37 D FOLSTER 3:31:16 40-49 M 42 CAN 38 D LAIRD 3:31:56 OW 30 NZ 39 C NASEY 3:37:16 55+ W 56 NZ 40 L BRONK 3:45:14 55+ W 43 USA 41 S BEEBY 3:47:46 45-54 W 13 NZ 42 M COVERDALE 3:47:46 OM 16 NZ 43 C BLYTH 4:00:34 45-54 W 40 NZ 44 I BLYTH 4:00:34 50-59 M 41 NZ 45 M KOTHE 4:03:59 70+ M 23 CAN 46 S KENNARD 4:04:08 ????W 61 NZ 47 A SALICIDO 4:07:18 4049 M 52 USA 48 L TRAINOR 4:07:18 35-44 W 51 USA 49 G SMITH 4:13:37 70+ M 45 NZ 50 R DUN 4:14:04 55+ W 60 NZ 51 S SHULTES 4:14:45 35-44 W 50 USA 52 P JACKSON 4:19:38 55+ W 37 NZ 53 J CALCOTT 4:29:32 40-49 M 39 NZ 54 G ROBERTSON 4:29:32 45-54 W 38 NZ 55 N WRIGHT 4:32:58 40-49 M 47 CK 56 J GUNTER 4:43:48 40-49 M 33 USA 57 S NELSON 5:26:21 OPENW 35 USA 58 J COLLING 5:26:21 OM 36 USA 59 E MARTIN 5:51:31 55+ W 6 USA 60 T MARTIN 5:51:31 60-69 M 5 USA

10k

PLACE NAME TIME GRADE NO CTRY 1 G TUTTLE 37:55 M 49 USA 2 A WILSON 40:44 M 104 NZ 3 R TRUSSLER 45:30 M 120 UK 4 J SCOTT 47:48 W 105 CK 5 B KIWARA 51:34 M 28 NZ 6 M FRATER 52:11 M 11 NZ 7 N BURDEN 52:11 W 103 CK 8 J GEORGE 52:J2 W 117 CK 9 J HOFFMAN 52:47 W 108 NZ 10 R FRASER 54:29 M 118 NZ 11 L DONOLAN 57:39 M 100 USA 12 L TOWNSEND 1:02:22 W 115 CK 13 T NEWPORT 1:06:10 W 121 CK 14 D MCDONALD 1:09:31 W 110 NZ 15 G TOWNSEND 1:11:27 W 122 CK 16 B WILLIAMS 1:12:49 M 116 NZ 17 L COTEKA 1:17:24 W 125 CK 18 K COTEKA 1:17:24 W 124 CK 19 L KIWARA 1.22:40 W 109 NZ 20 J HUNIA 1:22:43 W 113 NZ 21 A EDHOUSE 1:24:38 W 112 NZ 22 T HILL 1:29:23 W 114 CK 23 A ROGERS 1:35:11 W 106 NZ 24 A FULCHER 1:35:11 W 107 NZ 25 M YOUNG 1:47:10 W 119 CK 26 S PARSONS 1:47:10 W 124 CK 27 L MARTIN 1:48:59 W 125 CK