Results
Dom Post Report (includes the first 3 male and female finishers in each event)
A rare weather day in Wellington just perfect for racing, running, fishing or just doing anything.
Lots of people hit the road for the 3 events that make up the Round the Bays. The media have reported the numbers as around 14,300 which is a lot but when you consider that the New York marathon has around 51,000 finishers, well then.
First to start were the half-marathoners, followed by the 10k runners and last the 6.5k run for fun people. The event has changed significantly from when it first started when the only event was a 7k run for fun starting near the railway station (as I recall).
I understand from Jo Murray that Athletics Wellington had a table at Kilbirnie Park to promote athletics but more specifically to tell parents about what is on offer for kids. I believe that Scottish and WHAC were also doing some recruiting which makes perfect sense. I wonder if they will try and repeat this at Westpac Stadium in June as part of Armstrong Marathon and Half-Marathon?
Half-Marathon Photos
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| Chris Sanson from PN the Half Marathon winner. He has some impressive marathon times |
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| Rowan Hooper - a DNF - was he pacing? No it was a potential injury that forced him out |
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| Stephen Day checking to see if he is on 66 min pace. Scott Russell to his right with Dan Clendon representing WHAC |
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| Scottish trio of Miles Jones, Paul Barwick and Ben Twyman (back in racing mode) |
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| Grant McLean |
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| Bert Prendergast |
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| Alex Jones with Metallica in his ears |
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| Betty Harp |
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| Is this a banana person? |
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| Interesting colour combo |
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| TV3 Journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts |
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| Somebody is having a barbecue |
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| No wind |
10k Photos
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| Lucas Duros from Napier winner of the 10k race |
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| Daniel Hunt |
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| Nick Horspool back racing. He won last year's Cigna Half in a smart 68 minutes |
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| Matt Maloney from Dunedin's Caversham club. |
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| Katie Kemp, finished 6th overall. Don't try and beat her because you could lose |
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| Sarah Gardner |
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| Nicole Mitchell |
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| Off-road specialist Naim Macdonald a pink pacer on 40min. His finish line time was 39.54. Niam ran a 3k steeplechase in the afternoon at Newtown Park |
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| John Hines |
6.5k Run for Fun Photos
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| The leading bunch |
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| The fastest 3 - Tim Hodge (Scottish) race winner, Joshua Mcalary (USA) (in red), Ryan Mcalister (WHAC) |
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| The moment Ryan M realises he has left the keys in the car. |
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| What is he doing? |
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| Driving a scooter through the field is not cool |
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| WHAC Juniors showing off on their Sunday training run. Not cool |
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| On a windy day this could well have been resistance training |
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| Lots of Achillies people out. Good to see |
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| Iron Maiden fan. |
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| The end |
