Club day - a chance for everybody to choose something which meets their
current state of fitness, and to enjoy the glorious Wellington
sunshine. The options were a run for the children, the walking group, the 7km
"slow" pack. the 12km "medium" pack or the 15km "fast" pack
Brendon Flanagan lead the large medium pack around the back of the zoo
at a hot pace, while Mark Bourke restrained himself to look after those
having trouble keeping up. Past the hockey stadium, a quick check on
the views from the trig point, then Derek de Lisle showed us a lovely
new track taking us out onto the Buckley Road Reserve. Temperature levels
went up and conversation levels down as the pace became a little more
serious to Lyall Bay, round the airport and back to the clubrooms.
Barry had the plunger coffee ready for the seniors, while the juniors
interrupted pool and table-tennis to see who had won the contents of the
lolly jar.
Marathon Efforts.
* The best of good luck to our finely tuned representatives
(Gordon, Peter, Dave,...) for next Saturday's Rotorua marathon. We hope your
injuries will have recovered in time for the road relay.
* A top run by Gabrielle in the Boston marathon to take second in
her age group in a huge international field.
* Bad luck to ex-Wellington harrier Jonathan Wyatt whose trip to
Europe seeking an Olympic games marathon qualifying time (a week after
taking the NZ Mountain Running title) was unsuccessful.
* And on the subject of marathon efforts, we were introduced to
Susan, a new club member who recently swam Cook Strait. By my calculation,
an battle lasting about triple the time of our marathoners!!