Never heard of him! Surely this time was some sort of mistake? A fellow M45 Queenslander running in my backyard running sub 16Mins!!
So I googled him and saw the previous weekend he'd finished 2nd in a road 5KM in the low 16's , also saw an entry about a Toowoomba Cycle Race! Maybe hes come over from the Tri! ?
Then I saw he'd finished second as a Junior (in 1979) in the Australian CC Champs!!!! So there we have it, startling news!! a serious contender in the M45 ranks in my own backyard - absolutely fantastic news! Of course I don't know what he's been doing in the interim years but to front run a 5000m in 15m51 (probably lapped the field) means this guy is very good. I sat there feeling the kind of stomach butterflies you get before a race! This man will provide me with immense motivation and I really cant wait to race him and meet him find out his story (might be similar to me - ran well as a Junior gave up the sport and came back as a Master?) Anyone who knows any details please post a comment.
Good performances from Marcia Sheer M50 Queensland Record and also Shawn Claydon and Peter Reeves. Also fantastic to see two legends of Masters track Alan Bradford and Col Mcleod battling it out together in the M70's.
Here are the results;
RESULTS QMA MONDAY 23 MARCH, 2009 QSAC MAIN STADIUM
LADIES
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5000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP
W35 1 Claire Bellenger 22.00.93
W50 1 Marcia Sheer 19.00.95 QR
W60 1 Irene Davey 25.54.06
MEN
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5000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP
M35 1 Brendan Whelan 18.04.80
M40 1 Shawn Claydon 17.15.20
2 John Treschman 17.56.20
M45 1 Brett Winter 15.51.54
2 John Crook 20.00.39
3 Johan Wiesner 21.12.16
M55 1 Peter Reeves 17.45.69
2 Paul Circosta 27.14.93
M60 1 John Sheer 19.30.20
2 Erkki Ryhanen 21.15.17
3 Barry McGaffin 24.56.73
M65 1 Tom Donnet 22.22.36
M70 1 Colin McLeod 20.37.18
2 Alan Bradford 20.58.96
M75 1 Julius Keller 27.11.26
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