Monnas wallops me!!

Fri 5.00pm 6km Roo 24m49

Sat 8.00am Jetty to Jetty 10km 34m48 8th + 2nd Cat!

Sat 5.00pm 6km Roo 24m39

2006 33m37 10th + 1st

2007 34m02 7th + 1st

2008 32m36 5th + 1st

2010 34m48 8th + 2nd

I got to the race start feeling OK (throat infection did not impact), Monnas lined up beside me! We had a little chat but the combination of pre race jitters and being in the presence of true genius had me speaking gibberish.

Went off, as per normal , fast but it didn't feel that hard - a good thing, though taking a lead in a big race like this is slightly uncomfortable , where are all the guns?? though it was to be only a very short spell! Monnas cruised past me after about 500m! Not many people can say that!

I very quickly got isolated as a group of kids and Monnas headed off down to Redcliffe. I was happy with my pace and though I only checked my 5K split (17m05) I felt that I was pushing the whole way (unlike at GC). At 9KM I caught two guys, I went passed one and ran with the other.

The course was slightly different from previous years as we didn't run down the Redcliffe Jetty but this year we did run down the Woody Point Jetty for the first time. It made the 'run in' seem to go on for ever and though I crossed the line in the same time as Thomas McKean he took 7th and I got 8th. Overall I'm slightly disappointed not to have improved upon the GC's 34m32 though this course is tougher (it has Hills) and perhaps 'no mans land running' (by myself) make the effort comparable.

How good is Monnas ???

He won the race by 2 mins from Neil Labinsky in 30m51 ! He was running by himself after the first few K on a course he didn't know. He said a few words after the event , his public speaking and persona as an ambassador for our sport are so well merited.

He is my age group World Record Holder for 10 K (30m00).

My Age Category defeat is my first ever over 10K, but not a bad guy to lose it to!

I got to catch up with Craig Welsch aka Bellthorpe (coolrunning Australia) after the race! He finished 3rd in Cat and ran a new PB just over 45m00 , he seems to have reinvented his running career, post heart attack and cardiac surgery!

JT Press 10km
# Bib # Name Finish Time Net Time Place Gender G/Place Division D/Place
1 7500 STEVE MONEGHETTI 00:30:51 00:30:50 1 M 1 M40-49 1
2 0953 NEIL LABINSKY 00:32:55 00:32:54 2 M 2 M30-39 1
3 1195 MATT CARLSSON 00:33:03 00:33:01 3 M 3 M18-29 1
4 0838 BENJAMIN DUFFUS 00:33:21 00:33:20 4 M 4 M18-29 2
5 1102 MICHAEL WHITING 00:34:07 00:34:06 5 M 5 M30-39 2
6 0753 KEITH WILLIAMS 00:34:07 00:34:06 6 M 6 M18-29 3
7 0817 THOMAS MCKEAN 00:34:48 00:34:46 7 M 7 M18-29 4
8 0310 DAVID SWEENEY 00:34:48 00:34:47 8 M 8 M40-49 2
9 0866 DAVID STRICKLAND 00:35:51 00:35:49 9 M 9 M18-29 5
10 0906 BARRY SIMMONS 00:35:58 00:35:57 10 M 10 M40-49 3
11 0116 JASON CLARIDGE 00:36:24 00:36:21 11 M 11 M30-39 3
12 0913 SARAH CROWLEY 00:36:29 00:36:28 12 F 1 F18-29 1
13 0380 ROBERT COLLINS 00:37:12 00:37:11 13 M 12 M18-29 6
14 0500 KEVIN HILL 00:37:26 00:37:25 14 M 13 M50-59 1
15 0543 MARK HEALY 00:37:36 00:37:33 15 M 14 M18-29 7
16 1048 BRYAN MCMANUS 00:37:40 00:37:27 16 M 15 M18-29 8
17 1027 ROBERT TABUTEAU 00:38:00 00:37:56 17 M 16 M30-39 4
18 0920 ELLIOT CARR 00:38:08 00:38:06 18 M 17 M18-29 9
19 1260 STEPHEN CONNOR 00:38:15 00:38:12 19 M 18 M40-49 4
20 0138 PIERS EULER 00:38:21 00:38:15 20 M 19 M18-29 10
21 1206 ANDREW KENNEDY 00:38:30 00:38:25 21 M 20 M18-29 11
22 1009 IAIN MCKEE 00:38:35 00:38:33 22 M 21 M40-49 5
23 1129 ADRIAN WELLS 00:38:41 00:38:36 23 M 22 M40-49 6
24 0922 MARK SKILTON 00:38:50 00:38:47 24 M 23 M18-29 12
25 0506 PETER TNWAN 00:38:51 00:38:45 25 M 24 M40-49 7