What a weekend it was for us, as the 9th annual Port Macquarie Running Festival was held on the weekend of the 7th/8th March. The club was well represented in the saturday events, with lots of junior pacers running across all distances, and a team of vollies helping out as marshalls across all the kids races.
Sunday was the main event. We had approx 80 pacers scatter themselves across all the events from the Buster, to the Half Marathon, the 10km and the 5km.
There was some amazing achievements across the club, with 13 stand-outs.
- Ryan Binskins efforts was voted the outstanding achivement in the club. Ryan won the 10km event in a time of 33:30, and backed it up with a 3rd placing in the 5km.
- Jo Ashton was voted the 2nd most outstanding achievement of the weekend, with her longest ever run, and her first Buster event completed.
- Kylie Brown was voted 3rd most outstanding achievement. Kylie didnt run on the weekend, but volunteered tirelessly on both days, dancing up a storm on the southern end of the course
- In a tight 4th placing was Adam Carralls amazing 80 minute half marathon, on his way to completing the Buster.
Other notable achievements included:
- Leon Poltorasky with his first sub 50 in the 10km.
- Julie Best with an outstanding run in the 10km.
- Bel Carralls blistering 10km run.
- Joanna Ryan with her first sub 50 in the 10km.
- Lyndsay Kinsman smashing run in the 10km .
- Christie Christoforo smashing out her first half marathon, and cracking 2 hours to boot.
- Gary Snows age group placings in the half, 10 and 5 as he completed the Buster.
- Trent Ally was the fastest junior on the Saturday and 4th placed overall in the 5km race.
- Laura Philps great runs in the half marathon and 10km on her way to completing the Buster.