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The starting time for the go team which happened to be the Leith Mixed team was 11.30am.
Leith Women and Leith Mixed Team reports will be out this week.
Starting well back in the handicaps 42mins we had two main aims - catch Ariki
Masters team off 39min and stay ahead of Leith #1 off 52min.
Legs 1-3 saw Peter Hughes, Graham Anderson and smoking Chris Sole take 2 minutes
out of Ariki. (Leith #1 hadn't caught us).
A good downhill and Grant McDougall handed over to Jon Henning for quick blast to Broad Bay. Still no sign of Leith #1.(coffee was good at Portobello eh Graham?)
Greg Cook raced through to Macandrew Bay to a fired up Scooter, who did just
that through the long seventh leg.(still no #1 Team!)
Late replacement Mark ODonnell ran strongly but comfortably to the finish -
Ariki Masters only about a minute ahead of us, and YES! no Leith #1 team yet
-a good day.
After a finalisation of placings we ended up third overall - a very good day!.
Thanks Team.
The Leith #2 Team ended up with 6th fastest time of 2 hrs 27.16 mins. The predicted time was 2 hrs 29 mins.
We started off 52 minutes with Caversham # 1. Rod McCall was our first runner footing it with Caversham's Ian McDonald who lasted about 1.5 km before letting Rod get away. Rod did a steady 17:06 to the Shiel Hill Tavern (4.4km) handing to a revved up Steve Munro who powered up the hill to Centre Road (3.2km) to finish with a solid 12:59.
David Rush took over then and set off on the undulating 3rd leg (4.7km) to Pukehiki. David Rush accomplished this in 17:22 handing to a determined Steve Skilling who set about his task of tackling the demanding downhill 4th Leg (7.1km) with a vengeance. Our transport battled to keep up with his blistering pace but managed to get Marc Boulle to the start of the 5th leg in Portobello in time to meet Steve who ended up with 3rd fastest time of 22:14 for the leg.
Marc Boulle relishing the prospect of the predominantly flat short 3.2km leg to Broad Bay was quick into his stride putting in a bit of a burner on the last 300m of the leg to finish in 11:49 (3rd Fastest) to hand over to Alan Funnell for the 6th leg. Alan put in a steady run over the 4.9km leg steadily narrowing the distance between him and Hill City's Kellie Palmer to finish in Macandrew Bay with 3rd fastest time of 16:39.
Fresh from a postal run warm-up, Ray Knox arguably put in the run of the day for the Leith # 1 team to chase Courtney Quirin of Hill City and eventually passing her by Andy Bay Inlet on the long 8.4km to Teviot Street. Ray finished with fourth fastest time of 29:11.
Andrew Lonie now took over for the final 3.2km to Wickliffe Street and he put in a real blast on this leg to finish with second fastest time of 12:12 to bring the team home in 6th position with third fastest time in 2 hrs 19.32 just 1 min 32 secs adrift of our predicted time.
The Leith Composite team consisting of Alison Perry, Peter Nees, Jacinta Neilson,Jan Coffey,Talia Allison, Rachel Feldman, Clare Pascoe and Bill Kenny all ran exceptionally well to finish midway in the field. The weather conditions were perfect and a great day was had by all with everyone performing to their best ability.
The team had started off go and held on to the lead until the 6th lap. This was a great effort considering the quality of the chasing teams. The mixed team finished with a time of 3 hrs 13.56 secs to finish in a creditable 12th position.
The Leith Women Team consisting of Jan Brosnahan, Meredith Molloy, Jan Craig, Julia Clearwater, Lily Clearwater, Rachel Sloan, Kirsty Morris, Sarah Goldsmith finished in 13th Position.
The team started in 7th position off 24 minutes. At the end of Jan Craig's leg 3 the team had pulled back one position to be lying 6th. By the end of leg 5 the team were back in 7th position and looking strong. However, the chasing teams were gathering momentum and the team eventually managed to hold on to 13th Position with a time 2 hrs 50 secs.
Start: John Wilson Memorial Drive, St Kilda. Half way along the road and about opposite the grandstand of Tahuna Park.
Leg 1: John Wilson Drive to Shiel Hill Tavern 4.4 km Follow John Wilson Memorial Drive back to St Kilda and turn right into Tahuna Rd. Cross Tahuna Rd when instructed to do so at a point just past the Waste Treatment station and commence climb. Keep left up the hill and continue on the left straight ahead into Tomahawk Rd. Turn left near Spencer St, cross road and then right into Stirling St running on the right hand side. Cross Duckworth St at the end of Stirling St then turn left into Duckworth and stay on the right hand side. Turn right onto Highcliff Rd. Stay on right hand side to the finish outside the Shiel Hill Tavern
Leg 2: Shiel Hill Tavern to Centre Rd 3.2 km. Follow Highcliff Rd Stay on the right all the way. Steady climb
Leg 3: Centre Rd to Pukehiki 4.7 km. Follow Highcliff Rd Stay on the right all the way.
Steady climb for 2.5 km, then downhill and undulating.
Leg 4: Pukehiki to Portobello 7.1 km. Follow Highcliff Rd. Runners cross road with care. Signal following traffic. Down hill with 3 up hill rises then steady down hill. After bottom of hill, stay right. Sharp left turn at bottom then 300m flat. Runners must be aware that the road is open to traffic in both directions. Run on the outside of blind corners.
Leg 5: Portobello to Broad Bay 3.2 km. Keep right all the way. Flat for 2.2 km, then rise followed by 300m downhill at end of leg.
Leg 6: Broad Bay to Macandrew Bay 4.9 km. Keep right all the way. Flat.
Leg 7: Macandrew Bay to Teviot St 8.4 km. Follow Portobello Rd. Cross causeway and swing right onto Portsmouth Drive for 300 m. Keep right all the way. Flat.
Leg 8: Teviot St to Wickliffe St 3.9 km. Follow Portsmouth Drive, turn right into Kitchener St at Preens corner. Swing left into Birch St then right into Wharf St, Right into Fryatt St.. Right into Wickliffe St to finish. Flat. Stay hard right on all parts of this leg.
Total distance: 39.8 km