Starter Photo: 5 September 2009 - 13 Starters
Report: Thank you to everyone who braved the early start and fall weather for the third Sunshine in September. 12 starters (and finishers!) made the trip over to Langdale. After introductions and a bit of a wet start, it was off to the trails. Well, they went to the trails. I stayed behind drinking coffee while waiting.
Had a chance to see almost everyone pass through the 3k mark, although Sibylle, Steve and Monty appear to have found a better route for future years. By the time folks came past, the weather had changed two or three times but was enthusiastically raining again, although the jackets had been stowed by this point. But you'll be glad to know that the car was toasty warm and dry.
After my temporary panic wondering if I'd sent everyone off to never be seen again at 2h 45m, it was great to see a crowd of runners come around the bend on the Port Mellon Highway. The remaining runners came along soon after and although it was a bit rushed before the ferry sailed back to Horseshoe Bay, we did have time to eat some treats and award prizes.
I'm looking forward to a springtime running of the course with Sibylle to fine turn the directions and the 2010 Sunshine in September!
(Thank you to everyone for your help and patience as I sorted out Event Hosting details!). Jackie
Despite Jackie being worried about her flock getting lost on the vast trail system beyond Langdale, we all made it back in one piece. A few of us did add a few creative kms to the course and Steve and Sibylle got stung by aggressive wasps, but the trails were beautiful and the weather much better than what we prepared for.
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Results
| First Name |
Last Name |
Event |
Points |
Time |
| Ellie |
Greenwood |
26km |
2+1* |
3:10 |
| Ran |
Katzman |
26km |
1 |
3:10 |
| john |
mcgrath |
26km |
2+1* |
3:10 |
| Jackie |
Muir |
26km |
1+1* |
3:10 |
| John |
Neels |
26km |
2 |
3:10 |
| Larry |
Nightengale |
26km |
1 |
3:10 |
| desmond |
mott |
26km (added detour) |
2+1* |
3:22 |
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| Heather |
Urquhart |
20km |
1 +1* |
3:10 |
| Craig |
Moore |
20km |
2 + 1* |
3:24 |
| Dave |
Montgomery |
20km |
1 + 1* |
3:30 |
| Monty |
Watts |
Custom - 21km |
2 |
3:25 |
| Sibylle |
Tinsel |
Custom - 20km (added detour) |
2 +1 * |
3:25 |
| Steve |
Deller |
Custom - 20km (added detour) |
1 |
3:45 |
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| Jackie |
Montgomery |
Event Host |
4** |
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* Garbage Point
** EH Points
Comments
Jackie now has the tracking maps
Thanks for the run. I guess we did go off course a few times. For those interested Jackie now has all my GPS stuff. And yes I turned the gps on in the parking lot.
Larry N
Merci
Thanks for the running company everyone. I ran down from the Gravel Road from the end of the Hwy 102 trail and ended up on B&K road. Then down around a few of the awesome trails in Cliff Gilker Regional Park before crossing the highway and down to my sister-in-law's place on Lower Road. Total distance 21 km in 3:25.
Kudos, Jackie...
I, for one, really enjoyed the run. Thanks for the organization and taking care of the packsacks. And the banana-walnut loaf at the end. And the draw prize. Did I miss anything? All kidding aside, I would definitely recommend this run for runners of all levels next year...
Thanks, Jackie!
Thanks for a great run, Jackie. It was very nice to not have to run on the highway and the new course is lovely (I don't think we were on the trail you scouted out, as we didn't come across any trespassing signs and crossed a canyon that wasn't described...we also ended up a bit further along on the route as opposed to the beginning of the Berg's off highway course...hahaha - definetely a bit of orienteering fun thrown into the mix. We can flush the descriptions out over the next little while...and maybe with Larry's GPS tracking we can figure out where we ran and where you wanted us to run.
Also, thanks for lugging our bags to and fro. I appreciated dry clothes at the finish.
Little correction....
I didn't do the 26km. I was going to, but alas, I didn't. Turned around at the gravel road. I was super slow on the way up.
Picked it up a bit on the way down, tho. 