BBQ Stakes Thursday 5 th January 2011

BBQ Stakes today was the first run for the month and hence in the reverse direction.

A field of 42 signed on for the run, but only 41 finished.

The odd runner out was Robert Ey, who helped a wanderer on the track, find his right target. Robert thus didn't complete the event.

Hugh Moore invited a couple of running friends from Sweden to the event, the lady started off Zero, and the man started off 10 minutes, and ran well, the trouble with these two was they came from a country where there is lots of snow at the moment, so this weather was not kind to them.

Garry Lee did well on what I thought was his 389 th run, coming off a win in the Tuggeranong Stakes yesterday. He has a PB from 1980. Garry came in at 39 plus minutes, with second placed Martin Boyd finishing at 40:25, and 40:29 being the finishing time of 3 rd placed Bruce Wight.

Kerrie Wright resumed after the Christmas break, and Kerrie was joined by Elle Knight for this short run, as distinct from Elle's regular long runs.

Some runners are headed to Thredbo Running Week, held in January each year, so numbers may be a bit smaller for the next couple of weeks.

Also Garry Bowen brought a friend along for the run.

The teams event today was won by the Others.