South Pine Striders

Mary Jackson, Pamela Murch & Stan Fetting after the Gold Coast Marathon.

A large contingent of Striders travelled to the Gold Coast Marathon this weekend to contest 3 distances: 10km, Half and Marathon.  We had a number of people doing their first Half, including the incredible Tommy Donnet, who came in at 1hr43min taking out 5th place in his category, Male 60-65.  Congratulations Tommy, you continue to astound us all!  Another great debut was Pamela Murch in in the marathon.  Fresh from Wales and a recent newcomer to Striders morning and evening sessions, Pamela overcame injury and posted an amazing 3:46. Pamela’s beaming smile almost outdid the sunshine and she’s probably still smiling today.  It’s great to see someone do so well after so much hard work and enjoy the benefits so visibly!

Karen Brown nailed a 1:42 Half, must be that new 2XU outfit she was sporting!

Emily Glegg contested the 10km and took out 8th place in her category with a 49:01. Others to debut at the Half were Jess Flintoff with an awesome 1:51 and Jo Filmalter who came in under her goal of 2hrs at 1:57.  Well done girls!

Stan just missed out on a sub 3 marathon with 3:00:23 after struggling with a calf injury from 25km, and Jenny Cawood continued her remarkable run with a 3:44 marathon.  Mary paced Jo C through her first marathon with a 4:47.  Mary rarely races for herself and always helps others out, a true clubster and coach!

I have the results of those who I know, and will add more as I become aware of them.  Here’s the list so far, (all showing chip times and not gun times) and some more pics:

The Tent Crew on Saturday after setting up in the club area: Fabian Gonzalez, Stan Fetting, Brett Jackson, Jerrod Smith

Brett Jackson aka Jacko gets in some virtual running on race eve

Some of the Striders crew: Fabian, Emily, Jerrod, Mary, Pamela, Jonas, Stan, Jacko

SANDRA SCOTT

Half 01:53:10

Cat place F45-49 49

FABIAN GONZALEZ

Half 2:26:21

Cat place 40-44 506th

PAMELA MURCH

Marathon 3:46:11

Cat place  F30-34 49^th

JONAS MARTENSSON

10km 00:52:05

Cat place M35-39 161

EMILY GLEGG

10km 49.01

Cat place F18-20 8^th

JERROD SMITH

10km 46:54

Cat place M35-39 75

STAN FETTING

Marathon 3:00:23

Cat place M40-44 21^st

GAVIN HENDRY

Half 01:34:51

Cat place M45-49 49

BRETT JACKSON

Half 01:38:20

Cat place M45-49 88

JO-ANN FILMALTER

Half 01:57:42

Cat place F35-39 289

MARY JACKSON

Marathon  04:47:17

Cat place F40-44 112

KAREN BROWN

Half  1:42:28

Cat place F40-44 64

JO FIELD

21KM  02:30:25

Cat place F25-29 511

LISA MAY

Half 01:43:36 1

Cat place F30-34 78

THOMAS DONNET

Half 1:43.17

Cat place 60-65 5^th

JENNY CAWOOD

Marathon 3:44:36

Cat place  F40-44 28th

JESS FLINTOFF

Half 01:51:12

Cat place F30-34 202