July 04, 2017

Gold Coast 10k, half, marathon results

July 04, 2017/ Greta Truscott

A big weekend of results & celebrations on the Gold Coast - well done everyone! So inspiring and many soaking up their happy highs and fun times 1st-2nd July 2017.

10k:
Dave Dickie 43.54 loved the event
Chris 33.50
Laura James 38.29

Half marathon:
Emma Starritt pb 1.45.18 smashed 1.55 goal
Hayley Kain pb 1.32.34
Rachael Honeywood pb 1.33.27
Kate Agnew pb 1.34.54
Matt Wacher nearly 3min pb 82.15
Maya Borthwick pb 85.02
Lisa Sherman pb 1.36.04 about 2.40 off last pb
Olivia M 1.55 sub 2hrs nailed it
Anthony Biggs 80.50 closing in on that sub 80
John Clothier 88:40 coming back from injury
ICG sponsors Himanshu Dua 83:50 & Floriana 93:43 so happy 6min pb

Marathon:
Emily Murray thrilled with debut 4.56
Claire Marston 3.43 pleased with 5th marathon
Fran Boorer sick but happy to run 5.16
David Hazelwood 3.24 was on for sub 3 at but cramped, had a crack tho and planning the next assault

Athletics NSW affiliated Rejoovers:
Andy Heyden pb 33.01
Scott O'Connor pb 31.16
John Bartlett pb 31.33
Angus Boyd 76.30
Bruce Lambert pb 74.51
Nick Roberts 70.47
Jacqui O'Connor 89
Jeet Aitch pb 76.07
Pete Truscott 87 mins (and wifey Mel Truscott 93mins)
Eoin Reville happy with 2.47 marathon

Awesome runs ladies!! All pbs Floriana Dua, Rachael Honeywood, Kate Agnew and Hayley Kain

May 21, 2017

SMH 21.1, Great Ocean Rd & The Big Swim

May 21, 2017/ Greta Truscott

Well done everyone on all your gutsy Sydney Morning Herald half marathon / relay runs & cheering out on course. We had many runners, but we're still adding in all their results & official times see further below and also for the GOR results.

the rejoovers & race winner liam adams post race with his winning cheque & also sponsored by himanshu dua - Icg pictured far right

Congrats gidon on your half marathon pb and a week later on your new baby girl

Thank you Rejoov Runners on your fundraising support for Sophie Cotton Smith's Running for Premature Babies, we are amazed and thankful for what they have achieved for saving babies & supporting families. It was a big celebration post race and at the Coogee Diggers that afternoon for all the premmie babies fam.

Premmie babies pre-race pic 2017 with over 500 runners in their 11th year - congratulations sophie cotton smith and team

Congratulations Rio Olympian Liam Adams (follow on Instagram @liamadamsrunner ) on his win in the smh half in 65.11. Thanks sponsor ICG - Internal Consulting Group Himanshu Dua for your support to Rejoov and awesome to see ICG getting behind runners such as Liam to sponsor them cash! Elite runners put so much into the sport that they deserve sponsorship and it's great coverage for a quality company. Win-Win. We were thrilled to have Liam hang out with us for a while at the Rejoov & Premmie Babies tents, such a great down to earth guy!

Rejoovers & premmie babies supporters & mum and daughter Grace and fiona

SMH Half Marathon / Relay rejoov group or online runners:

- Malcolm Eadie 1.22.55 over 2min PB

- Gidon Edinburg 1.23.19 over a minute PB

- Matt Wacher 85.14 PB

- Anthony Biggs 1.26.53

- David Hazelwood 1.26.56 PB

- Maya Borthwick 1.29.08

- Johnny McCormack course pb 1.29.11

- Adam Ballesty course pb 1.35.49

- Paige Taylor 1.40.16

- Lisa Sherman course pb 1.40.53 happy and on track for GC half

- Madi Gulliver 1.42.45

- Richard Taylor 1.43.05

- Rachael Honeywood post Boston marathon high & pacing Tommy C 1.44 to a course pb and both having fun!

- Tom Callachor course pb 1.44.02 course PB and under a minute over his PB.

- Sarah Bembrick 1.45.04

- Grace Cannavo 1.45.44 PB

- Claire Marston 1.46.37 good prep for GC marathon

- Larissa Williams debut half (finally we all say lol) after her debut Sydney 10k event 2 weeks ago 1.51.36 PB

- Fiona Taylor 1.58.31

- Tara 1:59.04 - course PB by two mins. But 1.5mins over Blackmores PB

- Andrea O'Shannesey debut 2.19.07 PB

- Fiona McDonald 2.28.11 (Grace's Mum)

- Ashleigh Thomas debut 2:24 PB & sub 2:30 and happy with that

- Samantha Feeley 1.53.27 PB

- Monika Graham 2.03.23

- Olivia Burton 1.56.24 PB

- Sarah Dawes debut 1.54.34 PB

- Jo Hadley 1.54.38

- Lesley Mason 2.15.45

- Pam Biegl debut 2.38.11 PB

- Polina

- Candice Razza debut 2.16.31

- Janet McLearie 1.56

- Michelle Ansley 1.50.24

- Yury Gliken in a big baby costume 1.46

- Hayley unwell couldn't finish but great team spirit with all the family there too

- Chris Truscott & Laura James 95min pacer for premmie babies

- ICG Sponsors - Himanshu Dua 1.25.55 & Floriana 1.39.26

SMH RELAYS:

- Grant Sherman 14k w mate 7k relay 64.38 awesome relay, stoked

- Emma Trehey 14k & Michael Martin 7k relay 1.58.26 hubby and wife team pb

- Anne-Maree O'Mara & Lyn, mum and daughter relay

- Susan & Cathie relay 1.55.25, 154 team out of 615

- Melissa Deegan & Emma Salkavich relay 1.59.54

- Mary Stringer ran relay Team Puttick on her own! 14k 69.10

Well done to our runners at the Great Ocean Road events, they had a ball and highly recommend it to everyone for next year:

GOR half 23k / ultra marathon 44k:

- Darren MacGregor official half time was 91:34 which I was also happy with. 98:43 23k which I was really happy with. Pretty hilly course and odd distance but good fun.

- Lucy Stranger 1.39 half and 1.47 23k, debut, happy, great weather, highly recommends event

- Pia Gilmour 1.54 half time and 23k 2.06

- Deborah Ford 44k 4.50

- Lucas Meaney 44k 4.15

Sensational swims in the pairs 10k Big Swim from Bondi to Watsons Bay: Saorla Finucane (and Matt) with their mixed team win. Well done Mary King with her team - brilliant work!

Rejoov on water! Go the Irish! Congrats Saorla on your team win with gun swimmer Matt - The Big Swim Bondi to Watsons Bay

May 20, 2017

Coach Greta 4th Ultra Trail Australia & team Rejoov

May 20, 2017/ Greta Truscott

By Greta Truscott

"Finish line I’m coming for ya! Picking up the “pace" with a few km to go in the Pace UTA22 @ultratrailaustralia recently. Hammies, quads & butt are twice the size - pumping hard (& hurting) to cope with the demand of this relentless Blue Mts course. Trying to balance on the mud and rocks, concentrating on every step & happy to be out there. I’ve had some peeps ask me for a re-cap of the race so here’s a little report, but I’ll add to a blog soon.. I was happy with my race & 4th place female (1st in age group) as I paced pretty well. It was HARD the whole way and everything hurt from my feet to my face - #painface. I had been hydrating on tailwind in the 3 days pre-race, eating plenty of carbs in all my meals & getting to bed earlier. The race was delayed to about 10.30am but I had fuelled well across the morning with a bowl of porridge, banana, honey sandwich, tailwind & coffee. I had 3 endura raspberry gels during the race - 1 every 30mins and sipped on tailwind from my camelbak the whole way. I hadn't been able to do as much mileage as I’d have liked since 6 Foot Track in 2016 with the ankle - about 50-60k a week, but I had still been doing quality runs and on the tail end of a great Swim Run season. So my fitness & strength got me through. I had lost my voice with tonsillitis just days before the race so couldn’t ask questions, but it was brilliant to listen to the @paceathletic UTA Panel at the Nomad Brewary just 5 days earlier & was thrilled to be able to take part in the race. We encourage everyone to join in the lead up activities/panels & event next year. Thanks @aurora_images for the pic. #bluemountains #ultratrailaustralia #trailrunning #runners #community #runhappy #sharethetrails #tailwindnutrition "

Pace UTA22 Coach Greta gunning it home for 4th place

It has been yet another huge weekend for Rejoovers across the Ultra Trail Australia events, SMH half marathon, Great ocean road events and the Big Swim from Bondi to Watsons Bay! But let's start with the UTA in the beautiful Blue Mountains.. Tracey Hind, Natalie Ward, Dave Stewart, Chris and Greta all loved the Pace 22k in its 2nd year with double the runners - approx 1200. Although grimacing at the time with the intense down hills and uphills & stairs it was a brilliant event. Congrats Juny Xi Yang on her debut 50k after overcoming sore knees, sickness, family health scare the spirit came out on top. And the same can be said for our Lisa Mintz who also battled her demons and finished the 100k and is now responding to her 100s of Facebook messages. We really hope Lisa & Juny feel lots of love and recover well and soak up all their tenacious achievements.