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Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 16.4km, 8.3km & 2km Trail Runs, Monday 29 May, 2023
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Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 16.4km, 8.3km & 2km Trail Runs, Monday 29 May, 2023

By Prachar Stegemann
29 May
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PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 16.4km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results by category 322.06 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 16.4km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results overall 323.83 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 8.3km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results by category 317.7 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 8.3km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results overall 316.77 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 2km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results by category 304.15 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Ainslie Amble" 2km Trail Run, Monday 29 May 2023, full results overall 303.55 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail Series Pointscore – progress after race 3 98.83 KB
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Published results are provisional. Please advise any errors or anomalies to canberra@srichinmoyraces.org

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Susan Marshall reports, from amid the 16.4km field: This morning’s race took place on two of Canberra’s tallest mountains, our pride and joy. Ainslie, the pride – overlooking the lake, parliament and carefully laid lines of the city. Majura, the joy – wild and natural, steep faces preserving a hidden origin, icy and secretive in winter, blooming and teeming in summer. The course journeyed along lesser travelled paths into spots of shy and secret beauty living separate and unbeknownst to many.

The army taking on the 16.4km course was 170 strong. It broke away at the start like a herd of stallions. The long wide stretch of the first kilometre seeded the field. We gathered into small families, passing and being passed as our strengths and weaknesses played out upon the terrain. The first single trail geared slowly up Mount Ainslie. Near the summit the ascent steepened. As though slamming into a brick wall our speed was knocked back. Hunched with arms on thigh bones, levering ourselves upward, we eventually crested the rise. The toughest part of the course was over, but reserves were relinquished and there was much to come.

Caution is advisable descending. With rocks, roots, and overgrowth cutting visibility concentration was imperative, but still we chased each other down the hill. With no time to think, eyes and attention locked on the path, we took ground where we could. Accelerating on small rises and braking on descents we bounced, trudged, ran and walked up the second mountain. Finally down, the Hackett Houses track deceived with an air of civility, twists and turns concealing its long road to the finish line. This was the last opportunity to advance in the field, spurring on any contenders not completely spent, the wide trail an open book for the final sprint.

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Congratulations and gratitude to all who participated in any way on this superb morning – runners, helpers, officials and spectators/wellwishers. Any memorable experience is always a team effort, relying equally on the input of all involved, no matter their role.

Particular commendation to all who set new course records today:

* Petra Mossop took 3 minutes off her own fantastic time from last year, perfectly embodying the spirit of self-transcendence to win the 16.4km race in 1:15:54
* Fleur Flanery showed she has not been hiding under a bush, and is enjoying superb form with her new F50-59 best time for the 16.4km of 1:26:29
* Pam Muston made it a clean sweep of records today for the women’s 16.4km age divisions, besting her own course record with a dazzling 1:37:10
* Ian Prosser took away one of Trevor Jacobs’ numerous records, setting a new M60-69 fastest time for the 16.4km of 1:28:13
* Trevor Jacobs made up for one lost record by adding a new one for the M70+ in the 8.3km race, with 49:17
* Elizabeth Simpson was the only female to eclipse their age group records in the 8.3km, setting an express new best of 53:11
* Thomas Dempster’s 8:22 is now the fastest time for the Boys Under 17 category in the 2km
* Rohan Tankey established a new record of 9:27 for the Male 17 and Over in the 2km

Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 15.4km, 6.3km & 2km Trail Runs, Sunday 14 May, 2023

By Prachar Stegemann
14 May
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PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 15.4km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results by category 313.14 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 15.4km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results overall 311.15 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 6.3km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results by category 315.47 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 6.3km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results overall 314.05 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 2km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results by category 301.37 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 2km Trail Run, Sunday 14 May 2023, full results overall 299.46 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail Series Pointscore – progress after race 2 94.64 KB
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Today's race had a big surprise in store for all: nice weather! Almost summery. The contrast with the opening installment of the Trail Series (wet and muddy) couldn't have been more striking. Perhaps it was a Mother's Day gift, for all the mothers running today.

The grass on Deek's cross-country track, the site of the start and finish, was closely cropped and springy underfoot. In the middle distance rose Mt Stromlo, a squat Christmas tree decorated with orbish observatories for ornaments. The slopes of Stromlo were where most of the running action would transpire.

Some unexpected excitement was found when a mountain bike event came close to sharing certain sections of the running course, but harmonious co-habitation proved possible.

Not surprisingly on such a glorious day, several course records melted in the sunshine. Scott Cummins blitzed the men’s 15.4km event and sliced a full minutes from Matt Robbie’s already-slender time, with a new record just 23 seconds outside the one hour barrier! Scott was a full 2 minutes ahead of his rivals – though Elizabeth Humphries outshone that margin, winning the women’s race by a comparatively epochal 10 minutes. The other record in the 15.4km distance, was taken by Jon Schol, winning his sophomore outing in the 60-69 category with a new record time of 1:18:27.

In the middle-distance (6.3km) event, Laura Ramboer (27:41) blazed her way to a new women’s record, while Kodi Clarkson eclipsed his own record in the men’s race with his fine outing of 22:06. Elizabeth Simpson lowered the mark in the Female 60-69s with her impressive 31:10 – outsprinting the legendary Trevor Jacobs, who nevertheless scored first place in the Male Over 70's with another record of 31:11.

The shortest race of the day, the one-lap 2km circuit of the manicured Deeks Cross-Country Loop, race records fell in every category that was contested. These were:
* Girls Under 13 – Seleena Ramboer, 7:57 (race winner, age category and outright course record – CONGRATULATIONS!)
* Boys Under 13 – Wyatt Lewis, 8:36 (age category and male outright record)
* Girls Under 17 – April Barlow, 10:41 (age category record)
* Female 17 and Over – Sibylla Muecke, 9:48 (age category record)
* Male 17 and Over – Rohan Tankey, 9:33 (age category record)

Thanks to all competitors for joining us today: we hope to see you all again at Race 3 of the Series, the Sri Chinmoy “Ainslie Amble” on Monday 29 May.

Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 10km, 5km & 2.2km Trail Runs, Sunday 30 April, 2023

By Prachar Stegemann
30 April
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PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 10km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results by category 112.4 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 10km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results overall 109.77 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 5km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results by category 100.31 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 5km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results overall 98.01 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 2.2km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results by category 91.04 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 2.2km Trail Run, Sunday 30 April 2023, full results overall 88.47 KB
PDF icon Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail Series Pointscore – progress after race 1 84.46 KB
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With a wet, muddy, freezing and unpleasant day forecast for today’s event, pre-race registrations were understandably low. The brave or unwitting signed up regardless, the cautious and unsure waited in the wings, reserving their right enter to on the day or not at all.  We arrived at Chapman oval expecting those fence sitters to relish in the warmth of their houses and cozy beds but to the contrary…. Half of Canberra looked at the rain lashing at their windows, the dark clouds drifting in double time against the sky and decided: “Let’s go.” Unexpected lines of people stood their ground against the wind waiting to register. Our generally ample supply of three pens was passed around by the crowd signing up to charge into the hills and return washed in mud.

The intermittent rain provided an arbitrary antidote to the clear and obvious evidence of footsteps stirring the wet earth. Many returned spattered in it, others looked spotless. They all ran straight for the drinks table where the unfilled cups had acquired an unasked for centimetre of water. Even swimming makes you thirsty!

Despite – or because of? – the less than ideal conditions, several course records fell in each distance, including:

* 10km Male Under 50 – Tom Driscoll surpassed Matt Robbie’s formidable time with his 38:52, to win by a full 3 minutes
* 10km Female Under 50 – Petra Mossop said “I can do better than that!” and won by over 5 minutes, to transcend her own superb record with 45:12
* 10km Female 50-59 – Kym Kennedy 57:09
* 5km Male Under 50 – Kodi Clarkson bettered his own record with 19:12
* 5km Male 70 and Over – Trevor Jacobs 28:52
* 2.2km Girls Under 13 – Saleena Ramboer not only set a new record, she won the race outright with 9:28
* 2.2km Girls Under 17 – Elliott Burgess took 2nd outright with 10:49
* 2.2km Male 17 and Over – Rohan Tankey 11:08

This was but the first of a whole series of trail races for this year. Already the runners have shown their spirit to transcend not just their own capacities but what would have been some very acceptable excuses and reasons to have a spa day. We would promise the other races won’t be like this, but it seems many runners actually liked it. It brings a joy - the knowledge we have the strength to match a situation. So the weather we can invite to do as it pleases, because we are confident in our ability to overcome inclement conditions.

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