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A dusting of fresh snow on the distant Brinbabellas was fitting backdrop for this year's Sri Chinmoy Labour Day 10 km & 4 km Fun-Runs from Canberra's Acton Ferry Terminal.

Yes it may say October on the calendar, but the breeze across the lake this morning missed its appointment by about 3 months. Thankfully the sun shone and post-race pancakes were warm and scrumptious, leaving a cheerful gathering dispersing to their various Monday holiday pursuits.

Stuart Grey showed his cleanest heels in the 10 km run, his 35:37 a really decent time in the cool breeze, with Tony Piazza and Mark van deer Plaeg filling out the podium positions. Alex Gossman ran a super 43:32 to take out the Male 50-59; Jim White winning the Male 60-69 in 50:55 and the inexhaustible Bob Chapman leading home the Male 70+ division in 57:36.

Meanwhile, Kim Wilmshurst dominated the women's field with her fine 41:48, ahead of Lydia Stove and Patricia McKibbin. Diana Wright took the honours among the Female 50-59s in 1:00:26; with the evergreen Caroline Campbell taking the Female 60-69s with an impressive 54:17.

It's not often that an entrant wins a race outright from the Under 13 Girls category â€“ yet that's just what Keely Small achieved with her superb run over 4 km of 15:35! She was nearly 9 minutes ahead of the first Female 17 and Over runner, Philippa Brotchie in 22:32.

Gary Potter took out the Male 17 and Over category with 16:02; Callum Burns winning the Boys Under 13s in 16:27 and Nathan Runge the Boys Under 17s in 17:09.

Despite Winter's final fling, a wonderful morning was enjoyed by runners and organisers alike.

Full results are now published along with a photo album from the course.

The Sri Chinmoy Sydney Labour Day 10 km & 4 km Fun-Runs were held from the Acton Ferry Terminal along the Sri Chinmoy 10 km Recreational Running Course on 3 October 2011. Full results by age category for each of the distances follow:

Sri Chinmoy Labour Day 10 km run, 3 October 2011 full results by category>>

Sri Chinmoy Labour Day 4 km run, 3 October 2011 full results by category>>

The Sri Chinmoy 10 km & 4 km Fun-Runs were staged from Acton Ferry Terminal, Canberra on Sunday 6 March 2011.

Results by age category for Sri Chinmoy 10 km Run>>

Results by age category for Sri Chinmoy 4 km Run>>

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The cold weather of the early morning, which threatened to provide the wettest Sri Chinmoy10-kilometre run for some time, rapidly gave way to sunshine and perfect running conditions.

For this runner, it was the first race since a car accident, three and a half month ago, had left me in hospital (for a brief time) and unable to run (for a longer time). I hadnâ€™t run so far for several months, and I was overtaken by many well-trained people, but the hilly bitumen course proved to be an excellent venue to return to my running.

Out on the field, I couldnâ€™t not witness the excitement the 4km â€œsprintâ€ race, in which the first four people were all members of the phenomenal Torly family, all winning for different categories. But while I didnâ€™t know who was winning, or even who was behind me, there was plenty of excitement for me as I transcended my own injuries and raced to the end, never stopping to rest. At all the races in which Iâ€™d helped with timing or registration, the pancakes had never tasted so good.

In the 10km race, Anthony Kennedy came home first in 36:21, followed seconds later by Chey Pettingill and Stuart Grey. In the womens' division, Mace Neve won in 43:06 followed by Fiona Hedgecoe then Lydia Stove.

Full results are published, as well as a photo album of the race.