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Sri Chinmoy Centennial Park 14km run, Sunday 16 October 2022, full results by category 78.7 KB

Sri Chinmoy Centennial Park 7km run, Sunday 16 October 2022, full results by category 92.51 KB

Sri Chinmoy Centennial Park 4km run, Sunday 16 October 2022, full results by category 71.26 KB

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Centennial Park has many fine faces, virtues and attractions, yet today exhibited another remarkable capacity – its ability to recover from a sustained drenching. After all the rain dumped on Sydney, one might have anticipated the Park’s dirt tracks and trails to present as a soggy quagmire, yet its sandy soil demonstrated an amazing facility for drainage, presenting a mostly dry course under a glorious sunny sky.

It’s been a while since the last Sri Chinmoy 14km race at this venue, with this popular “C2S” distance proving a likeable middle ground between 10km and a Half-Marathon. Angus Pearson led from the start to take out today’s men’s race with a sterling 53:57, ahead of David Jenkins (55:13) and Craig Gilbertson’s 56:17. Brenan Liston was fastest in the M50-59 with 1:02:50; with Benito Setoue taking home the main M60-69 prize in 1:14:48. Erin Jones was a comfortable winner of the women’s 14km with her front-running 1:06:58, from 2nd placed Gemma Lysycia in 1:09:23 and Elizabeth Duggan in 3rd with 1:12:56. Fastest in the F50-59 was Avril Swan with 1:09:44.

The one-lap 7km event saw a thrilling exhibition race between two 14-year olds, with Thomas Poynton running from the front to claim an outstanding victory in 26:52 – though he was shadowed all the way by a flying Emily Rogers, who finished just 4 seconds adrift of an outright victory to win the women’s race in a flowing 26:56. Both finished well clear of their respective competitions: next home in the Male Under 50s was Nicholas Foale with 28:03, ahead of Chris Vallely in 29:42. Chasing Emily in the Female Under 50s saw Rochelle O’Connor take 2nd in 29:32, with Michaelle McAlen 3rd in 30:06. The evergreen Zoe Melling was fastest in the F50-59 with 34:30; while Sylvia Nichols took out the F60-69 in 41:12; and the amazing Helen Stanger staged an overdue return to Centennial Park to win the F70+ in 46:46. Robert Pearce was too good in the M50-59s with an impressive 30:01; while Kieron Blackmore showed his class in the M60-69 with a return of 31:44; just a few minutes ahead of the stylish David Iverach, 1st M70+ with 35:33.

Isabella Groves won the women’s 4km race and the Girls Under 17s with 22:45; while Genevieve McAdams took the Girls Under 13s in 30:50; and Krista Bednarz the Female 17 and Over with 28:24. Meanwhile Peter Groves took out the 4km men’s race in 15:32; ahead of Boys Under 17s winner, Felix Malcolm with 15:41; while Eddie Falkner won the Boys Under 13 in 22:12.

A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers who came to help out this morning: without you these events simply could not happen!

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Sri Chinmoy Iron Cove Half-Marathon, Sunday 25 September 2022, full results by category 84.71 KB

Sri Chinmoy Iron Cove 7km run, Sunday 25 September 2022, full results by category 89.2 KB

Sri Chinmoy Iron Cove 4km run, Sunday 25 September 2022, full results by category 67.64 KB

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Pursuing the dawn, a creeping fog claimed Iron Cove, as though veiling the day’s prospects. Yet this mask held no mystery, for all apps foretold a sunny day – and a sunny day we would have. After months of incessant rain, Sydney stepped forward to show its Springtime finest.

Today’s Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon was notable for the performances of those just commencing, and those continuing long running careers. The male winner, Hayden Redfern, was participating in his first ever race, having taken up running only 3 months ago, and impressed all with a fine debut of 1:18:02, to win 4 minutes clear of the field. Katie Rogers, the women’s winner, was likewise running her first ever Half-Marathon, showing immense promise to win by a massive 18 minutes in a superb 1:27:48. Next home among the women were Sabina Rogers in 1:55:38, and Michelle Fitzpatrick with 1:56:38. The podium finishers in the men’s race after Harden, saw a close tussle between Darren Lake in 1:22:17 and Matt North with 1:22:23.

The stars came out and shone brightly at the upper end of the age categories today, with Anne Elizabeth Boyd establishing an inaugural F70+ course record of 2:36:38, just one week after running the Sydney Marathon. David Iverach holds most of his age group records for most courses of the Sri Chinmoy Sydney Series, but had never run the Half-Marathon distance at Iron Cove. He rectified that today, duly setting a new M70+ record of 1:52:37. The final finisher had also run the furthest distance – David Vuaghan started today’s Half-Marathon needing only 4km to complete his virtual “Around Australia” run which has taken him no less than 5 years to complete – and added a further 17km for good measure. That’s an amazing effort, David!

Kaye Johnson won the F50-59 category with a wonderful 1:43:52, and Razz Wilkins the F60-69s in 2:00:27. Jon Schol was fastest among the M50-59 in a slick 1:38:45, with Christopher Jones taking out the M60-69s in style with 1:44:28.

It seems that runners nowadays are staying fitter and runner faster, for longer. It has been a distinct trend in recent years, that course records for older age categories have been challenged and eclipsed more and more often, by significant margins. The one-lap 7km race, for those who enjoy speed or just like to be home early, saw outright wins to runners in more mature age categories.

Raewyn Harlock already owns the F50-59 record for this distance, and today stepped up to take the F60-69 course best time and win the women’s race outright with a simply stellar run of 30:42. She makes it look easy! Sophie Collett was impressive in winning the Female Under 50 category in 31:05, with the next two finishers representing the Female 50-59 category – Sachiko Spears winning her age group with 32:04 from Zoe Melling’s 33:00. Next were FU50’s Mayumi Jomkamsing’s 35:11 and Rebecca Karantonis in 35:25. The other standout performance in this distance was Kathy Stanley, claiming a fine new course record for Female 70 and Over of 47:35.

The men’s race saw a fine win from the Male 50-59 category to Greg Churchill with 26:49, ahead of 1st placed Male Under 50, Nicholas Foale in 27:54. Next was another in the M50-59, Trevor Thomas with 28:00, then Ian Tattersall’s 28:26 and David Winning’s 28:33 in the MU50. Andrew Panos took out the M60-69 with 43:32, and Brian Rayburn the M70+ in a princely 38:31.

Louise Graham was in a class of her own in the 4km “sprint” race to run away in a new course record time of 15:31, from the Female 70 and Over category. Next home was Boys Under 13s winner, Oliver Fyfe with a fine 16:52. Yuya Sugiyama took the Male 17 and Over in 20:43, with Emma Sugiyama taking out the Girls Under 13 in 21:00, and Isabella Vincent Delgado, the Girls Under 17 with 22:02.

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Sri Chinmoy Dolls Point Half-Marathon, Sunday 10 July 2022, full results by category 72.2 KB

Sri Chinmoy Dolls Point 10km Run, Sunday 10 July 2022, full results by category 83.3 KB

Sri Chinmoy Dolls Point 5km Run, Sunday 10 July 2022, full results by category 60.78 KB

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Torrential, sometimes horizontal rain – sunshine peeping through patches of blue – furious, maniacal wind – a glorious double rainbow crowning Botany Bay – helpers drenched as water rats – and through it all, the poise, perseverance and grace of a select band of runner-warriors, striding, plodding, pushing through each and every obstacle to the goal. It felt like an action movie where the car chases, fight scenes and daredevil stunts just keep rolling, one after the other, over the top. No course records fell, no news crews attended – yet no-one who participated will ever forget this extraordinary morning, exemplifying the Spirit of the Runner.

This time, we won’t single out anyone for special mention, for every single participant – runner, helper, server and spectator – was a winner simply by attending, daring to step forward to the start line, and facing down whatever was thrown at us.

Congratulations and respect to one and all. Cherish this day, take strength and inspiration from it, and draw on it, for there will always be more to come…

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Sri Chinmoy Royal National Park Trail Marathon, Sunday 8 May 2022, full results by category 77.37 KB

Sri Chinmoy Royal National Park Trail Half-Marathon, Sunday 8 May 2022, full results by category 81.37 KB

Sri Chinmoy Royal National Park 10km Trail Run, Sunday 8 May 2022, full results by category 82.01 KB

Sri Chinmoy Royal National Park 5km Trail Run, Sunday 8 May 2022, full results by category 62.91 KB

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The Royal National Park is an ideal locale to appreciate the beauty and splendour of Nature. Running is the ideal way to imbibe and assimilate the power and sweetness of Nature. Racing in such an environment nourishes us integrally on all levels of our being, in the process drawing us inexorably closer to each other and to our inner selves: a shared celebration of the best in us all. So, under a benign forest canopy framed within a greater canopy of radiant blue, today was bound to be special.

Bringing together extraordinary people from all corners and walks of life, the running community is a wonderful family of mutual appreciation and support. One of the earliest to arrive on the scene in the pitch dark this morning to help register everyone and get the ball rolling, Annabel Hepworth is a 4-time Australian Ultra-Runner of the Year, fresh from another world-class performance in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 6-Day Race in New York a few weeks ago. All who recognised Annabel eagerly serving up pancakes for hours post-race were at once in awe and appreciation of the dauntless enthusiasm and charming humility of a true champion. In praising Annabel, we appreciate the epitome of each and every volunteer, organiser, supporter and spectator who offer their all for the simple reason – they love to. Always, we receive more than we give.

It’s never a bad idea to go for a run in the bush. That was the philosophy informing one of Sydney’s foremost running clubs – “Billy’s Bushies” – back in the day, who would enjoy much for their running and training in and around Royal National Park. So it was especially pleasing to see Billy himself – William Hick, no less – front up to vigorously walk today’s 5km along the ever-delightful Lady Carrington Drive. Billy would have been proud also of another one of his early local members, Bob Fickel, who today completed his 297th marathon, with no sign of letting up any time soon.

Months of rainfall have left the track sodden in places, making the going a little more challenging today, though you wouldn’t have known that from the beaming, satisfied smiles around the pancake table. Congratulations to all who completed their first marathon, or their 297th, or anywhere in between, and to all who finished their respective Half-Marathons, 10km and 5km outings. Even the most-used cliché sometimes proves true, and so it was today: everyone was a winner.