Greensborough

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Greensborough is traditionally a daylight map, but we thought we'd try it out at night.  The late afternoon downpours and the extra travel to the north side of the ring road deterred some regulars, but for those who made the trip it was well worth it.  The area is well lit and the small parks all have well sealed paths - and in darkness the hills don't look so big!  Len set a very interesting and rather challenging course with two main loops, one to the north, the other over the bridge to the south.  The trick was in getting the start right and looking out for those small short cuts - if you did that it flowed nicely.  I didn't, which meant I ran out of time and fell just short of my 37 points. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed the run, especially as the rain held off.

Bernie, Annie and Gwennyth took a little planning time at the start, and worked out a route that saw them back first, followed by runners Merv, Jim and Lauris.  A note from our scorer Simon: if you miss the 8.05 cutoff he will give you the points that you earned, then subtract those points as a penalty, effectively DNF-ing you but allowing you to see how you would have gone if you'd finished on time!

On the score course, only Bryan was able to get all 25 controls, with second and third placed Matt and Lachlan incurring late penalties. Simon had a solid win in the PW with 67 points, ahead of Michael then Bev.

Next week's event is at Tally Ho, so join us and try and wrest the yellow jersey from Bernie!  Remember, if you would like to try the 37s format but don't have a handicap, speak to Series Coordinator Mark.