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Runners go bush
POM Road Runners tackled one of their rare cross country
events at De Las Salle College, Bomana, on Saturday. Race officials surveyed
the courses prior to the start and were forced to design new routes for both
events so as to avoid the “Unhappy Gardener” who rained down sticks and
rocks when earlier in the year, some runners stampeded through his new
vegetable garden.
The 7.8km event runners had to pace themselves as a steep hill mid-race
confronted them. Runners had no time to rest at the gates of an Eda Ranu
pumping station perched on top of the hill with breathtaking views of the
surrounding countryside.
Despite stopping twice to catch his breathe on the slow ascent, Lawrence
Chandy kept ahead of the chasing pack using his superior 1500m leg speed
downhill to ensure yet another victory in a time of 31 mins 9 secs.
James Gurumi charged home in the last 500m, finishing third by a mere second
behind a tiring Milton Iakosi. Noko chalked up another victory in the 3km
sprint race, his winning time being 11 mins 25 secs.
Next Saturday’s events, POMRR will meet at “The Statues”, Waigani Drive,
next to twin-tunnels for Round 2 of the “Spring into Summer Series”. The
next major event on the horizon is the “Downtown 10,000”on Sunday, Nov 4t.
Runners must complete four laps of POM central business district. Runners
will need to pace themselves to cope with the numerous hills throughout the
course.
Weekend results:
3km: Noko Negosa 11 mins 25 secs (new course); Henry Horou 13:28; Simon
Nutley (MV) 16:37.
7.8km: Laurence Chandy 31:09 (new course); Milton Iakosi 31:56; James Gurumi
(MV) 31:57; Kesa Nathan 38:21; Paulus Opus 44:15; David Whitehead 47:49.
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