What a day at Stage 1 of ENDURrun!  H+P now has 4 athletes in the top 10 in the ultimate, including 2nd OA for Nick, and 1st and 3rd OA for women for Vicki and Val!  In the relay, H+P has 4 of the top 5 teams and 8 of the top 10 teams with the Millennials taking a commanding lead on the shoulders of Peter Haller.

RELAY

Peter Haller showed that his performance at the Chilli half was not a mistake.  He came in first out of all relay runners with an outstanding 1:18, giving the team a massive 13:04 lead on the In-Betweeners.  Larry Bradley impressed with an impressive 1:22 half, comfortably putting the Master Men in 2nd by a mere 3:41 and a whopping 23 minutes ahead of event record pace!

Vicky Siemon posted a solid 1:32 after coming back from injury, while Lisa represented the masters women team extremely well posting a 1:39!  This puts them well ahead of both mixed teams in those challenges.  This also puts these two all-star women’s teams in 5th and 6th OA.

Sam and Kayla both posted respectable halfs of 1:45 and 1:52!  This will be a battle to the end with a measly 6:21 separating these teams.

Michelle, coming back from injury, ran a great 2:00 for Funatics-2, while Jody Rice posted an excellent 1:43.  This is the type of gap Funatics-1 will need if they hope to stay ahead as Funatics-2 stronger runners toe the line!

ULTIMATE

Nick Burt showed he’s here to compete, posting an amazing 1:23 first half and now sits 2nd OA, and 3:58 ahead of 2012 Dave in that challenge.  VZ came in with a very impressive 1:32 half, placing her 1st OA for women and 5th OA!  Val Hobson came in with very strong 1:33 and now sits only 1:35 behind Vicki with her strongest stages still to come. Thaddeus showed he’s fit and ready to compete, coming in with a 1:34 7 minutes better than his start in 2015.  He also sits 8th OA!  Andrew came in with a solid 2:05 (on no training?) while Will came in at 2:16, only 2 mins back of 2013 Will. 

Up tomorrow…the 15K TT!  Good luck team!

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