The main race for the PCCCT each year is the Gowans Motor Group Wynyard to Burnie Feature Race. The event starts in front of the Wynyard Post Office and finishes 17.6 kilometres later with a lap of west Park Oval.
The fact that so many runners are now peaking, the flatness of the course and the unusual distance make it very difficult to pick a favourite.
The gun will fire for go-marker Liane Hanson at 9:30 with the back marker, Club champion Thomas Murton starting his quest for victory 57 minutes and 40 seconds later. There are 89 entries in total.
Of the front markers, the strongest chances appear to be Sarah Hiller, Alan Bakes, and Anna Murton with Anna probably the best chance.
The favourites among the middle-markers would be Gerard Leary, Wayne Wiseman, Peter Elphinstone and Adrian Lakeland. Elphinstone won comfortably at Gunns Plains last Sunday and won’t be rehandicapped for that win until after the Feature Race. He will be very hard to beat.
The winner may well come from the strong and in-form backmarkers. Any of Mark Saint-John, Matthew Atkins, Brad Taylor, Bryan Tuit or Thomas Murton could easily breast the tape.
In a race full of chances, one thing is certain: it will be an exciting event with the likely winner not known until the finish is in sight.