A trip from Hobart proved very worthwhile for Colleen Denne when she took out the G & D Woodhouse Marathon handicap on Sunday. Although she has been a runner all her life, it is only in recent years that Denne has run competitively. She prefers longer distances and this is the fourth marathon she has completed. She also came up to run in last year’s PCCCT marathon, and was pleased to improve her time by 15 minutes.
This enabled her beat a gallant Amy Bramich by just 2:58 with Anna Murton completing a clean sweep for the female runners. Anna also improved her best time by 15 minutes. Thomas Murton was fourth, running the fastest time of 2:31:52. Fastest female was Sally Haynes.
The course took runners from River Park at Ulverstone to Turners Beach and back twice. Other members to improve their previous times included Ellen Elphinstone, Kelly Baxter and Ewen Troughton.
The Tyreright 5 kilometre handicap was run in conjunction with the marathon, for those not wishing to tackle the classic 42.195 kilometre distance.
This was won by Maddi Baxter who was excited to finally breakthrough. A grade 12 student, Baxter trains 5 days a week with an earlier winner this year, Kate Hawley. She took the lead at the halfway mark and then was never seriously challenged. Second was Ken Troughton with Andrew Aichberger third.
Earlier the nominated time winners were Jennifer Fuller, Phoebe Gillard and Lachlan Riley.
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