Sat 13 – Sun 14 June 2020
ODT and Star Midweek Report for Thursday 18 June 2020
Jonah Belk and Chris Sole had a sensational run on Saturday afternoon over Sandfly-Sandymount and Hoopers Inlet (14.6km, 860m climbing). The shaded sand seemed close to zero degrees. The winter sun though blinding head on, cast warmth upon their backs, the blue sea a calm, cool spell. Jonah strode purposefully, strongly, showing his talent. Their plan to cross the inlet was foiled by a lovable young seal, which popped out the water, smiling, then opened a wide mouth with intent, convincing them that they should move smartly away. On Sunday Olivia Gold and Chris Sole cruised a recovery run in perfect wintry sunny weather during the low tide conditions from Blackhead to Brighton a distance of approximately 15km. Also on Sunday Steve Tripp and Harjinder headed out to Naseby Forest for a nice long cold morning run starting at minus 6 degrees Celsius but warming up to plus 4 degrees.
Sat 5 – Sun 6 June 2020
ODT and Star Midweek Report for Thursday 11 June 2020
During May 2020 – the Leith Senior Team of Nic Bathgate 12.2K (0:41), Harjinder Singh Chander 10K (0:52), Lydia Pattillo 10K (0:41) and Sophie Smith 10K (0:42) competed in the May Virtual Athletics New Zealand Race Series National Ekiden Relay Championships finishing in 11th place with a combined time of 2 hours 44 minutes. The Leith Masters team of Siobhan McKinlay 10K (0:49), Mark O’Neill 10K (0:37), Steve Tripp 12.2K (0:57) and Rach McKinney 10K (0:50) finished in 15th place in the Masters 35-49 category with a combined time of 3 hours 13 minutes. On Saturday Steve Tripp competed in the 44km Mt Difficulty Ascent ‘running’ races, finishing 22th overall and second veteran in 06:57:53. Also on a fine sunny Saturday afternoon Chris Sole took a group of runners for a run on the Otago Peninsula taking in some of the hills and the beaches.
