for 2006 6-INCH TRACK 45km trails race run Sunday 17th December 2006 from North Dandalup to Dwellingup.
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Trents post;
OPEN Results
[new course record]
First:...... Dave ......... 3hrs 42mins 05secs
Second:. Victor ......... 4hrs 19mins 31secs
Third:..... Nathan ...... 4hrs 36mins 29secs
Ladies Results
First: Cherie & Kaye ... 6hrs 10mins
[initial holders of the ladies course record]
New Longest Course time
............ Jon ............. 7hrs 04mins
Bettering the time Jon set in 2005 of 6hrs 25mins
Hot, Still and Humid conditions had a lot to do with the slower course time, but finishing is it's own reward!
Knowing their limits award
Mark limit=32km time=4hrs 15mins
Note: Mark was in the race for longer than the winner, but an upset stomach caused him to dehydrate. He also had the chance to climb into a support vehicle at 29km [3hrs 01mins into the race] when he was not yet suffering from dehydration, although he knew he was having a hard time, but choose to test himself by going on.
Other Statistics
Whittakers Turner Hill Mountain Bike Trail
7km 22.5km
Dave 29mins <1hr 50mins
Victor 28mins 1hr 58mins
Nathan 31mins 2hrs 07mins
Mark 35mins 2hrs 18mins
Cherie 37mins 2hrs 38mins
Kaye 37mins 2hrs 38mins
Jon 38mins 2hrs 57mins
Del Park Road Crossing 17km approx.
Dave 1hr 29mins (1hr 36 in 2005)
Victor 1hr 34mins
Jon 2hr 20 (2hr 17 in 2005)
Scarp Road Crossing 34km approx.
Dave ? [<3hrs] got by while we were not there.
Victor 3hrs 11mins
Nathan 3hrs 25mins
Mark DNF
Cherie 4hrs 45mins
Kaye 4hrs 45mins
Jon 5hrs 00mins
My initial post;
1st Dave K. 3hrs 42 (2nd year in a row and a big improvement in time! wow!)
2nd Victor L. 4hrs 19 (Great effort after jetting in fresh from a Marathon in Singapore)
3rd Nathan F. 4hrs 36 (Improved considerably on last year to be amongst the best this year)
4th Cherie 6hrs 10 (sub 4 hours at Rottnest Marathon this year)
5th Kaye T. 6hrs 10 (around 4 flat for the Perth Marathon this year)
These two ladies from triathlon background ran together and are the first women to finish the 6-INCH Track challenge!
6th Jonathon Trailblazer P. 7hrs 04 (2nd Six Inch in a row...struggled...Perth Marathon 06 of 4hrs 18)...
about 28km DNF Mark B. (started well but did not persist through dehydration, other factors?)
See http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/7549/run6inchfaq.html
for 2005 results and more info about this race...
The race started at 0530am and by 9am or 10am the heat/humidity became a factor despite the high prevalence of shade on this course... The hills that characterise this race tested most. Heat probably not a major factor for the first 3 as they finished before it got going a lot.
Also a bushfire last night threatened to re-route the race, and although smouldering near Del Park Rd, only the last few 5-10km was run through recent bushfire area from last night...
Saw Kangaroos and a Racehorse Goanna...
There maybe a race report and photos in a major running magazine early next year, look out for that. More details soon....Will eventually have photos available from the race!
Big thanks to Trent who did such an excellent job with the drink stops and encouraging runners! Also to my wife Kathryn for taking photos at the 17km mark again...Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, and info with regard to the result...Let us know if its ok to use them in the Runnung Magazine article and/or the 6-inch webpages...
A few of us plan to head for Sydney,Katoomba and Jenolan Caves to (As 2P's put it so well, in comments) "convert the inches to feet" in the 6-FOOT Marathon 45km. Its looking like March 2008 is the most likely odyssey for myself,Dave and maybe some others, although like last year I'd love to get over there for March 2007...we shall see what happens...