Episode 35 | Ultra Perth, PTS and Cross Country Results | Rottnest Marathon Preview

Another wet and wild week in WA! Hope everyone escaped the storms and had a great week of runnning.

In this episode: 
•⁠  ⁠Matt has a monster marathon specific session on Saturday & another solid week on the build to GC marathon. 
•⁠  ⁠Dan has another solid week of vert as he starts to back off the milage, 2 weeks out from Transcend. 
•⁠  ⁠Sinead gets out for what will likely be the last run of this pregnancy. 

RESULTS
Ultra Series - Ultra Perth (Saturday 8th June). The Half Marathon distance was taken out by Jon Sammut (1:12:57) & Lauren Hyde-Cooling (1:22:12) in her debut half. The premier event, the 50km, was taken out by fan favourites Karlos Aquino (3:27:13) & Lauren French (3:33:25) - https://my.raceresult.com/293086/results

PTS Winter Series Race 2 - Eagle and Child (Sunday 9th June). Stuart Caufield & Jess Jason were the winners on the black course (20.6k). Byron Martin & Georgie Smith took out the blue course (13.3k). Nic Temov & Magdaleen Strauss won the green course (5.5k)
https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=354890

 

Athletics West Short Course Cross Country - Burswood 4k (Sunday 9th June). In a very tight men’s race, Max Shervington took the win in 11:16.32 with Joel Crossing second (11:19) & Dan Canala 3rd in (11:29). Hy Hehir who won the U/20 category was second across the line just pipping Joel in 11:18). In the women’s 4k Amy Buckingham took line honors in 13:15.24, Rebekah Newton was 2nd (13:28) just ahead of Angie Ross (13:29). Hannah Doyle was the first U/20 across the line in 13:44.
https://www.athleticswestresults.com.au/Winter/ShortCourse24/

Comrades Marathon: Jackie Kellerman finished in a very impressive 7hrs 12min 49seconds - https://www.comrades.com/race-info/comrades-2023-results

Rottnest Marathon Preview – Kate Baker, Kirsten Buist, Karlos Aquino and Michael Carroll headline the Rottnest Running Festival lineup for next Sunday.

777 Marathon, commences 1st July: Founded in 2013, the annual Bravehearts 777 Marathon comprises of 7 marathon events in 7 Australian cities in 7 consecutive days. It is the only marathon event of its kind in Australia and supports the vital work of Australian child protection charity, Bravehearts - https://fundraise.bravehearts.org.au/event/777marathonperth2024/home

Upcoming:
•⁠  ⁠Rottnest Running Festival Sun 16 June (5/10/HM sold out)
•⁠  ⁠Transcend Trails Sat 22 June (entries closed)
•⁠  ⁠Manning Park XC 22nd June
•⁠  ⁠King of the Mountain Sun 30 June
•⁠  ⁠Bravehearts 777 Marathon 1 July
•⁠  ⁠Bibra Lake Marathon 7 July
•⁠  ⁠Jolly Jumbuck Trail Run 7 July

Have a great week in running and see you next week!