Nineteen members of the Whitsunday Running Club braved the rough seas to take part in the Great Whitehaven Beach Run in treacherous conditions with a 25 knott south easterly blowing.
The female members of the club took out the trifecta in the half marathon with Liv Compton finishing ahead of Aimee Sulzberger and Alison Scoles. In the 10k race Riana Wronski finished strongly in second place.
The male members of the club also achieved some great results with Roland Henderson placing second in the half marathon after leading the race until 1 km from the end. Justin Knight-Gray finished first in his age category and Ken ‘Dropbear’ Page came in third behind him.
Club Coach, Mark McConkey won his age category in the 10km with a great run home against the strong south easterly and Owen Lee finished second in his age category.
The 5km race saw Jody Mulholland finish second in her age category and Rebecca Hadley second with Karen McConkey third in their age category. In the older age category Greg Coulson was second and Tim McQuoid-Mason placed third.
The President of the Whitsunday Running Club said "Despite some very extreme conditions our members performed amazingly well and there were many happy faces once their runs were completed."
"I did however hear 'that sucked' repeated several times after the racing was completed."
Contribtued with thanks to Whitsunday Running Club
Photo credit: Hamilton Island Photography
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