Great Nosh Run

Uringa has for eons manned the water stop under the Roseville Bridge. And for eons it has not changed - today the temperature hovered around the usual 8-10 degrees which is about normal for this location.  Our 3 workers Jane Boland, Gayle Shepherd and  I were well rugged up for the task ahead

Zoe in full flight

With covid in mind we did not have to fill 400 cups and hand them out, which often meant getting wet... This year we had a supply of 250ml water bottles.  Runners were told that they had to be responsible for their own hydration. Our stop is around 5 and a bit kms from the start and really no one should have exhausted their supply by then.

Will 

The 22km runners were first off and it was not long before they were streaming past. Notably the first female in the race was right up there with the leaders- and apparently remained that way to the finish- tough! The first Uringan to come into view was Kelvin Meng and he went on to finish 14th in M under 40 and was 29th male over the line. A casual observation was that very few of these runners carried water.

Kelvin going way too fast for the camera

The attention then switched to the 16km runners who left Lindfield 30 minutes after the 22ers. Soon there was a steady stream of runners passing through our stop. Way up there was Will Nolan who finished 3rd in M 18 and was 19th male across the line.  Another Uringan to appear was Zoe Melling. Now Zoe whilst smiling as she went past certainly had a big reason to smile later as she was first home in Womens 50-59 and was 6th female finisher. A greater percentage of the 16km runners carried water.

Jono, Ant, Will and ?

Jono Nolan appeared with Ant on his heals. He paused long enough mid stride to tell Jane that he would need a day off school to recover... Fat Chance. Jono finished in 4th place in M18. Around the corner came our final Uringan Frances Richards. who motored home in 4th place in W50-59 and was 31st female home.

Frances 

Now the Nosh every year falls around Gayle's birthday and a birthday cake or two is always on the cards. The laugh of it all was that a couple of gentlemen  runners  seeing the cakes decided that they were hungry and helped themselves to a slice.  It was worth noting that the cakes did not appear until after Will and Jono went through otherwise the cakes would have been finished and the boys may not have finished... Very crafty Jane.

Whilst this was happening a few thousand kilometres away in Cairns Bronwyn Steele, daughter of Uringan members Sarah and Rick was competing in the Cairns 70.3 Ironman. Bronwyn completed the course in 5hrs 17 minutes and 35 seconds  to finish, I believe in 5th place in the W30-34 age group.

Proud mum Sarah with Bron

Thanks to master photograper Tony Hill for a number of the photos posted here