Although it was a warm afternoon of spring weather and the AFL grand final was on television, 100 Griffith Feral Joggers came out to run at Scenic Hill last Saturday.
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While only a handful managed to beat the heat and run a faster time than the previous week, Grantley Hodge stayed consistent.
He ran the same time of 17mins 46sec for the second consecutive week to take third in race six of the Arsova short course competition.
First across the line for the day’s event was Louise Hancock, who also clocked the fastest time for the ladies with 16.08.
In second, perennial contender Adrian Baird (17.11) slipped into top spot in the points score.
Fourth-placed Christian Callcut got in just ahead of Isabella Salmon (5th) and Ella Savage (6th), who enjoyed a good battle.
In the long course, Aidan Fattore wasn’t deterred by the heat and finished more than four minutes ahead of the pack in first with the fastest time of 21.06.
The only heat Stewart Wood felt during the race was the fire lit under him as he roared into second with his quickest time of the competition – a lightning effort of 25.25.
Peter Stockwell (3rd) and Julie Duncan (4th) must have chatted through the whole course together before Julie was pipped at the post.
At least she was compensated with the fastest ladies' time of 25.55.
The rest of the top 10 were led by Martin West (5th), who sweated it out to produce an admirable time of 27.17.
Congratulations goes to Brendon Sinclair (6th) for his magnificent effort to clock 1000km as a Griffith Feral Jogger.
Out of the remaining four in the top 10, only Keith Riley (9th) and John Dodd (10th) were able to better their times in the heat.
Not to be outdone, Adam Johnson (7th) and Mark Hancock (8th) still made it look easy on the course after producing great runs.
Joggers are asked to note the new start time of 5.30pm begins this week because of daylight saving.
The Griffith Feral Joggers run every Saturday at 5.30pm from the water tower at Scenic Hill.
Please arrive before 5.20pm to register for the day’s event.