Mile

First victory for Harald in a VICRunners event, and more PRs by Mario, Frank, Gerald and Andrea (female) in this rainy race.
Luckily there were four timers - two to record the times and two to hold the umbrellas.

Thirteen teams registered for the 2nd VICGames ! Many PRs resulted in new entries in the mile top 100 list. Beate is the second lady in VICRunners' history to run a mile under 6 minutes. Very strong: CTBTO Men_s middle distance specialists _ will they be able to defend the lead on Thursday ? Nada could not make it today, but will join her team in the 10k run. Please check the team rating at the bottom of this table.

This was as announced Jalil's 50th (!) mile run with the VICRunners - a lonely record. With her PR Beate jumped to rank 5 in the top 100 list equalizing Ann Macheck's time from 3 years ago. Seven seconds faster and she would have been the second female VICRunner doing a sub-6 minutes mile after Liz Roehrig back in 1990.

Did I really send a message to the Chief of Security last week to ask him to open the bridge to Donaupark a little earlier this year because of the nice weather ? Today we had 3 degrees, cold wind and rain. Comeback of the day: Ann's first mile race since March 2002 (before baby and Zurich).

The 1st VICRunners Games were opened today with the mile competition, 6 men's and 4 ladies' teams registered. We missed the Austrian Mission team, however. The following results list shows the ranking separate for ladies and men. Similar to the rating in the IAG, the rankings are added for the teams and the team with the lowest sum is first etc.

In a well-balanced race (13 ladies, 13 men) participants once more demonstrated the new popularity of the mile distance and we could again welcome some new talents. Gulab managed to run the mile under 5 minutes, the best VICRunners time since 10 years and he jumps to no. 5 in the eternal best list.

Thirty-two athletes (a new record on this distance !) strained their lungs in the first mile race of the season, our timers were under stress but did an excellent job. Again some significant improvements could be recorded despite the disturbing wind.