Ice cold again - the most important is that there were no injuries these few days before the Vienna marathon ! All the best to all participants next weekend !
Nevertheless: some remarkable PRs, and Jesse jumping to no. 2 in the Top 100.
_ and one week after the last winter race we had today perfect spring conditions at 15 degrees.
Message to Matthew Murray: Your American cousin Jesse comes closer - only 23 seconds between your VIC Record and his PR ! And three more impressive PRs by Maxime, Petar (by more than 4 minutes) and Anousha (by more than 7 minutes).
Winter is back again, but despite snow and minus degrees there were again 3 PRs. This was Susanne's first participation since almost 8 years - welcome back !
New Course Record by Jesse improving Matt's record by 9 seconds !
Christina, the initiator of this Faschings run - 5k clockwise - was on a ski trip, but everyone else managed to find the course even if it looks different from the other side. Fasching is over already, but we had Zorro and Mickey Mouse participating.
Due to heavy snowfall it was decided to slightly change the course staying on the cleaner main road, but thus we ended up with a distance of approx. 5120 m according to GPSs. Sorry if that made you miss a PR (Margaret, Jesse, Maxime ?) !
After the run, former VICRunner Peter Smith's famous "flapjacks" were distributed to participants.
Emil's report: It was cold, about -4, but hardly any wind. Light snow cover on the ground, thus, runners had to be careful not to slip, especially on sharp turns.
All the best to you and your families ! See you in good shape in 2010 !
The first 10 VICRunners in today's handicap improved their annual bests in a range of 12 seconds to more than 3 minutes - congratulations !
A record to be remembered for some time is Esther's Course Record of 35:29 which improves the old record by Heike Sellinschegg (Family) from June 1993 by more than 4 minutes. Fantastic !
In the men's Top 100, Maxime moves forward from rank 4 to 3 and Jesse from 6 to 5.