Saturday in Canberra

First run was as soon as I got up. We stayed just nth of Canberra so I went for a 12k run around some trails & mtns. Was running with a heap of roo's. Ran up some random mtn. No trails going up this just dirt & rock's.

Second run was up mt Tennant.
I ran up there to see Josh & Charlie finish the Aust mtn champs.
This is the report & results from it

Australian Mountain Running Championships
Mt Tennent ACT
Saturday 10 May 2008
McTaggart secures historic 4th victory

North Canberra-Gungahlin Athletics Club's Scott McTaggart secured a historic fourth straight Australian mountain running title in winning today's national championship on Mt Tennent in Namadgi National Park. Prior to today he had been one of just four runners to have won three open championships.

McTaggart set off at a blistering pace to stamp his mark on the race from the start. By the halfway mark he had built up a commanding lead and he went on to complete the 11 kms in 52 mins 20 secs. Orienteering international Troy de Haas from Victoria overtook Wollongong's Stephen Brown with 3 kms to go to claim second place in 56:38, with Brown third in 58:12 and world veteran champion Trevor Jacobs of Weston Creek Athletics Club fourth in 62:10.

South Canberra-Tuggeranong's Jessamy Hosking went one better than her second place on Mt Tennent two years ago to claim her first national title. She completed the 8 km course in 46:24, with Australian long distance representative Vanessa Haverd from the ACT second in 47:57 and three-time World Orienteering Championship representative Kathryn Ewels of Victoria third in 48:59.

Victorians took the trifecta in the junior men's 8 kms. Kane Wille was first in 40:51, Ash Watson second in 41:39 and Stephen McShane third in 44:18.

Work junior mountain bronze medallist Veronica Wallington of Canowindra won the junior girl's 5 kms in 31:34, with Madison Rutter of Batemans Bay runner up in 34:27 and Sydney's Charlotte Wilson third in 39:29.

Senior men's 11k

1 Scott McTaggart M 31 NCG AC 52.20
2 Troy de Haas M 28 Sandringham AC VIC 56.38
3 Stephen Brown M 23 Kembla Joggers NSW 58.12
4 Trevor Jacobs M 56 Weston Creek AC ACT 62.10
5 David Hosking M 40 Weston Creek AC ACT 63.55
6 James Kuegler M 20 Auckland NZ 64.56
7 Stuart Doyle M 41 SCT AC ACT 65.41
8 Robin Rishworth M 42 VIC 68.07
9 Damian Smith M 37 Nowra AC NSW 68.55
10 Brendan Davies M 31 Woodstock Runners NSW 69.36
11 Patrick Kluth M 39 73.41
12 Mick Corlis M 49 Weston Creek AC ACT 79.15
13 Matthew Hole M 34 ACT 86.21
Cameron Lindsay M 21 ACT DNS


Junior girl's 5k
1 Veronica Wallington F 17 St George NSW 31.34
2 Madison Rutter F 17 Kembla Joggers NSW 34.27
3 Charlotte Wilson F 16 Asics West NSW 39.29



Open women's 8k
1 Jessamy Hosking F 25 SCT AC ACT 46.24
2 Vanessa Haverd F 31 ACT 47.57
3 Kathryn Ewels F 27 Traralgon VIC 48.59
4 Judith May F 37 SCT AC ACT 52.10
5 Melisah Feeney F 41 ACT 66.24
6 Jenny Kisler F 33 Wendouree AC VIC 68.52

Junior men's 8kms
1 Kane Wille M 18 Knox AC VIC 40.51
2 Ashley Watson M 19 Wendouree AC VIC 41.39
3 Stephen McShane M 15 Traralgon VIC 44.18
4 Dominic Perry M 18 St George NSW 45.15
5 Charlie Brooks M 15 Mingera AC NSW 45.16
6 James Connor M 15 Campbelltown AC NSW 46.17
7 Barton McPherson M 17 Kembla Joggers NSW 47.48
8 Mitchell Ryan M 18 Campbelltown AC NSW 48.13
9 Josh Wright M 17 Mingara NSW 48.47
10 Adam Conway M 17 Traralgon VIC 52.15
Matthew Bayley M 19 Haileybury VIC DNS

Released by John Harding
President
Australian Mountain Running Association
ph 62486905

After running back down we made our way back to The Central coast