Hamilton Marathon Clinic

Newsletter. September 2020.

At the time of writing this we are back to level two with Auckland locked off from the rest of the
country, events cancelled again and restricted use of our clubrooms. The uncertainty of what is
happening has a serious effect on everyone in their day to day life and this has a role on effect down
to our club and our hobby. A lot of planning is on the backfoot and things rapidly change. I have just
had my sixth event that I have entered, cancelled. Many entrants are not happy at no refunds but
many events are run as a business and they have already paid out organisational and planning costs
and do not have the financial ability to repay entry fees. I found that during the lockdown my walking
was something to get me out of the house and a focus. I also did a few virtual events. Once we moved
out of lockdown then training for the events kept me keen but after doing the training and not the
events it is very hard to remain motivated. On a positive note the easing up for a few weeks did see
some events held and a few did the Taupo events and more were doing parkrun and there was enough
of those held for Lex to complete his 250th, Denyse her 150th and Keith his 50th. Dennis also did his
254th marathon and awaiting the next few weeks to see if his next marathons he has entered will be
run.

Garmin

After all the issues with Covid and cancelled events etc who would have thought that the biggest
problem of the year for many runners and walkers would be the inability to connect their Garmin
watches to the Ap for a week due to Garmin being infected by ransomware and being asked to pay a
supposed $10million to have it removed. It shows how dependent we have all become on the use of
electronics. When I and many others were young to work out how far and fast you went was just an
estimation. You knew roughly what your average pace was and worked out how long you went out. A
drive round your favourite courses in the car more or less confirmed the distance. Events were all
done on a single start time which was when the gun went off and in bigger events like Rotorua
Marathon it meant that the ones at the back were up to five minutes before even crossing the start
line. People used to work out what time they should take to get to certain distances and maybe use a
watch or stop watch to confirm it. Some used to write these split times on their hands so they
remembered what it was. Now you can tell at any given time distance, pace, time. We do become so
dependent on those watches. Maybe we need to have a couple events where estimated times are put
in prior to start and no watches, phones etc are used. Other clubs do this and results can be interesting.

Denis Jordan

Some of you may have been at the meeting earlier this month, where we heard that one of the newer
club members, Dennis Jordan, had completed the Taupo Marathon on 2 nd August. What you may not
have appreciated is that this marathon was the 254th Dennis has completed, and that he is a long-
standing members (since 2006) of the New Zealand 100 Marathon Club. The New Zealand leader
board for the most marathons completed is led by Michael Stewart, and “mad Mike” has his sights set
of a thousand. If you’re interested in either a steady 100 marathons or challenging Michael Stewart’s
total, now is the time to start.
Denis started in 1983 at the New Plymouth Marathon and reached the 100 totals at the popular Aurora
marathon just north of Wellington. He has run Rotorua many times, but none more memorable than
in 1989 when there were 6000 runners in the field. In 1988 he had broken the barrier set for club
runners, the 3 hours marathon; Denis ran 2:59 at Havelock North.
Denis has moved to Hamilton from New Plymouth and is becoming a regular member of the race-
walking group. He knows a lot about runners and running, and is always ready to compare running
notes, talk about the great courses and the memorable events of marathon running. He is not just a
slog-it-out runner and walker; he has also been doing the park runs at the Hamilton Lake.

Club Website
We had two websites running and are in process of sorting out and removal of the paid site. Neal is
looking after the original sits and it is up to date and will be the one to use. The address is included
on our public facebook page. For those who do not know or have not been into the site, the details
are:
hmc-run-walk.weebly.com
Results

With events being cancelled or on hold again the Taupo Marathon was main outside event club
members entered.

Marathon Walk Dennis Jordan 6th overall and 1st in age group.
Half Marathon Walk Ross Murphy 1st overall
Carol Downey 26th overall and 1st in age group.
10 KM Walk Kirsty Murphy 3rd Overall

Coming Events

Once more cancellations, and postponements. Please note the soup and quiz night has been changed
to October due to uncertainty of being able to use kitchen. We will instead go to Lonestar in Victoria
Street. Lonestar are a valued sponsor and our club draw vouchers come from there so please help the
club show its appreciation to them by coming to dinner

Date Event Venue Details

29/8 Mt Maunganui Half Marathon Papamoa Cancelled
30/8 Wellington Marathon Wellington ?
30/8 Laser shooting/run Clubrooms 8.00am
1/9 Tuesday club night and dinner Lonestar Victoria Names to Colleen by
Street Sunday 30/8
6/9 Kinloch off road challenge Kinloch Round 3 Taupo Trail Series
6/9 Sunday club event Clubrooms
12/9 Over the top fun run Waihi Beach
13/9 Sunday club event Clubrooms
13/9 North Shore Marathon Cancelled
13/9 Paeroa to Thames 30k Fun run Paeroa
13/9 Trail Trilogy Cancelled
19/9 Hawkes Bay Marathon Cancelled
20/9 Sunday Club event Cambridge Clubrooms leaving 8.00am
Avantidrome or venue 8.30
20/9 Tauranga Marathon Cancelled
20/9 Auckland waterfront half Mission Bay
20/9 Whangarei Run Walk festival
26/9 Rotorua Marathon Rotorua
26/9 Blue Lake challenge Rotorua
27/9 Hospice Fun run Hamilton Gardens 5km and 10km

Hospice Waikato Run for Life Charity Fun Run and Walk. This will be held at the Rhododendron Lawn,
Hamilton Gardens, on Sunday 27 September 5km at 9:30am, 10km at 9:40am. Entries can be done
online at https://www.hospicewaikato.org.nz. There will also be entry forms at the club rooms that can
be completed and given to us for forwarding to organisers included prior to 22 nd September. Please
include payment. $10 for 5km and $15 for the 10km. We have been asked if we can have a drink station
outside clubrooms so please contact club if you can help.
 Club 10km Results

( Note: due to Covid causing date changes or several people being tied up with running the event ,they did the
event on practice day under timed conditions.).

Some on the list are not current financial members, so for the 15k you will need to be financial and
wear club uniform to continue. To be in contention for the club championship you must do the half
marathon and at least two of the other events. Points will accumulate with the half marathon and
your two best other results. There are some who will not be doing the half marathon either due to
age restriction (Must be 16) or it is too long to do. If you do three events you will be eligible for a club
medal this year but will not be included in the championship.
Thanks to all those who assisted at the first two events
Ross

Men Runners 5km 10km 15km 21km Total

Name Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Pts
Michael Robinson 19:53 1 10 44.31 2 9 19
Joel Collings 19:59 2 9 56.09 6 5 14
Andrew Collings 21:51 4 7 50.53 4 7 14
Liam Burton - 41.53 1 10 10
Mike Ward 24:53 6 5 56.11 7 4 9
Mandeep Singh 20:34 3 8 - 8
Stuart McDonald - 51.53 5 6 6
Luke McDonald 47.43 3 8 8
Luke O’Connell 22:16 5 6 6
Steve Rossiter 26:25 7 4 - 4
Lex Chalmers - 73.45 8 3 3
Jayden van Dyk 27:44 9 2 - 2
Adam Wheeler 27:34 8 3 - 3
Scott van Dyk 44:46 10 1 - 1
Pete Young 51.33 11 1 - 1

Women Runners 5km 10km 15km 21km Total

Name Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Pts
Denyse Graham 24:33 1 10 53.35 1 10 20
Anna O’Connell 26:04 4 7 53.38 2 9 16
Paula Leckie 28:50 5 6 65.36 3 8 14
Anneliese Collings 25:25 3 8 74.53 6= 5 13
Jenny Brady 31:25 6 5 70.15 5 6 11
Kirsten Collings 24:33 2 9 9
Dina Gibbons - 70.04 4 7 7
Izzy McNamara - 74.53 6= 5 5
Katie van Dyk 44:46 7 4 - 4
 Junior/lesser 2km 3km 4km 5km
competitive Total
Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Pts
Male
Zavier Collings 12:48 1 10 23.04 1 10 20
Trey Rata 14:09 2 9 9
Female
Kaewruellai Collings 12:48 1 10 23.10 1 10 20
Ella Cooper-Levin 14:09 2 9 9
Izzy McNamara 14:36 3 8 8

Men Walkers 5km 10km 15km 21km Total

Name Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Pts
Ross Murphy 33:00 1 10 67.56 1 10 20
Keith Flockhart 34:18 2 9 72.49 2 9 18
Wilf Johnston 36:23 3= 8 76.38 3 8 16
Neal Utting 41:37 5 6 84.57 5 6 12
Neil Crocker 36:23 3= 8 - 8
Dennis Jordan - 83.40 4 7 7
Noel Sandford 48:50 6 5 - 5

Women Walkers 5km 10km 15km 21km Total

Name Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Time Pl Pts Pts
Sarah Walker 36:22 1 10 74.10 1 10 20
Carol Downey 39:07 2 9 80.54 3 8 17
Kirsty Murphy 40:03 3 8 77.00 2 9 17
Lois Bydder 41:37 4 7 83.40 4 7 14
Heather Flay 87.08 5 6 6

Other medal contenders – but not champs placings (Must participate in some form over three
events)
Evan Bydder 5k 5k
John Dische 5k 5k
Dennis Friedlander 5k 5k
Maurice Rennie - 5k
Colleen Nolan assist assist
Deidre Matson assist assist
Diane Oldham assist assist

2020 Membership- Reminder

If you have not paid your subscriptions yet, these are now overdue. This will be the last newsletter
for those who have not renewed. We value your membership and would love to see you remain in
the club, but regretfully accept it if you decide not to join. Subs are full members $70. Juniors and
social members $20. A full membership does allow one junior member to be included on that
membership at no extra charge.
Laser Run

We are hosting another Laser Run this Sunday 29th August.

This is a good fun event and this time it will have a special twist:
Athletes will compete as a two person team (pentathletes will be paired up with non-
shooters).
Total run time will be 40 minutes.
The aim is to complete as many 400m laps as you can alternating laps with your team
member (relay style) within the time frame.
The shooting distances will be 5m - so great for beginners:)
The purpose of the competition is to create a fun environment where teams are paired to
be roughly equal in terms of time.
Currently we have eight team captains. If you would like to volunteer please let us know:)
Details of the event are as follows:
Venue: Club rooms
Date: 30th of August
Time: 8am sign in
Currently we have 10 shooting stations.
One heat only:)
Please note that under Level 2 the kitchen facilities are not open in the club rooms. So
bring your own beverages and snacks.
Prizes will be awarded!!!