Mt Tennent Australia Day Trail Runs
Tharwa ACT
Monday 26 January 2009
HAVERD SMASHES RECORDS ON MT TENNENT
The drums are beating for female race favouritism for Australian long distance mountain running representative Vanessa Haverd at the Six Foot Track 45 km on 14 March 2009. In 2007 Vanessa finished 28th in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship at the Jungfrau marathon in Switzerland. In the last 12 months Vanessa has kept injuries largely at bay to be running much faster and more consistently.
Since November 2008, Vanessa has won the Victoria Alpine Four Peaks (setting new records on Mystic Mountain and Mt Feathertop), the 44 km Deep Space Mountain Marathon (with 1800m of climb), the Tour de Mountain 17 kms, and the Mt Ainslie and Black Mountain Run Ups.
Today Vanessa ignored the warm conditions to shatter the course record for the 6.7 km summit ascent with 700m of climb in the Mt Tennent Australia Day Trail Runs. Haverd clocked 40 mins 50 secs to take almost two minutes off the record set in 2005 by former double world champion Emma Murray. Haverd continued on to set a new record of 1:41:20 for the Bushfold Flats 20.3 kms. Second female up the mountain was veteran ultra distance running champion Carol Baird in 54:10, with another veteran, Cathy Newman, third in 57:55.
First male to the summit was 2007 world veteran mountain running champion Trevor Jacobs who ran 41:30 and then overcame a fall to win the Bushfold Flats 20.3kms in 1:37:47. Runners up in both races were former Australian orienteering champion Andy Hogg and M40 veteran Peter Johnson.
Results:
6.7 km run to the summit:
Males: 1 T Jacobs 41.30, 2 A Hogg 43.50, 3 P Johnson 47.45, 4 I Wright 49.36, 5 J McCrae 49.46, 6 M Corlis 50.20, 7 M Hole 51.35, 8 S Appleby 51.45, 9 H Moore 53.56, 10 M Thompson 57.44, 11 M Burt 59.13, 12 G Barker 59.55, 13 J White 1.03.04, 14 N Blackaby 1.04.15.
Females: 1 V Haverd 40.50 (record), 2 C Baird 54.10, 3 C Newman 57.55, 4 E Knight 59.06, 5 A McNeill 1.07.42.
13.4 km up/down run:
Males: 1 G Barker 1.35.40, 2 J White 1.39.20, 3 N Blackaby 2.02.00.
Females: 1 C Baird 1.30.17, 2 E Knight 1.36.05, 3 A McNeill 1.52.00.
Bushfold Flats 20.3 kms:
Males: 1 T Jacobs 1.37.47, 2 A Hogg 1.48.01, 3 P Johnson 1.49.13, 4 J McCrae 1.55.50, 5 I Wright 1.56.41 , 6 S Appleby 2.03.15, 7 M Hole 2.06.17, 8 M Corlis 2.16.45, 9 M Thompson 2.16.56, 10 H Moore 2.41.35.
Females: 1 V Haverd 1.41.20 (record), 2 C Newman 2.12.42.