Haverd, Sharp, Kluth and Jacobs in great shape for Six Foot Track

Mt Ainslie Run Up, ACT
2.3 kms, Tuesday 2 March 2010

In their final mountain running tune ups for the Six Foot Track  45 kms on Saturday week, Vanessa Haverd, Louise Sharp and Patrick Kluth all clocked personal bests in today\’s Mt Ainslie Run Up. Haverd, the defending Six Foot Track female champion, continued her hot streak of great form when she reduced her personal best from 12.21 to 12.07. Sharp, who has been training regularly with Vanessa, slashed her personal best from 15.10 to 14.35. Patrick Kluth has been toughening up for Six Foot with super long and hilly runs in the Brindabellas with former world rogaining champions Dave Baldwin and Julie Quinn. He went from 14.47 last month to 13.54 today.

Trevor Jacobs, leader of the ACT Gramps Army at Six Foot Track, was not feeling as fresh as the others. The former world veteran mountain running champion over both 11 kms and 42 kms was recovering from almost 4 hours of running five times up and down Mt Majura on Sunday, an elevation gain of over 1,000m. Last Wednesday he wrapped up his third victory in three years in the age-sex handicapped Runners Shop Orienteering Summer series in Canberra. Sufficient fitness will not be a problem for Trevor at Six Foot.

Males: 1 Stuart Doyle 11.44, 2 Grant Bluett 11.58, 3 Peter Young 13.18, 4 Simon Claringbold 13.30, 5 Tony Hrstic 13.50, 6 Patrick Kluth 13.54, 7 James Savill 14.38, 8 Trevor Jacobs 14.59, 9 Steve Hanley 15.16, 10 Mick Serbatoio 15.23, 11 Tony Olliffe 15.53, 12 Scott Yates 15.58, 13 Ian McHugh 16.03, 14 Sam Ryland 16.23, 15 Christophe Vial 16.26, 16 Roy Frylink 17.43, 17 Andrew Sutcliffe 17.58, 18 Denis Gray 18.14, 19 Luke Beveridge 18.26, 20 Neil Davenport 18.41, 21 Peter Lambert 19.00, 22 Tony Beasley 19.14, 23 Andrew Bowman 19.49, 24 Michael Burt 20.10, 25 Geoff Barker 20.29, 26 Matthew Morris 20.38, 27 Eric Wainwright 22.48, 28 Nick Blackaby 23.06.

Females: 1 Vanessa Haverd 12.07, 2 Louise Sharp 14.35, 3 Julie Quinn 14.57, 4 Marie Janczura 20.22, 5 Monika Short 22.30, 6 Sharene Hurnen 23.42.