New record to Davies in Deep Space Marathon

Posted onAuthorJohn Harding

Deep Space Mountain Marathon
Former Honeysuckle Creek Deep Space Tracking Station
Namadgi National Park ACT
Sunday 7 November 2010

Sydney’s Brendan Davies (pictured), an Australian representative at this year’s World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship, took advantage of the misty rain and cool weather to lower the Deep Space Mountain Marathon record of 3.43.01 set in 2009 by world 48 hour running champion Martin Fryer.  Davies set off at a cracking pace and passed through the 25 km point 12 minutes ahead of the field in 2.02.01 before maintaining the effort through to the finish in 3.42.44. The 44 km course included 1800m of ascent, including peaks of Mt Tennent and the Orroral ridge and low points in the Appollo Road and Orroral valleys.

Brendan Davies

Leura runner Mick Donges felt right at home in the Blue Mountains like conditions and terrain and was also under 4 hours in clocking 3.59.11. Nowra’s Damian Smith was still a bit leg weary from a long race a fortnight earlier but an enormous dish of pasta at the campground the night before proved to be the right fuel for a good 3rd placing in 4.19.38. A highlight of the day was the performance of legendary American marathon runner and race organiser Brent Weigner, now 61 years old, in completing the distance in 6.19.12. Weigner has run marathons on all continents, including the Antarctic and North Pole races.

Vanessa Haverd

Dual Six Foot Track champion Vanessa Haverd of Canberra (pictured), 7th in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship in 2008, paced herself comfortably over the first two thirds of the course before powering home in a personal best of 4.03.05. Times clocked in the Deep Space race are similar to those run at Six Foot Track and second placed Louise Sharp was ecstatic to follow up her 3.26 run in the Fitzroy Falls marathon with a 4.12.23. Bryony McConnell moved up from the 25 km run last year to the full marathon this year and ran a strong 4.39.41 to be third fastest female.

For the second year in succession Arvid Streiman from Kirribilli in Sydney took out the 25 km run to Mt Tennent and back, running 2.18.02, with Brett Schumacher second in 2.20.43 and Malcolm Brown third in 2.26.58. Samantha Gash from Pyrmont in Sydney was fastest female in 2.54.17, with Outward Bound’s Laura Marshall second in 3.01.52.

Australia’s two top junior male orienteers Ian Lawford and Lachlan Dow took the quinella in the 19 km run to the Orroral Valley bridge and back, Lawford running 1.31.51 and Dow a two minute personal best of 1.32.50, with veteran Richard Juckes third in 1.42.50. In a great mountain running performance Kym Chisholm clocked 1.42.00 and smashed the women’s course record by 6 minutes. Last year’s winner Cathy Crompton  was second and fastest W50 in 1.53.20, with Allison Kirkby third in 2.01.28. Two outstanding veteran race walkers Monika Short and Geoff Barker produced magnificent efforts to walk 2.28.35 and 2.33.24 respectively, smashing the old walking record of 2.43 by Peter Hogan.

Scott Wright won the 8.4 km run to the Orroral Ridge and back in 46.18, with Yogesh Mulye second in 56.32 and Stephen Adams third in 59.12. Kate Johnson was fastest female in 52.01, from Marie Janczura in 56.32 and Amber Reiman in 1.03.44. Michael Burt walked the distance in 1.09.09.

Race photos are available at http://www.actvac.com.au/index.php?module=Home&action=ShowHtml&filename=/Photos/Deepspace/index.html

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Lost property: a pair of Black Diamond gloves and a North Face water bottle were left behind at the race.

44 kms:
Males: Finish 25k split
1 Brendan Davies 33 male 3.42.44 2.02.01
2 Mick Donges 27 male 3.59.11 2.14.43
3 Damian Smith 39 male 4.19.38 2.22.24
4 Matt Hegarty 41 male 4.26.15 2.22.30
5 Sebastian Perhauz 31 male 4.34.43 2.30.06
6 Rod Cutler 43 male 4.39.41 2.34.11
7 Valentin Roukchan 28 male 4.41.14 2.29.23
8 Scott Richmond 28 male 4.54.10 2.35.52
9 Alvin Matthews 39 male 4.55.47 2.47.07
10 Darren Morris 45 male 4.58.36 2.38.30
11 Michael Thompson 49 male 5.00.56 2.43.50
12 Matthew Turner 19 male 5.08.04 2.32.41
13 Nick Mesher 50 male 5.08.44 2.44.25
14 Stephen Bowers 42 male 5.10.11 2.48.10
15 Mark Kraljevic 45 male 5.10.15 2.48.05
16 Mick Corlis 51 male 5.16.08 2.44.12
17 Norman Burns 44 male 5.17.18 2.50.37
18 Peter Khourey 51 male 5.17.52 2.51.07
19 Bob McNaught 62 male 5.24.01 2.51.42
20 Ben Schutt 24 male 5.28.26 2.48.10
21 Emmanuel Chandran 33 male 5.56.08 3.07.12
22 Peter Foster 50 male 6.15.37 3.07.12
23 Brent Weigner 61 male 6.19.12 3.06.57
Females:
1 Vanessa Haverd 33 female 4.03.05 2.21.33
2 Louise Sharp 28 female 4.12.23 2.24.19
3 Bryony McConnell 37 female 4.39.41 2.34.09
25 kms:
Males:
1 Arvid Streimann 33 male 2.18.02
2 Brett Schumacher 37 male 2.20.43
3 Malcolm Brown 31 male 2.26.58
4 Daniel Trevena 25 male 2.26.58
5 Craig Wisdom 50 male 2.28.48
6 James Stewart 31 male 2.32.26
7 John Kennedy 60 male 2.35.45
8 Peter Thomson 50 male 2.42.00
9 Stuart Lindenmayer 34 male 2.46.58
10 Eric Moeller-duhme 64 male 2.58.00
11 Michael Ellwood 38 male 2.59.22
12 Adam Packer 25 male 3.16.08
Females:
1 Samantha Gash 26 female 2.54.17
2 Laura Marshall 34 female 3.01.52
19 kms walk:
Males:
1 Geoff Barker 66 male 2.33.24
Females:
1 Monika Short 63 female 2.28.35
19 kms:
Males:
1 Ian Lawford 17 male 1.31.51
2 Lachlan Dow 19 male 1.32.50
3 Richard Juckes 41 male 1.42.50
4 James Swann 37 male 1.43.02
5 Robbie Costmeyer 63 male 1.47.37
6 Graham Duggan 40 male 1.47.57
7 Graeme Lendrum 39 male 1.48.31
8 Martin Pogson 49 male 1.48.35
9 Stephen Johnston 25 male 1.54.29
10 Roger Pilkington 51 male 1.58.12
11 Paul Klitscher 45 male 1.59.14
12 Hugh Moore 62 male 1.59.25
13 Warrick Howieson 40 male 1.59.58
14 Corbin Ellison 44 male 2.06.22
15 Chris Janczura 43 male 2.09.35
Females:
1 Kym Chisholm 29 female 1.42.00
2 Cathy Crompton 53 female 1.53.50
3 Alison Kirkby 26 female 2.01.28
4 Judith Pogson 48 female 2.02.20
5 Bronwyn Wiseman 38 female 2.03.51
6 Colleen Koh 32 female 2.06.10
7 Jessica Robson 27 female 2.07.37
8 Gemma Ruddick 26 female 2.09.15
9 Judi Edwards 62 female 2.16.00
10 Nichelle Jackson 26 female 2.18.14
11 Lauren Stevens 25 female 2.18.14
12 Diana Schneider 64 female 2.19.22
13 Lisa Quilty 29 female 2.27.35
8.4 kms:
Males:
1 Scott Wright 29 male 46.18
2 Yogesh Mulye 38 male 56.32
3 Stephen Adams 26 male 59.12
Females:
1 Kate Johnston 28 female 52.01
2 Marie Janczura 38 female 56.32
3 Amber Reiman 30 female 1.03.44
4 Samantha Klitscher 45 female 1.33.20
8.4 kms walk:
Males:
1 Michael Burt 52 male 1.09.09
Females:
1 Sue Hume 62 female 1.28.17
2 Jenny McBride 56 female 1.33.12
3 Suzanne Coulton 43 female 1.51.20
4 Caroline O’Clery 65 female 1.51.20