Zeitlhofer wins on debut up Mt Ainslie

Mt Ainslie Run Up
2.3km ACT
Tuesday 1 January 2013

Weather: hot, 33 degrees, mild breeze.

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Pic:  Matthew Zeitlhofer crossing the finish line.

It was surprising that 20 keen people turned up on a 33 degree day for the first run of 2013, although they said a cooling breeze made the conditions quite tolerable. They included a number of Canberra running and triathlon legends in Trevor Jacobs, Bob Harlow, Rad Leovic and Caroline Campbell, all medallists in various world masters competitions.

18 year old Matthew Zeitlhofer impressed on debut by proving too strong on the steepest uphill section for Mt Ainslie regular Simon Claringbold, clocking 13.33, with Claringbold 22 seconds behind. Peter Burke produced a strong finish to claim 3rd in 14.36.
Carol Harding was first female in 17.35, ahead of first timers Fiona Bannerman in 22.17 and Heather Powrie in 22.37.

Photo album at http://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/Sports/Mountain-running/Mt-Ainslie-Run-Up-1-Jan-2013/

Males:

1 Matthew Zeitlhofer 13.33, 2 Simon Claringbold 13.55, 3 Peter Burke 14.36, 4 Warren Trethewey 14.45, 5 Trevor Jacobs 15.15, 6 Michael Phillips 15.31, 7 Tony Hrstic 15.39, 8 Peter Thompson 16.54, 9 Bob Harlow 17.28, 10 Craig Wurtz 18.08, 11 David Wallis 18.14, 12 Andrew Sutcliffe 19.05, 13 William Zeitlhofer 19.57, 14 Geoff Barker 20.54, 15 Rad Leovic 27.06.

Females:

1 Carol Harding 17.35, 2 Fiona Bannerman 22.17, 3 Heather Powrie 22.37, 4 Caroline Campbell 24.11, 5 Carolyne Kramar 29.33.