Twilight Half Marathon Race Records were broken! John Polson officially broke Patrick Nispel’s race record set in 2011. Commonwealth Games athlete Kate Smyth also broke Roxie Schmidt’s race record and reached the time bonus money as well! Distance: 21.0975 kms.

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Beijing 2008 Olympian, Courtney Atkinson won the Open Men Olympic division in a time of 1:44:34, ahead of Jack Hickey, Joseph Lampe and John Polson. Jodie Stimpson (GBR) was impressive in the Women’s Open category crossing the line in under 2 hours with a time of 1:57:38. Click any one of the thumbnails (below) to enlarge, then scroll. More photos under ‘Continue Reading’

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Return to Racing? So, why would you start with a double Olympic distance? 2km swim, 80km bike, 20km run. All that on top of a 450km drive, due west (to the rising floods), two nights in a very ordinary motel – and then another 450km back! It was fun – they kept telling me… Click any one of the thumbnails (below) to enlarge, then scroll. More photos under ‘Continue Reading’

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No,  Tony Abbott didn’t win the Port Maquarie Iron Man, but he did win the award for the fittest (and most colourful) Member of Parliament on the coarse!  And he did finish, which is more than… Click any one of the thumbnails (below) to enlarge, then scroll. More photos under ‘Continue Reading’

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Dean kept us entertained while we waited for the fireworks… Click any one of the thumbnails (below) to enlarge, then scroll. More photos under ‘Continue Reading’

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