Last evening under a clear sky with a light cooling breeze over 700 athletes of varying abilities took to the streets of Palmerston North for the fifth in the seven event series of 7km walks/runs organised by the Manawatu Striders Club under the sponsorship of Vautiers Pharmacy, strongly supported by another sponsor, Yoplait who handed out sixpacks of their yoghurt to all competitors and officials.
Thank you sponsors. Thanks also to all the officials and other helpers.
Below are times for the 7km walk from some of the regular attendees. All times are unofficial as this is not supposed to be a race, but it definitely is in the minds of the competitors.
Sue Hoskin 43.24
Ian Bailey 43.24
Unknown male 45.08
Darryl James 45.30
Evan Davies 45.44
Amanda Young 45.52
John Doe 46.42
John Rickard 48.03
Lindsay Wright 48.21
Liz Burrows 48.34
Kay Davenport 48.34
Melissa Young 49.39
Sharon Wright 49.17
Alison Newcombe 51.30
Jackie Welsh 51.38
Lee Welsh 51.57
Sue Stirling 53.30
Judy Cocks 55.11
Cheers, Paul.