Yolla runner, Cobie Walker, the pre-race favourite won the Raymond Spinks/CRC twelve kilometre handicap at Somerset on Sunday.
Walker had been showing excellent form all year following some hard training over summer for the Gone Nuts event. Since then he has trained more lightly to nurse some injury “niggles” and this has worked well for him.
In his fifth year with the club, this was Walker’s second win with his debut victory four years ago at Stanley.
Initially, he took up running to lose weight and is now proudly thirty-seven kilograms lighter than when he started.
Taking the lead from a brave Eric Hughes at the ten kilometre mark, Walker had to maintain focus and effort to stall off fast-finishing backmarkers Evan Brett, Kyle Groenewege and Thomas Wilson.
The husband and wife team of Russell and Ann Horton both ran top races while the two back markers Phillip McConnon and Brad Taylor stormed through the field.
Fastest female was Lyn Saint-John with McConnon, having his first run with the club, the fastest male.
Nominated time winners were Kelsey and Eirmear Anderson, Brooke Riley and Will van Rooyen.
Race 18 2017 Placings – Spinks-CRC 12km
Race 18 2017 Fastest to Slowest – SpinksCRC 12km
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