The Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania members this week tackle the Paine Family Memorial 10 kilometre event at Burnie.
The race starts at the council depot in Three Mile Line and is a hilly course over Mooreville and West Mooreville Roads
Members who ran the 25 kilometre Iron Man Classic at Forth last Sunday are bound to be still feeling the effects, so the best chances might come from those who gave the Iron Man a miss.
Kerrie Murchie was a close fourth at Somerset in Race 13 and looks well suited. She has had several other top finishes and a win is surely not far away. Richard Lawson in his first year of running surprised with his effort in a recent 5km event and could pull this off, although it is a much more difficult course.
Other runners close to a win include Andrew Bates, Rebecca O’Garey and Ron Chequer and any of the three would not surprise with a win. Patrick McMullen is another who has been consistently improving and is sure to finish strongly.
Front marker, John Purton, has specialised in this race and will be in front for a long way.
Entries close at 9:30 with the race starting at 10:00.
The nominated time events at 9:05 will have extra prizes thanks to the Paine family so big fields are expected.
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