The dark, Berwick clouds hovered ominously over the crowd of APSOC runners warming up around Akoonah Park. Those who inspected the course, however, saw that the damage had already been done. The flatness of the terrain made it seem as though the past week of rainfall had all accumulated in the puddles that lined the gravel.
Some say the word “Akoonah” is the sound that the Haileburians make after slipping over a sharp corner (a regular occurrence in Berwick). Certainly, the first challenge of the course was staying upright in the mud-heavy twists and turns. This challenge was met by SKAAC athlete Jack Holden, who took the race to Old Wesley’s Adam Pyke and managed to push ahead to take out 2nd place.
Chloe Cornwell and Trish Doble debuted the new SKAAC women’s singlets, both recording excellent times and placings. The effort of the displacement of mud from the track to the legs and back of SKAAC runners was only matched by the scattering to cover when the rain eventually came pouring down.
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