OOnRRUNn ttheheUN Aug 2011 MAGAZINE OF THE WELLINGTON SCOTTISH ATHLETICS CLUB INC Vol 8 WHERE DID ALL THE (WORLD- CLASS, NEW ZEALAND) MARATHONERS GO? Roger Robinson on the impact of professionalism CROSS COUNTRY SEASON REVIEWED Wet, muddy, hilly and fun! THE NATIONAL ROAD RELAY BECKONS Why we love road relays WHEN IS A MASTER REALLY A MASTER? RUNNING RESOURCES ON THE WEB CARSON TEARS THROUGH EUROPE 1 FUN RUN & WALK SERIES Weekly from August through to April! When every Tuesday from 2 August Distance 5km Start times Walkers: 5.30pm Joggers: 5.30pm Runners: 5.45pm Register from 5pm inside Chicago Sports Cafe, Queen's Wharf Entry fee $7 per person The Course Start/finish outside Ferg's Kayak's. Heads out to Oriental Bay and back again. Hugs the wharf round the side of Te Papa and along pathway out to Cable Street, around far side of Waitangi Park to Oriental Parade to turnaround - Sponsored By: back the same way to finish. Prize-giving Presented By: Join us after the run / walk at Chicago Sports Cafe for a free drink (a handle of Chicago Draft beer, juice or soft Wellington drink) and a short prize-giving. Spot prizes each week, Scottish and merit and participation prizes. Athletics *for full details on the series see the Scottish website: Club Inc. www.scottishathletics.org.nz 2 Contact
[email protected] Contents From the Editor From the Editor 3 Well it continues to be a cracker season with club Obituaries: Venessa Green, Scott Warren 4 members getting well and Features: truly stuck into cross country Where did all the world-class (New 5 and now the road season.