| January's OLD CAMP COURSE saw a turn out of 15 people. Fabrice, burdened by an injury, came close to his old self with a very respectable sub 20 minute time. Jeremy was his consistent self again with 22+ minute 5 km run and Paul did well with slightly over 44 minutes on a consumption of beer and dinner training over Christmas! |
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Panaga Athletics Association
| Tuesday 5th February CAMP & 'CAMP' |
| Francis and Jan hosted the event since they will soon be leaving for Canada where Francis is looking forward to running with snowshoes. The food was good, and so were the drinks. The course was measured with Francis' bike & speedometer. The beach was still inaccessible and therefore Francis & Paul made a lolly pop around E1 and at F4. The course was given the name: "Camp & Camp". Axel & Fabrice decided to bank on the 10 km. Their competitive nature was so strong that they sprinted the last bit to the finish. Uli, who was there to take his usual smart pictures had to be commissioned to make the picture for the photo finish. A nipt advantage of Axel put him in the winner's position! Thanks to Uli for taking the pictures, Jan & Francis for hosting, Jeannette for timekeeping and Robert who supported the timekeeping and gave cheers to all runners. Robert is a promising re-joiner of PANAS just arrived from Aberdeen. |
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| Friday 7th March, Norwegian's Would |
| The March monthly run saw a good turnout considering the torrential rain. Norwegian's Would is known as a fast course. Jan-Willem, who had measured the course thought he knew better than his predecessor John Elder and under-estimated the 5 km run by 2%. Also, due to a mishap with the 10 km map reading, this course was actually 2.7% shorter. JW, who ran the 10 km must have thought he could get away cheaply here with some free meters. Watch that man! Times shown are the corrected times, i.e. 5 km runners were faster than their recorded times and 10 km runners were slower. For uncorrected times click here. We saw some fast times here due to the relative coolness and also Ben, Lesley, Louis and Poul were having their first timetrials. Extremely good performances of all. Bengi, Axel, Fabrice and Kelvin who all suffer from injuries came to support the runners. Their presence must be another reason we saw such good times. Thanks to Paul for laying out the course and to Jeannette for the timekeeping in the rain. Finally, congratulations to Lesley for, literally, going the extra mile. She was so focused that she missed the turn-off point. In true tradition she got lost on her first Panas timetrial! |
| Friday 29 March, Mad March Mile & AGM |
| The Mad March Mile saw a turnout of some 20 children with their parents and other Panas regulars. A great turnout considering the rain! Hanneke & Jeannette looked after the timekeeping. Congratulations to all kids. Ruth (see the picture to right) ran an awesome time. She is a newcomer and beat the fastest adults that night. As you can see, some kids took the easy option. Perhaps we need to organise the Mad March 100 meter next year Jeremy?! A General Meeting was held and the salient points of the meeting were: -Periodic morning runs, first one scheduled for 28 April. -One speedtraining per month. -Postpone the May Triathlon till later this year. Click for Minutes and Annual report. |
Special thanks to Uli for the
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pictures. More at Panaga Paparazi.
| Friday 17th April, Beach Splash |
| There was a good representation of runners at the Beach Splash. By special request the 10 km was made to go into the camp, so the runners wouldn't get too bored by having to run a 2nd lap. Paul Gavaghan laid out the course effectively and nobody got lost. There was some fatigue in most of us, perhaps caused by the flu bug and the MD fun run last week, which some of us made into a race. Despite the fatigue and a tough beach part we saw some excellent times. Fabrice took 19:21 and Kelvin was just short of a sub 20 minute time. Bernhard joined for the first time and one would imagine that this man could be hitting the 19 minute mark sooner or later. Jan-Willem ran slower than the last 10 km. Watch this man, one would bet he couldn't manage to sneak a short-cut this time! Ruth, who was on a break from school in the UK and joined us earlier at the Mad March Mile did very well with 21:15. Would she be breaking the 21 minutes during her next visit? |
| Friday 23rd May, Back 'O Smarts |
| Back O'Smarts (click here to see map) is known as a fast course, but the day was hot and there were holes in the pavement that runners had to negotiate. Paul set an excellent time of 42:52 and three runners run sub 20 minutes on the 5 km. As usual, thanks to Paul for laying the course and to Hanneke and Jeannette for the timekeeping. Snacks and drinks were provided by Bengi and greatly appreciated after a hot run. |
| Monday 5th May, SPEED TRAINING riddle Speed training (previously unreported) was introduced by special request from Herbert. Unfortunately Herbert couldn't be there himself on the day. However, all participants can testify that the 5th May session was a great event, truly worth repeating every Monday! Join us for the next one! |
| Friday June 6th, Billionth Barrel Monument Run |
| The Billionth Barrel monument run is a difficult course, as can be seen by the twist and turns on the map. Still the times were good as you can see from the fast times below. |
| Tuesday 8th July, Camp & Ramp |
| This classic run started from Kelvin's house at F1. After the event Kelvin and Rosemary had kindly organised nice dips and marvelously cool drinks. They tasted good- even after a bike ride. Below table shows the times (everyone did 5 km, except for Paul and Judy, who did their usual double). Paul announced the prize winners of last 6 months. Some newcomers were doing well in the handicap and also some old hands were still doing well in the fastest times! Zammudin, Robert and both M. & Mme. Petrissans couldn't be there, they are still owed a trophee with their name engraved! |
| Friday 15th August, Beach Splash |
| The Beach Splash saw an unexpected good turnout despite the Summer holiday. People were happy with their times, and there was some gossip that the course might have been somewhat shorter than 5 km. Alas, we will never know since nobody was willing to measure the distance with his race bike on the beach! Fabrice did his typical 19 minute time on the 5 km and Bernhard set a great PB of 19:32. So did Peter. Zamudin was his consitent self and Mugsith joined us as well. One would think we can expect some sub 20 minute times from Mugsith. The whole Bourne family came for a visit and youngsters Ruth and George set impressive times. Dollah did well on the 10 km. He was helped by Zamudin as the pace maker on the first 5 km. Judy did her last Panas run. We hope she will keep running in the Dutch dunes and parks. |
| Friday 12th September - Garrison Loops |
| The Garrison loops saw a small hardcore attendance of 12 people. Some Panas runners had participated in the Singapore ironman70.3 and probably wanted some rest. Others may just be in for a break at the start of the new schoolyear or during the fasting month. Wan decided not to run this time and was kind enough to do the timekeeping this time. Paul, who had laid the course already had suspicion that the distance might be around 4.8 km. The subsequent formal verdict of the Panas numerator was a course length of 4.75 km for 1 lap. We wonder whether the past timetrialists were that honest! Times shown are the corrected times (5.3% added). We see steady performance of Zamudin and Dollah. Notable also are the times of Robert, who might be hitting the 19 minute barrier soon, and Nicole who is improving her times as well. |
| Tuesday 14 Oct, Old Camp Course |
| This Panas classic saw an impressive turnout. Panas first time joiner Anna set a good time on the 10 km and Carine and Leon both did respectable times. One could imagine Carine being a 5 km contender with the men. Mike who participated in a few leisure runs before joined the time trial for the first time after break of several years with a solid 24:04. Bernhard seems to be making a career on the 5 km and Zamuddin is running consistent times on the 10 km. Kelvin is steady and fast again with 20:18. |
| Friday 7th November, Norwegians Would |
| Again we saw an impressive turnout. It seems that the Panaga area is popular amongs the runners. For those who might be slightly dissapointed in their times: we think the course might be 100 m longer. For the all runners this means you can substract 2%, or between 24 sec and 36 sec! Times shown are uncorrrected. Bernhard is on the way to break the 19 and a half minutes and in fact already broke it if you adjust the time for the extra 100 m. Jeremy and Louis did their consistent times again. Tarmizzi is improving very well. Panas also welcomed new participants Manuel and Aziz who made a good impression with their times. |
| The 28th Panaga Triathlon was held on Sunday 23rd November. It is an event in which competitors, compete in three disciplines - swimming, cycling and running. As per previous triathlons, the events were: full triathlon (men), full triathlon (women), full triathlon (mixed team), mini triathlon (men) and mini triathlon (women). The full triathlon involved a 500 m pool swim, a 24 km cycle ride and then a 5 km run. The mini triathlon has a 300 m pool swim, a 16 km cycle and a 2.5 km run. For the team event, held over the full distance, one person was doing the swim, another one doing the cycle, and a third person doing the run with at least one male and one female in the team. The weather conditions were excellent although some of the cyclist complained about the wind. This year the cycle leg was a bit shorter for the Full and a bit longer for the Mini due to construction activities on the road. Also the run leg was slightly shortened. The event was complemented with lucky draws and a breakfast at Panaga Club beach shelter where also the prize giving ceremony was held. In total 63 competitors competed, with 29 athletes competing in the full triathlon, another 11 competing in the mini triathlon and there were 8 mixed teams. In the men’s full triathlon places 2 and 3 were only 5 seconds apart. In the Womens’s full category there were only two competitors. Team RAD consisting of Kelvin and Rachel Eden realized the fastest overall time of 1:09:17. In the full triathlon the fastest swim time was 0:06:07 realized by the swimmer of the EAGLE EYE team, the fastest cycle time was 0:35:55 by Kelvin Eden of the RAD team and the fastest run time was 0:21:18 by Jan- Willem Verkaik. In the mini triathlon the fastest swim time was 0:06:13 by Erwinizan B Mugit, the fastest cycle time was 0:28:49 by Glen Donald and the fastest run time was 0: 10:19 also by Glen Donald. Special thanks to the Organizing Committee in particular Jaap Erik who not only managed the whole event but also competed in the swim, Kelvin who despite his organizing work managed 40 km/h average on the bike leg and ALL MARSHALS for getting up at 5:30 on Sunday and making the event a marvelous success. On the day of the 28th Panaga Triathlon everyone felt a winner. |
| The 28th Panaga Triathlon Sunday 23rd November 2008 |
