Trail run warms up Knysna

It was possibly one of the coldest and rainiest days of Knysna’s winter - but it was a hot day for the Salomon Featherbed Trail Run presented by Petzl.
 
“It was almost as if we’d arranged it - we ran three events (morning, noon and night), with two races each (the 15 km Coelacanth and the 11 km Seahorse) - and the rain pelted down for the start of each one, and then cleared up during the course of each one. It was incredible - but it added to the atmosphere and spirit of the day,” said race director Mark Collins.
 
Collins said that the results were “Blistering, despite the conditions and the fact that we had to put up with 60 mm of rain.”
 
The Trail Run, also one of the compulsory events in the Nedcor Big5 Challenge, has become something of a cult event and forms an important highlight of the Knysna Oyster Festival. It features a ferry ride across the lagoon and “Some awesome running through the fynbos and forest thicket at Featherbed, as well as an exhilarating home stretch across the old railway bridge on the lagoon,” said Collins.
 
Piet Jacobs - who won the inaugural Featherbed Trail Run in 2008 - posted the best time of the day - 54:53.
 
Salomon’s Nicholas Rupanga, who ran the long course in the morning and the short course in the afternoon, came first in both races - and knocked an incredible 2 minutes off the time set by the phenomenal Ryan Sandes during last year’s event.
 
In keeping with tradition, a lucky draw at prize giving featured fantastic gifts - including four nights in Namibia for two (with flights included) to the value of R 27,500.00 which was won by Marike Vreken.

Below the Big5 Trail run results
 

Pos	Surname	Name		Sex	Time
1	van Heerden	Antoine	19	Male	01:01:51
2	Ellerbeck	Tim	33	Male	01:04:15
3	Leroux	Steph	44	Male	01:05:12
4	Machado	Pedro	28	Male	01:05:51
5	Rivalland	Ross	26	Male	01:06:03
6	Greyling	Christiaan	26	Male	01:06:39
7	Pirow	Piers	46	Male	01:07:10
8	Ashby	Brenton		Male	01:07:19
9	Olden	Bruce	45	Male	01:08:27
10	Campbell	Bruce	24	Male	01:09:15
11	de Jonge	Adrian	24	Male	01:09:28
12	Visser	Roelande	27	Female	01:09:39
13	Kriel	Hendrik	29	Male	01:09:41
14	Bezuidenhoud	Carel	35	Male	01:09:47
15	Booyens	Hanlie	37	Female	01:11:03
16	Talmud	Mark	34	Male	01:12:27
17	Micklewood	Paul	41	Male	01:12:48
18	Tetteroo	Frederik	23	Male	01:12:54
19	vallance	neil andrew	35	Male	01:13:08
20	O Connor	Padhraic	27	Male	01:13:15
21	Terrebalanche	Georg	25	Male	01:13:18
22	Kruger	Willie	43	Male	01:13:23
23	Quan	Melvyn	37	Male	01:13:31
24	Grewar	John	28	Male	01:14:21
25	Ayres	Richard	43	Male	01:14:33
26	Woithe	SanMari	42	Female	01:14:36
27	Halsey	Clinton	35	Male	01:15:15
28	Van Heerden	Andreas	54	Male	01:15:38
29	Lategan	Esther	36	Female	01:16:15
30	Koegelenberg	Hannes	23	Male	01:16:23
31	Du Plessis	Colin	49	Male	01:16:38
32	Willcocks	Jeffrey	43	Male	01:16:44
33	Turner	Antony	39	Male	01:16:52
34	Conlon	Tony	50	Male	01:17:24
35	Zonnestein	Jan	48	Male	01:17:28
36	Lewis	Andrew	47	Male	01:17:59
37	Klopper	Elize	46	Female	01:18:42
38	Baret	Christophe	23	Male	01:19:23
39	Schutte	Ico	27	Male	01:20:27
40	Ingpen	Paul	43	Male	01:20:36
41	Houliston	Thamar	29	Female	01:21:30
42	Mills	Caren	40	Female	01:21:34
43	Van Der Walt	Jono	29	Male	01:21:45
44	Krige	David	27	Male	01:21:58
45	Beukes	Phillo	41	Male	01:22:08
46	Andrade	Brendon	25	Male	01:22:12
47	Maarsingh	Berend	46	Male	01:22:15
48	Crous	Leon	28	Male	01:22:43
49	Van Lier	Ivan	44	Male	01:22:51
50	Samuel	Robin	35	Male	01:23:48
52	Grewar	Marli	28	Female	01:24:11
51	de Villiers	Daniel	46	Male	01:24:11
53	Van Heerden	Natia	19	Female	01:24:33
54	hawley	gregory	45	Male	01:24:34
55	Mosdell	Tim	47	Male	01:25:11
56	Fritz	Ilse	52	Female	01:25:19
57	Leek	Kathryn	30	Female	01:25:40
58	Jakoby	Martin	35	Male	01:26:15
59	van der Merwe	David-John	25	Male	01:26:26
60	Malan	Nadia	27	Female	01:27:28
61	Main	Lisa	25	Female	01:27:43
62	Crouse	Antonette	23	Female	01:28:41
63	Van Rensburg	Bernice	24	Female	01:28:54
64	Williams	Marita	42	Female	01:28:54
65	Kriel	Dorette	25	Female	01:29:37
66	Joubert	Marcel	46	Male	01:29:40
67	Basson	Willem	32	Male	01:30:52
68	Bloem	Sarel	33	Male	01:30:52
69	Rosch	Tanya	31	Female	01:31:05
70	Cunningham	Richard	53	Male	01:31:14
71	Otto	Daniel	37	Male	01:31:52
72	de villiers	Francois	26	Male	01:34:18
73	Baker	Craig	40	Male	01:35:02
74	Olivier	Ben	40	Male	01:36:38
75	Fitzhenry	Sid	26	Male	01:36:59
76	Brown	Guy	61	Male	01:38:46
77	Brown	Janine	56	Female	01:40:09
78	Smith	Craig	46	Male	01:40:21
79	Key	Trent	26	Male	01:40:44
80	De Klerk	Johan	32	Male	01:41:19
81	Gurney	Dean	40	Male	01:42:12
82	Oehley	Derek	47	Male	01:42:12
83	Comely	Leon	48	Male	01:44:38
84	Lau	Gerald	43	Male	01:46:34
85	Lario	Paulo	36	Male	01:47:55
86	van den Raad	Bert	66	Male	01:49:26
87	van Rooyen	Andre	42	Male	01:51:56
88	Hanauer	Catherine	32	Female	01:56:46
89	Teixeira	Miguel	39	Male	01:59:34
90	Bell	Shona	47	Female	01:59:41
91	de Jong	Juandre	30	Male	02:00:56