EDITORIAL
Hi folks!
Geoff and I have been overwhelmed by your response to our invitation to compete in the inaugural “Australasian 100km Road Championships” to be held in New Zealand’s south island, a magnificent scenic course along the Waitaki River Valley and through the southern lake lands. Approximately 15 of our top athletes have responded and we are able to field an official Australian Men’s and Women’s team to compete against the best ultra runners in New Zealand on 28th December,1992. We remind you that a certified 100km course is the ‘official’ ultramarathon distance – patronised by the IAAF in preparation for Olympic inclusion within the next two Olympic Games. Negotiations are still taking place with sponsors, and it is certain that some of our competitors will receive financial help with their fares. We, as Aussies, wish our competitors every success in their efforts and we hope that they all run to the best of their abilities. The list of Australian competitors is on page 57 of this issue.
Also, good luck to our Colac 6 Day competitors, some of whom are competing in a 6 Day for the first time, from 15th to 21st November.
Well our seventh year of operations has been completed successfully and AURA is still alive and thriving. Wonderful! I am pleased to report that we have added two new trail runs to our calendar, one in Nanango, Queensland, and the other in Gosford, NSW. Thank you to the Race Organisers, Ron Grant
and Greg Love who have taken the initiative with these two. They are certainly catering for what ultra-runners in Australia seem to want.
I have also added two track races to the Victorian calendar, by incorporating a Six Hour and a Twelve Hour to my traditional 24 Hour Track Race at Coburg in February, 1993. So runners, please encourage us Race Directors to keep doing the work, by supporting not only the old races but the new ones as well.
I was delighted to read that Harry Clements 12 Hour Charity Track Race at Griffith was a wonderful success, despite terrible weather conditions. Congratulations Harry on your first successful stint as a race director. The Nanango 5 Day Race sounds as if it was fantastic also. Well done Ron & Dell Grant! And thanks for the great photographs!
I would also like to congratulate the Queensland Ultra Club, with their solid band of top race directors who have sent me their total Ultra Series programme with dates of each of their 30 events right up until December, 1993. They are also encouraging all levels of participation too, with invitations for runners, joggers, walkers and power walkers, and even relay events so that shorter distance athletes can combine to form teams. Fantastic!
We wondered if you picked up the mistaken identity (What ANOTHER mistake!) in our last issue. We must apologise to Rudi Lombardi for calling him Tony Dietachmayer in the photo on page 83. Sorry! Actually, we’ve got a competition going. “Find the Fault in the Magazine”. Rudi’s wife won the prize this month.
Geoff and I hope that you’ve had an enjoyable year of running and reading ULTRAMAG and that you’ll have an even better one in 1993. Thanks to those who have contributed. Keep those articles and results coming. I noticed that we never received last year’s Brindabella 50km trail run results from ACT. Can someone who competes make sure we get a copy this year please?
Have a happy and safe Christmas and stay injury-free!
‘Bye for now,

Dot Browne

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Tags: Australia, Ultra history