Pennington Series Race 2 : 3000m Handicap

Over 30 degrees and low humidity for the start of race 2. Giving Kathy 2:35 head start is a little daunting. I had to un-lap myself first (took 1000m to do that) before chasing her down. Last season I only caught her in the home straight so couldn't leave anything to chance. This time around it was 600m to go (I started very fast), could afford to take the last 600m not so hard. 9:35 for me, 12:42? for Kathy and a season best. 3rd place to KT, 4th place to Phil.

After 2 races Me:100pts, Kathy 98pts. Final race is an 800m in the New Year. Kathy would only need to beat me by two places to take the series on countback...it's not over yet.

800m: Maria 2:51, Helen 2:54

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