Shanghai Running Magazine Volume 3 | Page 21

We gave the awards and prizes as
soon as most people were in as we
knew everyone wanted to get back
and spend time with their families,
packed up and went for a dumpling
and beer lunch with the volunteers.
All in all, as the organizers, I think we
probably had more fun than the runners as you can see from the photos.
A really big thank you to all the
volunteers for without them there
wouldn’t be any races.

great mood, then back through the
almost derelict village directly behind
the station.

men’s pack by over a minute, and
for the ladies Akemi Demura came
in just seconds later at 40:16, Steven
and Dominic Gramms came first and
second respectively in 1:01:12 and
1:10:13 for the Juniors.

The runners started turning up just as
we had finished setting the race, so
we sent the amazing volunteers out
to their designated places (if anyone
would like to help out in future races
details are on page 27) and started setting up the start/finish area.
Despite the short notice and public
holiday, we had a pretty decent turn
out, and from our perspective, noone got lost which is always a bonus
as race directors.

First home was Paul Andersson in a
very respectable 39:57, leading the

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