David Hunter’s battle to be a cross country runner again almost rivalled that of his wife Naomi’s, but all ended well last Saturday when he emulated Naomi’s maiden win from seven days before.
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Naomi had taken 12 months to recover from a ruptured Achilles tendon while David had his own problems.
An arthritic toe required an operation, followed by weeks of non-weight bearing rest and more than a month in a “moon boot”.
“I felt absolutely disgusting at the start of the season. I couldn’t walk and didn’t think I would ever win a race again,” Hunter gasped, exhausted after winning the eight-kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial Handicap at Stawell from veteran, Terry Jenkins.
Daughter Olivia completed a success-filled fortnight for the Hunters by winning the one-kilometre sub-junior race
RICE ROCKS CLUB
Rhonda Rice, often referred to as ‘Silent Death’ for her habit of coming from nowhere to score stunning wins, broke a three-year drought when she did the unexpected at Stawell.
Not only did she win the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club’s version of the eight-kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial, she gobsmacked her clubmates by beating pre-race favourite Ian McCready by 2.03 minutes, the biggest winning margin since 2015.
Peter Gibson was a further 0.28 minutes away in third place.
