Place.....Name..............Stage 1......2........3........4

1.......Tim Hodge...........01:39....23:35....25:20....36:00

2.......Glen Hughes.........02:50....24:57....26:55....37:56

3.......Joseph Bulbulia.....02:50....24:57....26:55....40:45

4.......Kees Keizer.........01:50....26:15....29:30....42:59

5.......Graeme Harre........01:59....30:10....31:34....45:18

6.......Edwin Massey........01:10....31:22....32:08....46:11

7.......Karl Woodhead.......02:05....30:30....32:08....47:23

8.......Paul Brydges........01:30....31:45....34:20....47:52

9.......Ewan Gestro.........01:20....30:21....32:30....48:04

10......Bruce Lake..........01:11....32:30....34:00....48:11

11......Stu Beresford.......01:22....32:00....34:00....48:44

12......Glen Wallis.........00:57....33:15....34:04....50:40

13......Matyas James........02:40....25:30....---....53:34

14......Tina Harris.............01:50....38:30....38:30....53:53

15......Richard Sweetman..01:53....35:30....38:15....54:18

16......Michael Radich......04:57....38:00....---....54:40

17......Della Laird.............04:57....49:00....52:00....1:15:00

Stage 1: Pie/beer time

Stage 2: Arrive at Radar Station

Stage 3: Leave radar station

Stage 4: Finish

Thanks to all competitors for participating in the second annual P-Team World Mountain Running Championships. This year we had 17 competitors, up from last year's 13. Also this year we had our first female competitors – great stuff Tina and Della! And thanks to Nev and Jimbo for officiating.

It was a great atmosphere out there with some fantastic moments. As Joseph notes on the NZRun.com message board: "lots of anorexic looking runner girls turned up to watch from the sidelines, which made for an unncanny scene. large pie-eating men on one side and giggling waif spectators on the other". Hughesy - if you stopped giggling next year, you might eat your pie a bit quicker.

A number of records were broken this year, probably due to the pies being warm. Breaking the 1-minute barrier for the pie/beer scull was Glen V8 Wallis. Tim Hodge set a new course record, smashing the old record of 38:52 by nearly 3 minutes, to record 36:00. Glen Hughes wasn't far behind for 37:56. Tina Harris became the inaugural women's champion, with a time of 53:53, holding out Della Laird.

Some highlights: seeing Tina having her first spew at about 400 metres; Edwin streaking the whole way from the radar station to the wind turbine (although having to run behind him for a couple of minutes was a lowlight); the great effort by a-team runners to get out there (including Joseph from WHAC).

Great effort guys. Photos will appear as I receive them.

Ideas for next year's event were floated on Saturday night but the only change I am likely to make is a return to the cold pie. Although I am considering a similar concept to the world champs alternate years of uphill/undulating with alternate years of warm pie/cold pie.

Cheers, Karl.