The 2011 Hong Kong Marathon was run today. New Zealand had
two competitors in the Elite Woman's section of the race,
Victoria Beck and Shireen Crumpton both of Dunedin.
This was Victoria's 2nd marathon, the first being the
Southland marathon in December 2010 and she was thrilled to
finish 8th in the Hong Kong Marathon with such little
preparation. Things look promising for her future in marathon
events. Victoria said after the Hong Hong race that 'she felt
better than after the Invercargill race, but the Hong Kong
course was a tough undulating course'
Victoria reported that the winning women's time was 2hrs
:33min, Victoria finished 8th in a time of 2hrs:45min then
there was a gap of 6 minutes to 9th place. Shireen's placing
was 14th in 2hrs 58min
There were 2000 competitors in the full marathon which
included 20 elite women.
More more information
about Victoria Beck go to www.victoriabeck.co.nz
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