Painathlon

Pre-dawn activity at City Beach

..and they're off.  56 head off into the deep deep sand

Dawn has broken and so has the field at the end of lap 1!

A fantastic sight to see so many Painathlon shirts filling up the Reabold trail

Transition 3 and Pete Shanley (left in red) is well up the order have completed his Cardiac Hill run

Nick Baraba pushes across the final stretch of the Bridges

John Kirchner (left) looking far too comfortable

Richard Haynes fixing one of 6 punctures during the day

On ya Rich!  He can still laugh about it.

Awesome shot of return leg hill of The Truth with Raph De Vitri attacking.  How steep is that?!

Go Lucy!

Joe Young gives our refuelling stop the ok

....others are too busy scoffing their faces!

Jake Hannah looking happy and relieved to be back at base camp

John Kirchner still as happy as ever.  Can nothing get down this man!  The Truth maybe?

Busy transition at Quadcruncher transition.

Michael Parrotte braving the final Mount St climb.

Leigh showing his strength, pulls away from Des, Jono and Chad (whose calves are melting)

Pete Shanley is only a lap behind race leader Piotr and keeping up a cracking pace.

Piotrs signature disco move but still laps to do with Shanley breathing down his neck

Another serial smiler, Michael Carroll positively loving Jacobs

Andrew Schrape, aka Banana beard

One of many encouraging high 5's between competitors during the day

The Jacobs jam and Des doesn't mind a bit!

Stuart McLaughlin worked to finish the 10 with 3 minutes to spare

Piotr comfortably up Cliff St and across the finish line to take out the Painathlon (and the Services Shield)

Steady all day, Dave Somerville has the end in sight rounding the corner

Jenni Tibbits making the final run to smash the womens record by 41 mins!