Class above: Archie Reid claimed the 10km race at Sweat vs Steam, cruising to the line nearly five minutes ahead of the next best runner.
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Aidan Briggs
Archie Reid and Hayley Newman have claimed the men’s and women’s overall victories respectively in the 10km event at the 2023 Sweat vs Steam.
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Reid usually has a long run pencilled in for Sunday, and yesterday proved no exception.
The young star took out the 10km event in stunning fashion, crossing the line in 32 minutes and 17 seconds, but the longest distance on offer still wasn’t quite enough for Reid.
“I thought I’d do the 10km as a nice hit-out,” he said.
“Sunday is a long run for me in training, so I did a few kilometres, 15km before and then did the 10km here, so that will be my long run today.”
Despite running one-and-a-half times the race distance before stepping on to the course, Reid remained a class above the rest of the field.
Gapping the field to establish a huge lead after the first 5km loop, Reid flew home to win with a margin of nearly five minutes over second-placed runner Brady Threlfall.
“It felt good, it was nice to get away and run by myself, so it was pretty comfortable the whole way, I didn’t have anyone really chasing me,” Reid said.
“I could see I had a pretty good gap, so I sort of tried to keep it going, and then could run pretty comfortably towards the end.”
The win marks Reid’s first victory in the 10km event at Sweat vs Steam, having previously taken out the 5km race in 2019, doing so in a rapid 15 minutes and nine seconds.
Clearly in good form, Reid is hoping he can set a new personal best in a few weeks’ time when he runs at Australia’s premier 10km road event in Tasmania.
“I’m doing the Burnie Ten road race, and that’s in three weeks’ time,” he said.
“That will be a big one, I’m hoping to run a PB there, it’s a pretty big event. I’m hoping to run under 29 minutes.”
Reid ran 29 minutes and 22 seconds at the event, held in Launceston, which remains his current personal best over the distance.
Winner: Hayley Newman claimed the women’s 10km Sweat vs Steam win, shaving more than two minutes off her 2022 time in the process.
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Aidan Briggs
In the women’s race, Newman converted her 2022 podium into the 2023 win, flying across the line in 38 minutes and 28 seconds as the first female to finish the 10km event.
Finishing third last year with a time of 40 minutes and 33 seconds behind winner Tarli Bird and second-placed runner Abi Hyndman, Newman shaved minutes off her time to take the win yesterday.
“Coming back from injury actually I ran this one last year, so it was nice to come back and better my time by two minutes I think, so I’m really happy with that,” Newman said.
Newman crossed the line 34 seconds ahead of Carly Isaac in second, although the win didn’t come without its challenges.
“It was actually quite tough, I found that really tough today,” Newman said.
“It’s one of those days where the trees aren’t moving but you can feel the wind, and then I wasn’t expecting that windy bit through the Port, but it was good.”
While the twists and turns of the Port of Echuca provided some challenge, the rest of the course was fairly straightforward for Newman, who is well acquainted with the route.
“I run these tracks every day, Echuca is pretty small,” she said.
“So it’s not too bad at all, just the winding parts I guess, and the corners (were) challenging.”
Newman, who also claimed the overall title at the Johnno’s Run half-marathon in August, will next be in action in Melbourne in December, with another 21.1km race on the cards.
“We’ve got one coming up at the end of the year, the 2XU Wellness Half (Marathon) in Melbourne,” she said.
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