By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
Oliver Terry, left, and Katrina “Kat” Lindsay, won their second races of the season PHOTO: CM Farrington Photography
Oliver Terry and Katrina “Kat” Lindsay, won Saturday’s Carey Olsen 5K Series tour stop in Carrot Bay, their second successive victories in a race that had 83 participants, after winning the opener in Road Town. The next race will be on Beef Island.
Terry ran the loop from the Carrot Bay Festival Village towards the foot of the hill with a turnaround over to Apple Bay and returned in 18 minutes 06 seconds. Jermaine “JJ” Rickets was second in 18:23 followed by Julius Farley in 18:56.
“It was a really tough race today, the first race wasn’t quite as hard as this one,” said Terry who ran the course for the first time. “Julius and JJ were very tough. They went out very quickly over the hills and I managed to catch them in the end. But it was really a tough race.”
Ricketts said the race didn’t have much heat or wind. “It was okay, I kinda pushed it a bit too much in the beginning, kept a steady pace and in the end, tried to finish and tried to finish as best as possible,” he said. “My personal best is 17-flat and we were nowhere near that this morning. I think we were just chilling.”
Terry said it’s hard to get a personal best on a course like Carrot Bay. “It’s hard because of the hills, so you’ll only get a personal best on the flat,” he said. “No PB today, but I’m very happy with the race.”
Lindsay—fourth overall—was the first woman in 20:04. She was followed by Rosemond Johsnson in 24:08 and Sarah Latham in 24:24. Lindsay said that she struggled more than in the first race in Road Town.
“My race felt more sluggish than the last one, but good. It was a tough course because of the hills in the middle, they can get your legs on the way out and then back again, so probably that’s what it is,” she noted. “But it was a good race otherwise. It was a good race because there were so many races within the race, at the front, in the middle and at the end. It was really good with everybody pushing everybody. “
Furthermore, Lindsay described the turnout as ‘massive’ and said it was fun to see the stream of runners after the turnaround at Sebastien’s, heading back to Carrot Bay.
Johnson said she did her best and it was nice to see a lot of people out running. “It was a good race and I enjoyed it,” she said.
Meanwhile, race director Kay Reddy, said that it was a great day out on Saturday. “We love this race,” she said. “We had 82 this morning, we had 100 signed up, but with the road closure (over Windy Hill) we lost a few but 82 is a great number,” she said. “What a battle at the front. JJ went out really hard and led all the way around the course, Oliver was buying his time and what JJ didn’t know, that he was ready to pounce, so Oliver took the race.”
