First year runner Joey McMahon has taken out the win in race 6 of the Bendigo Athletic Club.
27 runners contested the Rising Hotel sponsored 6.5km at Crusoe Reservoir.
A cold, wet and windy day didn’t hinder the efforts of McMahon who raced off on a handicap of 6:30 with the challenge of chasing down 7 other participants.
In the final km’s of the race, McMahon passed Melinda Gilligan and Demi Goodall-Hoffman to take the lead whilst holding off middle markers Brett Gilligan and Ingrid Douglas in win by a margin of 25 seconds.
