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Welcome to Happy Friday
Hi every one, all work and no play make jack a dull boy, so the man Rodney Julien (2nd place in the CariFin men’s cross country race 07) is providing a welcome opportunity for everyone to have a fun time – “A musical experience” entitled Happy Friday on the Treasure Queen.
Date: Friday July 04, 2008
Place: Treasure Queen – Pier 2, Chaguaramas
Music: Ishmael – The Demolition Man, Raw Fusion & DJ Darryl
Admission: $120
Fantastic Door Prizes
For Further Details - call Rodney Julien at 720 – 3215 or 378 4495
Get your ticket now.
Rodney Julien finishes ahead of Nikosi Mc Leish at City of Port of Spain 4 K
Rodney Julien, was second placed finisher to Nikosi Mc Leish the current CariFin Champion from RBTT Bank, in the 2007 CariFin Cross Country held on Sunday July 8th at Sevilla golf course. However, Julien turned the table on Mc Leish, at City of Port of Spain 4 K on Sunday August 19, 2007.
Let’s not forget that McLeish the current RBTT Bank 5K and CariFin champ, and Julien had won the first 2 races of the CariFin Urban Challenge: the 1-Lap Savannah and Green Mile. McLeish was absent, recovering from injury, and on his return for the 3rd event – the Mini Cross Country, he triumphed over Julien. McLeish had also finished ahead of Julien in all other road events they have participated in for this year. This duo has been racing for approximately 3 years and Julien had bettered McLeish at one race (10K).
With a participation figure of 115 at the very unusual start time of 1.00 pm, the race started at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. In the mid-day heat and humidity, a better prepared and hungrier Rodney Julien finished the 4 K course in a relatively decent time of 11.44 in 8th place and Nikosi Mc Leish in 12.02 in 11th place.
McLeish started ahead, but Julien didn’t take long to catch-up with him in the rather short 4K distance. Julien passed
McLeish quite easily with Mc Leish unable to respond in kind, leaving Julien to savor that sweet feeling of satisfaction of a victory over McLeish for the first time this year.
The overall winner was Curtis Cox, a four-time CariFin winner, who recorded a time of 10.04.
I have one question about the time and distance of this race… when I entered the time and distance in Cool Running pace calculator, I got the pace to be 2.31 and when it was factored to calculate a time for a distance of 5K, the result was a time of 12.35 for a 5K! Well that’s the kind of speed you will expect from a Haile Gebre Selassie. It therefore stands to reason that I should question the distance of that course.
Rodney Julien wins the CariFin One Lap Savannah Run
In the absence of two great runners - the 2006 winner, Richard Jones, and the 2006 second place winner and current RBTT Bank 5K champion, Nikosi McLeish, Rodney wasted no time to blast to the front and take control of the race.
A sudden downpour and short-lived drizzle cooled the humid evening, and created even more favourable conditions for Rodney as he seized all opportunities - everything went his way.
He knew the competition could not catch him and steadied his ship as he headed to the finish line. Rodney commented on his strategy and victory, “I was in the lead very early in the race and when I reached by White House, I put in a gear as I approached the slight incline, and then I pushed from there to the finish line.”
He crossed the finish line in 14.07 to a warm reception, wearing a well-deserved CariFin crown for the first time.
