Striding down the home stretch to the finish line, Shelley was visibly relieved knowing that after three previous attempts, he had finally won the 14km race.
“It’s very exciting, it’s my third and I suppose it’s third time lucky,” he said.
Before the race, Shelley had spoken to his coach Dick Telford whose words of encouragement helped push him over the line.
“I was talking to my coach last night and he said just be confident in what you’ve done and just have a crack at it.”
After two previous encounters with the dreaded Heartbreak Hill, this year Shelley took it on knowing how to defeat the stamina killer.
“Just be a bit conservative up the (Heartbreak) hill this year than what you had in the past,” Shelley said.
“And it paid off when I got to the top because I could still run.”
Twenty-seven-year-old health consultant Ben St Lawrence came in second followed by 26-year-old high school teacher Clint Perrett.
Source : www.news.com.au
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