Last Sunday, Brendan ‘Banana Man’ Kean (Keano) was chased down by hoards of people in pursuit of beating him to the finish line to raise money for the World Cancer Research Fund while he was dressed in an oversized banana suit. After being given a head start of 15 metres from the rest of the runners, Keano’s lead was quickly erased as the crowd surged upon him. Keano was comfortably left behind to finish midfield including being beaten by two 6 year olds.

And then there was the real race within the race. An epic battle took place between three of the Dragon’s finest specimens. Brother vs brother Will (Wilba) and Dom (Bowski) Dunn were pitted against each other with Jarrad Crighton (Crights) also vying for the fastest Dragon on the day. The big man Bowski set a cracking pace early leaving majority of racers and the Banana Man behind very quickly. After a cautious start, Crights and Wilba began making ground on Bowski, but unfortunately left their run too late as they both finished just behind him. A fantastic effort by the boys to finish 4th (Bowski), 5th (Crights) and 6th (Wilba). After speaking with Bowski at the end of the race, he believed he could have gone faster as he thought he had another lap to do. The logic to this that if Bowski had time his run according to the distance he needed to run, he could have finished higher up. Cright’s nonchalant attitude to the race perhaps saw him not quite reach his full potential (stopping to laugh at the Banana Man ate into precious seconds) and Wilba running with an injury was also not moving as quick as he can. What could have been for these boys. I am sure they will be back to go one better next year. It would be great to have another dragon don the yellow suit in the future.

Thank-you to the Hong Kong Dragons for donating $1000 to World Cancer Research Fund. If you were hoping to donate to this worthy cause, you still can at: http://en.wcrf-hk.org/how_can_i_help/events/registration/participant.php?ID=245