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Skvaril Running Hobart to Burnie
Run Details
Leaving Hobart from ELIZABETH MALL on THURSDAY 18th October 2001 at 9.00 amArriving in Burnie WILSON STREET on SATURDAY 20th October 2001 at 11.00 am
Distance: 330 km
Duration: Estimated 50 hrs
Sponsors: Make a Wish Foundation, Motors Burnie
Average speed: 6.6 km/hr
Anticipated Schedule For Hobart
| Place | Section km | Total km | Section hrs | Total hrs | Actual time | Km per hr |
| Hobart | START | 9.00 am | ||||
| Brighton | 25 | 25 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 11.45 am | 9.09 |
| Kempton | 25 | 50 | 2.45 | 5.3 | 2.30 pm | 9.09 |
| Oatlands | 35 | 85 | 3.45 | 9.15 | 6.15 pm | 9.33 |
| Tunbridge | 20 | 105 | 2.45 | 12 | 9.00 pm | 7.27 |
| Ross | 15 | 120 | 2.15 | 14.15 | 11.15 pm | 6.66 |
| Campbell Town | 13 | 133 | 2 | 16.15 | 1.15 am | 6.5 |
| Conara | 13 | 146 | 2.15 | 18.3 | 3.30 am | 5.77 |
| Epping Forrest | 10 | 156 | 1.45 | 20.15 | 5.15 am | 5.71 |
| Perth | 28 | 184 | 4.4 | 24.55 | 9.55 am | 6 |
| Westbury | 30 | 214 | 5 | 29.55 | 2.55 pm | 6 |
| Deloraine | 16 | 230 | 2.4 | 32.35 | 5.35 pm | 6 |
| Elizabeth Town | 10 | 240 | 1.4 | 34.15 | 7.15 pm | 6 |
| Devonport | 40 | 280 | 6.45 | 41 | 2.00 am | 5.92 |
| Ulverstone | 20 | 300 | 3.3 | 44.3 | 5.30 am | 5.71 |
| Burnie | 30 | 330 | 5.3 | 50 | 11.00 am | 5.45 |
Runner Profile
Name: Vlastik SkvarilAge: 62 years (born 28/8/1939)
Employment: Lactos Cheese Burnie in R&D
Email Contact : joandvlastik@bigpond.com
Brief running history:
- First run: Cradle Mountain Overland track in 1995 - 80 km (Since completed 7 runs, best placing 8th in 2001)
- Joined Professional Cross Country club of Tasmania in 1996.
- First win: Lactos 5k Handicap in 1997
- Number of races with PCCCT : over 140
- Completed SPARTATHLON in 2000 (race from Athens to Sparta in Greece - distance 246 km with time limit of 36 hrs. Considered as one of the most gruelling races in the world, mostly only 1/3 of the runners reach Sparta within the time limit.)
- Victorian Champion 2001. Won 24 hrs Track Championship in Coburg 8th - 9th April 2001 with total of 482 laps or 193.087 km.
- Winner of PCCCT race “Iron Man Classic”in 1999 - race over hilly 25 km.
- 1st male in “Burnie Ten” 1999- age group 60 - 65
- 1st in “Lest We Forget Ultramarathon” age group 60 -65 (Surface Paradise to Brisbane 84.4 km - 20th April 2001)
- Number of completed Marathons: 9
- Number of completed Ultramarathons: 11
- Training distance : normally over 100 km per week, up to 200km if training for a long race.
