Ararat’s Sue Blizzard returned from a two-day Athletics Australia coaching course in Canberra and cashed in with a win in the eight-kilometre Best’s Cross Country Classic at Great Western vineyard on Sunday.
The mother of 2016 Stawell Gift runner-up Sarah Blizzard, Sue had recommended that Sarah become accredited as a coach, but Sarah instead told her ‘you should do it’.
“I thought about it and decided it might be nice to give something back to a sport which obviously gives me a lot of enjoyment,” Sue said.
Runner-up twice in races earlier in this Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club season, the endurance specialist benefited from a forced adjustment to the course that added a steep hill to avoid a flooded ford.