MOUNT Isa's iconic half marathon has yielded record numbers, as the Isa Rats continue to expand their ever-growing membership base.
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Sunday mornings running festival saw more numbers than ever before, including a whopping 89 Mount Isa Mines Half Marathon competitors.
Seventy-five walkers also took on the Murphy's Trailer Repairs Walk Challenge in what proved to be perfectly suited conditions.
Isa Rats' president Kylie Baker said it was clearly the best event ever, as she fielded compliments throughout the day.
"To have more half marathon runners than fun runners is pretty special," she said.
"Well done to everyone who completed the course, especially those who did their first ever half marathon."
Outback to the Stack results
Mount Isa Mines Half Marathon
Open Men: Aiden Hobbs, Kit Rix and Adam Chapman
Open Women: Akiko Nishi, Nicole Knepprath and Rachel Moulden; Masters Men: Rick Leeman, Mick Palmer and Ron Bennett
Master Women: Donna Mullaly, Alexis Poidevin
Veteran Women: Rosina Oliver
SMH 6km Fun Run
Men: Aiden Hobbs, Clayton Green and Tony Page
Women: Zara Hartley, Tasha Chambers and Carla Lloyd; Juniors: Dylan Johnson, Trent Jones and Brayden Nicholsen
Vivid Realty Teams Challenge
Ratbags (Hunter Asanuma, Mark Rowlingson, Damien Stringer and Darrin MacKenzie), 4 from 40 (Ron Pickering, Matt Wendtman, Myles Kelly and Doug Ball) and Philvaso (Sara Miers, Phillip Megihan and Vanessa Smith)
Women's: Orioles Hairy Holes (Mel Candy, Rhiannon Jones, Samantha Gillet and Robyn Jakeman), BBC (Kayce Morrow, Shondelle Canning, Megan Johnston and Lynda Thompson) and Tigers 2 (Hailey Renault, Emma Webb, Kathryn Sanders and Sharon Voss)