Triathlete Tim George showed his running strength in winning the 2010 Noosa Half Marathon in 1:10:50 with long distance runner Clare Geraghty taking out the women’s half in 1:14:18.

After finishing fourth last year, George put the pressure on by stepping up the pace after taking the lead at the 8K mark.

After establishing a solid gap from second place getter Barry Keem, George actually started to slow down with about 5K left to go, allowing Keem to recover some ground.

But George finished on a surge for the last 2K, sealing the victory by 22 seconds over Keem (1:11:12).

Third place getter Steven Page came in with a time of 1:13:03

In the women’s Geraghty’s pace was good, having trained up from doing a lot of 5 and 10K races recently.

This was her first half marathon since winning the Noosa Half Marathon in 2006 as she had sustained three back and two foot fractures due to low bone density.

However after winning the 10K event in Noosa in 2009, she was confident in stepping up to the half marathon distance this year.

Geraghty came in more than two minutes ahead of second-place getter Roxie Shmidt (1:16:44) and more than five minutes ahead of third-place getter Glenda Banagham (1:19:50).

Jackson Elliot took out the men’s 10K with a time of 30:49 while Helen Stanton won the women’s 10K with a time of 36:10.

Neil Labinsky took out the men’s 5K (16:11) and April Sloane won the women’s 5K with a time of 18:43