Hammond was happy with her run, but found the first three-kilometres of the course the hardest. 

“There was a headwind the whole way along the beach, I found it really tough along there,” she said.

“I was pushing myself more on the beach part of the course and once I got off the beach and out of the wind it was awesome and I could relax a tad.

“Then when I got to the five-kilometre mark, I thought to myself there is five-kilometres to go so lets try to push in the last stretch of the run.”

Melbourne-based runner Yourn echoed Hammond’s thoughts on the beach stage of the course.

“It was tough running along the sand,” he said.

“You have to try to pick the right spots so you can make the most of the run along the beach, then add in the headwind and it makes it much harder.

“But it’s a good course, good mix of sites of Port Fairy and it’s a varied course so that makes the run interesting.”

Brendan Paterson followed Yourn in second in the men’s 10-kilometre followed by Lachlan Franklin in third.

Victoria Hearn finished second in the women’s 10-kilometre, with Laura McDougall following in behind her. 

Laura Lafferty continued her stellar summer by winning the six-kilometre race for second time in a week, after she claimed the Surf ‘T’ Surf six-kilometre race. She was followed in second by Stella Bridgewater and Katherine Hall finished third.

Clinton Hall took the line honours in the men’s six-kilometre, with Jake Hetherington and Dan Nicholson following him in second and third.

Kylie Howe and Denis Thompson took out the men’s and women’s six-kilometre walk. 

PFFNC confirmed that 420 people competed across the three events on Sunday.