CENTRAL Western Daily photographer Steve Gosch spent a good portion of his weekend at Orange's Bloomfield precinct snapping away as runners tackled the various courses offered by the Colour City Running Festival.
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Saturday's highlight was the 2km junior dash, while on Sunday the old hands took on the marathon, half marathon, 10km and 5km distances.
Check out the photos to see who was pushing themselves to the limit.
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Paul Thompson. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Jean O'Rourke. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Peter Mayhook. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Kate Needham. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Denis Sharrock. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Brad Hetharia. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Sarah Lothian. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Tim Guerin-Smith. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Jennifer McLean. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Joshua Torley. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
TOP THREE: Shayne Falkenmire (right), Sue Dean (middle) and Akiko Akashi were the first three home in the women's marathon. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Mark Chapman. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Cara Denman. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Chris George. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Angus Wright. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Danny Sze. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Youcef Abdi. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Emily Wright. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Kellie Johns. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Julie Chapman. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: James Harvey. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Simon Lun. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
WINNER: Martin Dent crosses the finish line first in the 10km event. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Richard Denyer. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: George Chmiel. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Peta Bray. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Patsy Moppett. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Manette and Jason Kearin. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Matt Bayada. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Carolyn Gittings. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Peter Thorburn. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Adone Carstens. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Bruce Hargreaves. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Lyanne Pix. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Kathryn Bolitho. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Phillip Pollen. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Mark Northcott. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Blake Shailer. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Ben Phillips. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Sam Pollen. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Jesse Percival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Sharnie Duncan. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Vicky McPherson. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Darren Cargill. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Ursula Wilson. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Ray James. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Mitchell Essex. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Justine Carmichael. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Cassandra Fenton. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Victoria Mitchell. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Graham Wye. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
Darrell Roweth. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitioros came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: hariette Caterson. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Richard Madden. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
ALL SMILES: Catherine Manca, Erin Cooper, Alice Kjoller and Angelic Graf. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
MARATHON: Paul Ford. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Sally Manning. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: John Marshall. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
10km: Kerry Bray. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
RUNNING RIOT: Competitors came from far and wide to compete in this weekend's Colour City Running Festival. Photo: STEVE GOSCH
'Playing with these boys and this club is awesome.'
The hosts got the job done in the NRL curtain raiser game.
'Playing with these boys and this club is awesome.'
The hosts got the job done in the NRL curtain raiser game.
George Clarke