After setting the race record back in 2003, Ballarat's Steve Moneghetti found himself back on top of Nail Can Hill on Sunday.
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And then the 56-year-old did it all over again.
The Australian athletics champion was the first to cross the line with a time of 0:41:37,2 after 16 years between visits, with his record from all of those years ago still intact.
Originally set to open the race, Moneghetti made the decision to join fellow runners in competing for the Nail Can title.
"You don't expect to come back 16 years later and still run ok," Moneghetti said.
"It's terrific to come back to the event and run well.
"Knowing you hold the record, it adds a special appeal.
"It will go one day, so I might as well enjoy it while it still stands.
"It's a really challenging but beautiful course.
"I enjoy supporting community events, giving something back and saying hi to a few people.
"Who knows, you might inspire someone who wasn't here 16 years ago who see me run today and their parents or family say that's the guy who holds the record.
"They see first hand the trajectory to the Olympic Games."
Next to cross the line was Albury's Ash Hoffman with a time of 0:41:44,0, just seconds behind winner Moneghetti.
"I was getting pushed by Ash, I looked back and there he was," Moneghetti said.
"I had to run hard to finish."
Hoffmann said while it was a tough race, it was fantastic to be able to run alongside the record holder.
"Even if I could have run faster I wouldn't have wanted to because I just got to run about 100 metres behind him for 11km," Hoffman said.
"It was fantastic.
"I haven't done any racing for a while, so it was good to blow the cobwebs off."
Crossing the line first for the women was Lauren Starr of Kilsyth with a time of 0:48:27,8 in her first ever Nail Can Hill appearance.
She was followed by Belinda Ralph with a time of 0:49:05.
After hearing about the event on a podcast, Starr decided to try her hand at the Border track.
"I wasn't expecting to win, especially because I know Vic Mitchell did it last year and Steve Moneghetti holds the course record, so I thought I'd have no chance.
"I didn't really know what to expect, then I thought maybe sub 50, so I was happy with that."
Starr and her crew were planning a special celebration after the hard earned victory.
"We're heading back to the Yarra Valley Chocolatier on the way back through to sit under the chocolate fountain."
This year's Nail Can Hill Run saw around 1000 entries, with organisers saying it was a big draw card having Moneghetti back at the race.
"The sun came up and Albury turned it on for us, it's fantastic," Anthony Ainsworth of the Albury West Rotary Club said.
"It's a privilege and honour to have him (Moneghetti) participate, and it just shows the status of the event."
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