His omission wasn't an oversight, as the fascinating article highlighting the times from colleague Michael Gleeson was based on a website runthetan.net that Darren Templeton compiled on what information was known.

But Howat's mates loved the fact his name was nowhere to be seen despite him being the first Tiger home when the squad raced Olympian Craig Mottram in 2006, giving the champion runner something to chase after he gave the players a two-and-a half-minute head start.

Howat was the last player Mottram caught on his way to recording the fastest lap of the Tan, running the 3.827 kilometre circuit in 10 minutes and eight seconds.

The 35-year-old, who played 21 games for Richmond before having a fine amateur career with Old Carey, said he was slightly disappointed to run 13.01 on that day, with so many cameras around, and suspects his best time is 12.50, which would put him just after Hawk Shane Crawford on the runthetan.net list.

Howat still can't believe how quickly Mottram was travelling when he went past him.

"He got me around the back bend just before you come into the straight and I honestly could not believe the pace that he was going. I do remember thinking, 'I've got to try to go with him here,'" Howat told Snapshot.

As hard as he tried and as fit as he was, Howat's kick didn't last long and possibly contributed to him taking longer than 13 minutes.

"They basically sprint the whole way, they are unbelievable," Howat said.

"I was pretty good around the Tan for an AFL player but you see someone do that and you think, 'Geez, they are completely next level.'"

Phil Carman holds the fastest time for a player, recording 11.17, while current AFL umpires coach Hayden Kennedy clocked 11.10 in 1995, just behind his colleague that year Geoff Caulfield, who ran the Tan in 10.58, not bad times for a couple of blokes running backwards!

Flights of fancy

Those one day wonders North Melbourne and Essendon were entitled to celebrate their wins on the 8pm flight back from Sydney to Melbourne on Sunday after upsetting the Giants and Sydney, respectively, during the day.

But the only sign that things had turned out well for the arch-rivals was the in-flight announcement from Virgin Australia airlines that the pilot was an Essendon supporter and he would be flying his beloved Bombers home with a big smile on his face.

There was no sign of Captain Robert Groenewegen, the former Footscray player, who commandeered the intercom mid-flight on a 1985 footy trip to Hawaii and allegedly said, "We're going down".

Believe it or not Groenewegen, who was a good enough footballer to be in the AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame and played 79 games with the Bulldogs, was drinking at the North Melbourne social club the night before they took off and had a few more beers at the Kangaroo bar while waiting for the plane at the airport.

Ah, the memories.

The round when Suns shone everywhere

Saturday night's victory over West Coast might have been Gold Coast's greatest win but the round could also be up there as the greatest round for anyone who has worn the Suns' colours since 2011.

In round two, 33 former or current Suns players played and 31, including the 22 victorious Suns, were on the winning (or tied) team. Only Carlton's Jack Martin and Fremantle's Brandon Matera tasted defeat, with Richmond's Dion Prestia and Tom Lynch playing in a draw.

Geelong's Gary Ablett, Melbourne's Steven May and Harley Bennell, Brisbane's Callum Ah-Chee and Jarryd Lyons, Port Adelaide's Charlie Dixon and Trent McKenzie, North Melbourne's Aaron Hall and Essendon's Adam Saad were all winners.

Given just six of the 33 have a career winning percentage above 50 per cent, Snapshot has hailed it as the Suns' greatest weekend of football.