Sunday 19 November 2006

Soar like an Eagle, Spit like a Llama

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, November 19, 2006 with
The perfect run - the wind at your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends by your side. - Aaron Douglas Trimble

Results from Thursday night for our training group
3000m
M45 Colin Farlow 10:29.68
M45 Richard Faulks 10:57.80
M45 Ewen Thompson 14:08.14
M50 Ken White 12:08.90
M55 Geoff Moore 11:44.95
M55 Mick Saunders 12:32.94
M55 Geoff Sims 13:20.86
M60 Kevin Chamberlain 11:32.77
M65 Tony Booth 13:15.87
W40 Gabrielle Brown 14:19.19
W55 Kathy Sims 12:54.12
W55 Barbara Tucker 15:09.19

1500m
M45 Mick Horan 4:47.62
M55 Neil Boden 6:19.13
M65 Tony Booth 6:17.75
W35 Amanda Walker 6:04.49
W40 Katie Forestier 5:48.69
W40 Gabrielle Brown 6:37.54
W40 Carolyne Kramar 8:24.87
W50 Charmaine Knobel 6:21.23

400m
M45 Gary Bowen 66.70
M50 Ken White 68.68
M55 Geoff Sims 62.29
W40 Katie Forestier 77.50
W40 Gabrielle Brown 83.54
W45 Vicki Matthews 73.80
W50 Charmaine Knobel 83.40
W55 Maureen Rossiter 73.88



There was a little incident the other day, which made me wonder if one of the golden rules of running should be "look before you spit"?

It would have helped if the cyclist in question had rung his bell as he came up silently behind me. Well, that's one up for the runners I guess.

You self conscious ones, learn how to spit and some of your runs will be so much more comfortable. Watch out for sudden wind gusts though. And be prepared to say "sorry" occasionally.





FOOTNOTES

1. Kevin is poised to take some M60 track records very soon. The M60 800m record is 2:21, and the 1500m 4:43. Hmmm. They are very fast times for an M60. Come to think of it, "poised" is not the correct word. "A remote outside possibility" might be more accurate.

2. Southy said it was going to by difficult for her to break Maureen's W50 800m record of 2:35. Yesterday she went through the 800m mark of the 1500m in 2:37. It is only a matter of time...

3. Friday's movie was "Run Lola Run". More movies next week?