The storm that hit Canberra CBD last week, as seen from out west.
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You can see the stars!
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You can see the stars!
This Thursday is the penultimate "Moore Series" 3000m race. Will Colin Farlow and I come through for second and third, will Kathy Sims or Margaret McSpadden win the women's section? Kathy needs to run both remaining races to qualify and win, Margaret also needs both races, no other woman can qualify. In the men's I should manage to finish second, although I have a bit of work to do, something like 11:30 or better for the two remaining runs should get me there. Paul Considine will win, Colin should finish third unless he sneaks past me into second.
The program this week.
6.00 3000m
6.15 Daniels 100m
6.30 1500m race walk championship
7.00 Mile
7.30 4 x 400m relay
7.45 200m hurdles
8.00 spiral 7, 4 x 200m relay
Weston Creek Half Marathon. I have checked the 2006 results; I placed 53 out of 221 individual finishers, and ran 1:33.40, a reasonable time considering I had hamstring problems and could not stride out, especially down the hills. The first team was the Speedy Geese in 1:37.41, out of 45 relay teams. This year I think anything just under 1:30 would be a great result; hence I will try to run that time, and the way to run it will be to run strongly and evenly for the first 16k, factoring in a considerable slow-down over the final 5k, which is all up-hill.
Canberra Marathon News
It is only nine days until early entries close. If you want to take advantage of the discounted early entry fee, make sure you have your entry in by Friday 16 March. Late entries will be taken on race weekend but at full price.
The Kids Marathon has no provision for late entries. All entries for this event close on 16 March. The Kids Marathon requires the kids to run their 40km prior to marathon Sunday.... accepting entries after this time (4 weeks out) and expecting young children to run long distances to make up their 40km isn't appropriate, hence the early cut-off.
