Spring is finally here, pollen is in the air, the days are warmer, daylight saving started early (hurrah!), and track season has officially started with a bang.
And we savoured some fine performances. Kathy, Tony and Ken in the one mile, and Kathy in the 3000m, were particularly outstanding.
Speedygeese performances at the first 08-09 ACT Masters track meet last night:
In the one mile run, Tony Booth took 17 seconds off the M70 record, and Kathy Sims broke the W55 record by 6 seconds.
1 Mile
M45 Rod Lynch 5:22.38 77.7%
M55 Ken White 5:31.64 80.0
M50 Gary Bowen 5:55.52 72.2
M60 Kevin Chamberlain 6:00.09 78.2
W40 Katie Forestier 6:03.25 74.7
M45 Roger Pilkington 6:27.34 65.2
M70 Tony Booth 6:28.32 78.3 ACT M70 RECORD
W55 Kathy Sims 6:32.41 83.6 ACT W55 RECORD
W40 Amanda Walker 6:34.16 67.4
W45 Helen Larmour 6:41.22 73.6
W35 Bronwyn Calver 6:49.59 64.3
3000 metres
M45 Rod Lynch 11:05.48 74.4%
M60 Geoff Moore 11:26.91 79.6
M55 Ken White 12:01.32 72.7
W40 Katie Forestier 12:07.65 73.5
M50 Gary Bowen 12:25.87 68.0
W45 Helen Larmour 13:15.45 73.0
W55 Kathy Sims 13:20.66 80.6
W40 Amanda Walker 13:21.78 65.5
M70 Tony Booth 13:34.73 73.8
W35 Bronwyn Calver 13:43.68 63.2
M60 Geoff Barker 15:56.91 59.2
5000 metres
M45 Roger Pilkington 22:48.59 62.7%
There are some very good times first-up from the training group all round. As for me, my best 3000m last season was my final one, when I ran 11:27.4. So I have resumed this season as I ended last, even with a small improvement. Very much to my surprise. It’s a feather in my pocket. Now let's hope for the same rate of improvement as last year!
Ken & Kathy's percentages of 80% and more tell the story of how they are running. I took videos of them on the track, and if suitable for publication, I will show them here and/or on a special blog for the purpose, as soon as I am able.
Tony (at left) and Kathy (at right) at the Parkway run last month.
Here's a news item about a blitz on jay-walking: http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-target-jaywalkers-in-city-blitz-20081016-51zw.html
Could this have been during the Melbourne Marathon events? I think the lesson is, don’t run around Melbourne Streets any more!!!
The "Despair" website makes calendars to order. I have a 2008 one, a gift from Mon. The 2009 calendars can now be ordered, see http://site.despair.com/blog/2008/10/16/introducing-the-all-new-demotivator%c2%ae-posterbook-calendar/. You can select any 12 of the Despair picture you have already seen on my blog!
Here's another:
Voting day tomorrow in the ACT. Vote early!Vote often!
And we savoured some fine performances. Kathy, Tony and Ken in the one mile, and Kathy in the 3000m, were particularly outstanding.
Speedygeese performances at the first 08-09 ACT Masters track meet last night:
In the one mile run, Tony Booth took 17 seconds off the M70 record, and Kathy Sims broke the W55 record by 6 seconds.
1 Mile
M45 Rod Lynch 5:22.38 77.7%
M55 Ken White 5:31.64 80.0
M50 Gary Bowen 5:55.52 72.2
M60 Kevin Chamberlain 6:00.09 78.2
W40 Katie Forestier 6:03.25 74.7
M45 Roger Pilkington 6:27.34 65.2
M70 Tony Booth 6:28.32 78.3 ACT M70 RECORD
W55 Kathy Sims 6:32.41 83.6 ACT W55 RECORD
W40 Amanda Walker 6:34.16 67.4
W45 Helen Larmour 6:41.22 73.6
W35 Bronwyn Calver 6:49.59 64.3
3000 metres
M45 Rod Lynch 11:05.48 74.4%
M60 Geoff Moore 11:26.91 79.6
M55 Ken White 12:01.32 72.7
W40 Katie Forestier 12:07.65 73.5
M50 Gary Bowen 12:25.87 68.0
W45 Helen Larmour 13:15.45 73.0
W55 Kathy Sims 13:20.66 80.6
W40 Amanda Walker 13:21.78 65.5
M70 Tony Booth 13:34.73 73.8
W35 Bronwyn Calver 13:43.68 63.2
M60 Geoff Barker 15:56.91 59.2
5000 metres
M45 Roger Pilkington 22:48.59 62.7%
There are some very good times first-up from the training group all round. As for me, my best 3000m last season was my final one, when I ran 11:27.4. So I have resumed this season as I ended last, even with a small improvement. Very much to my surprise. It’s a feather in my pocket. Now let's hope for the same rate of improvement as last year!
Ken & Kathy's percentages of 80% and more tell the story of how they are running. I took videos of them on the track, and if suitable for publication, I will show them here and/or on a special blog for the purpose, as soon as I am able.
Tony (at left) and Kathy (at right) at the Parkway run last month.
Here's a news item about a blitz on jay-walking: http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-target-jaywalkers-in-city-blitz-20081016-51zw.html
Could this have been during the Melbourne Marathon events? I think the lesson is, don’t run around Melbourne Streets any more!!!
The "Despair" website makes calendars to order. I have a 2008 one, a gift from Mon. The 2009 calendars can now be ordered, see http://site.despair.com/blog/2008/10/16/introducing-the-all-new-demotivator%c2%ae-posterbook-calendar/. You can select any 12 of the Despair picture you have already seen on my blog!
Here's another:
Voting day tomorrow in the ACT. Vote early!Vote often!
