speedygeese training

On Thursday 24 November at Parliament House Andy, Brendan (new), Gary, me, Giles, Jen, Lauren, Liz, Peter & Sandeep ran figure 8 intervals of 700m, each of which included 2 hills and 5 push-ups.

Sunday 27 November Joel and I ran at Stromlo, Joel doing some laps of short intervals as well as some form training,

Monday 28 November we repeated last Thursday’s session, Ewen ran early, then Colin, Ewen, Gary, Giles, Isaac, Jen, Pieta, Rae, Ruth, Sandeep & Vanessa trained while Dave met us but jogged elsewhere, and I needed a rest.

At Stromlo


Jen ran hard


Isaac ran harder


Jen got Deek's kiss

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 22 November
Sandeep Chandra 30:27
Peter Thomson 27:24
Nicole Bruce 36:23
Ewen Thompson 35:34
16 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #3 5k Black Mountain Peninsula 22 November
8. Craig Wurtz M50 21:33
9. Rohan Pitchford M50 21:40
11. David Clarke M55 22:06
13. Peter Thomson M55 22:28
20. Ewen Thompson M55 25:59
24. Tori Hennig W55 7:25
31. Ruth Baussmann W65 30:14
32 finishers

ACTVAC Track 24 November
Spiral 6
Craig Wurtz M50 10:08
David Clarke M55 11:08
Roger Pilkington M55 12:12
Ruth Baussmann W65 13:35
Ewen Thompson M55 14:21
Margaret McSpadden W65 15:25
18 finishers

Customs 5k 25 November
Peter Thomson 22:18
Giles Lamb 22:24
Craig Wurtz 23:16
Bronwyn Calver 24:25
Ewen Thompson 30:07
Caroline Campbell 31:25
16 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #238 26 November
14 Brendan Belcher 21:17 M30
41 Geoff Moore 23:40 M65
53 Bron Sparkes 24:30 W40
83 Thea Zimpel 27:15 W30
104 Ruth Baussmann 29:04 W65
177 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #196 26 November
11 Peter Thomson 19:33 M55 **New PB**
59 David Clarke 24:45 M55
62 Ewen Thompson 24:55 M55
235 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #163 26 November
103 Margaret McSpadden 31:17 W65
162 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #24 26 November
10 Craig Wurtz 20:49 M50
67 Caroline Campbell 27:47 W70 **New PB**
152 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap 6k Weston Park 27 November
5 Bron Sparkes W40 29:54 61.1%
15 Nadine Morrison W45 28:04 69.8
16 Margaret McSpadden W65 40:37 63.2
19 Peter Thomson M55 24:48 76.1
28 Kathy Sims W65 29:40 81.9
34 Bronwyn Calver W45 28:18 69.3
41 Mick Charlton M60 37:21 53.7
46 Ruth Baussmann W65 35:46 68.9
52 Craig Wurtz M50 29:44 61.4
53 Gabrielle Brown W50 32:51 63.5
55 Roger Pilkington M55 32:46 58.2
65 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap 3k Weston Park 27 November
5 Cathy Montalto W60 15:03 77.2%
22 Jill Pearson W55 15:01 71.5
40 finishers

Thommo racing @ Stromlo

New song by Birds of Tokyo

Song Of The Week: "Brace", by Birds of Tokyo
From https://youtu.be/EDhq6L-S624 (live)

Isaac sprinting home

In last week's 10k

Dave @ the Stromlo Running Festival

Dave was the handicap winner in the Lightning Strike 10k

An old sprint-marathon photo

Do we know anyone in this photo?

end-of year speedygeese dinner

The end-of year speedygeese dinner will be at il Figaro, Kingston. 7:00pm Monday 5 December $30 banquet which includes Risotto and Pizza and Pasta dishes, plus Garlic/Herb Bread and Italian Salads, and coffee. And our prestigious Caramello Koala awards. BYO wine only, $5 per bottle. All welcome, RSVP speedygeoff@gmail.com to let me know that you and any other family/friends are attending. Deadline for responding to this invitation is the previous Thursday night. Note - no training that Monday afternoon!


http://www.figarorestaurant.com.au/restaurant

speedygeese training

Thursday 17 November at Parliament House: Sandeep and I ran early; then Alex, Craig (new), Ewen, Giles, Jen, Liz and Sandeep ran 4 or 5 x 600m along the west side grass.

On Sunday 20 November at the Stromlo Running Festival Andrew was the only one actually doing 1km intervals; Abi, Ewen and I were running around, and Dave, Jen, Isaac, Craig, Bronwyn and Thommo were out there racing on the hills.

Monday 21 November at Parliament House was warm so we cut our ramp 160s down to 140s; running were Andy, Ewen, Fiona, me, Isaac, Jen, Nicole, Ruth and Sandeep. Ewen ran early too.


Former speedygoose Jenny Langton with husband Greg Cox celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.

speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 9 November
Craig Wurtz 28:59
Joel Pearson 32:51
Ewen Thompson 36:50
Caroline Campbell 40:54
47 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 15 November
Roger Pilkington 33:33
Ewen Thompson 34:01
Nicole Bruce 34:35
Peter Thomson 38:09
19 finishers

AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 15 November
9 Craig Wurtz 17.25
14 Caroline Campbell 25.13
15 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #3 5k Boat House East 15 November
5. Peter Thomson M55 20:23
11. Rohan Pitchford M50 21:20
12. Craig Wurtz M50 21:29
20. Gabrielle Brown W50 25:14
28. Ruth Baussmann W65 28:51
29. Ewen Thompson M55 28:54
35 finishers

ACTVAC Track 17 November
3000m
M55 Colin Farlow 11:00.27 79.4%
M55 Roger Pilkington 15:19.63 58.0%

1 Hour Run
W65 Ruth Baussmann 10,250
M55 Roger Pilkington 9,851
W65 Margaret McSpadden 8,868

Customs 5k 18 November
Peter Thomson 21:15
Craig Wurtz 23:27
Giles Lamb 23:29
Bronwyn Calver 24:36
Ewen Thompson 29:41
Caroline Campbell 34:17
16 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #237 19 November
40 Geoff Moore 23:51 M65
47 Bron Sparkes 24:37 W40
95 Ruth Baussmann 29:06 W65
182 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #195 19 November
4 Peter Thomson 19:36 M55 **New PB**
13 Jen Bright 20:44 W40
36 Bronwyn Calver 22:32 W45
64 Pieta Smith 24:37 W40
65 David Clarke 24:38 M55
71 Ewen Thompson 25:01 M55
167 Nicole Robinson 34:17 W40 **New PB**
276 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #162 19 November
103 Margaret McSpadden 31:32 W65
150 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #23 19 November
14 Craig Wurtz 21:09 M50
124 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 10k 20 November
6. Dave Clarke 44:05 **1st on handicap**
10. Isaac Muscat 46:16
11. Jen Bright 46:17 **2nd on handicap**
32. Craig Wurtz 50:53
71. Bronwyn Calver 55:18
371 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 30k 20 November
35 Peter Thomson 2:47.29
231 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 50k 20 November
15 finishers


Bronwyn running the Stromlo Running Festival 10k

Everbody Wants to Rule The World

Song Of The Week: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, by Tears for Fears
From https://youtu.be/aGCdLKXNF3w

speedygeese blitz Stromlo Running Festival

This year the Stromlo Running Festival events were limited to very hilly 10k, 30k and 50k. As Andrew and I are generally at Stromlo Forest Park on a Sunday morning, training, we were able to see some of the runners. Abi and Ewen were also on hand to watch the proceedings.

The following photo was taken by Andrew, just before the start of the 30k.

(click to enlarge)
There was a light breeze, which was good, and it blew away the clouds you can see in the photo, which was bad. Thommo was one of the runners in the 30k.

The 10k started at 8:00am and featured such illustrious runners as speedygeese Dave, Jen, Isaac, Craig and Bronwyn. Dave finished well up in the top ten with Isaac and Jen running together not all that far behind.

I have it on good authority that the 10k age/gender winners on handicap were Dave first, Jen second.

Go the Geese!

Just Trotting Along

Last week's Ginninderra parkrun which was my 50th. Go Bron!

Last week I improved 2 minutes on my recent runs, and this week I improved another 2 minutes.
"Trending faster".

Embrace Pilates and Fitness opened today.

https://www.facebook.com/embracepilatesandfitness


Off for a warm-up. (Not on the Garmin so didn't happen)


Here I am among the oldies.

Thompson and Thomson

speedygeese training

(1) Thursday 10 November at Parliament House I ran 8k early then supervised Gary, Jen, Lauren, Liz, Peter Brown and Sandeep doing 400m loops fast/slow hillier loop.

(2) Sunday 13 November Andrew, Joel, Thommo and I ran on the grass at Stromlo Forest Park. All but I ran kilometre intervals.

(3) On Monday 14 November Sandeep and I ran early; the main session consisted of 20 x 100m hill on 90 seconds, where Andy, Christopher, Ewen, Fiona, Isaac, Jen, Nicole, Pieta, Rae, Ruth, Sandeep and I participated. Kylie was also sighted walking. It rained driving in, it rained driving home, it was wet underfoot but the rain stayed away while we trained. It was encouraging to see a good turn-out. So what if there had been some rain earlier. No excuses! By the way, Parliament House training is never cancelled, except on 5 December when we will be having a training group Christmas function.



"If you start skipping runs because the weather is lousy, pretty soon you will be skipping runs because the weather is too nice." - a marathon runner said that.

speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 12 October
Bronwyn Calver 29:32
Roger Pilkington 33:04
Ewen Thompson 34:13
Caroline Campbell 45:13
47 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 19 October
Peter Thomson 27:59
Bronwyn Calver 30:09
Roger Pilkington 30:16
Andy Matthews 31:54
Ewen Thompson 34:13
Caroline Campbell 42:46
45 finishers

Rottnest Marathon 23 October
40 Peter Thomson 3:46.43
179 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 26 October
Peter Thomson 27:46
Bronwyn Calver 30:22
Andy Matthews 32:11
Roger Pilkington 33:19
Ewen Thompson 40:22
Caroline Campbell 41:20
Jennifer Bright went round with Daniel
43 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 2 November
Peter Thomson 26:30 4:25
Bronwyn Calver 29:55 4:59
Ewen Thompson 36:21 6:03
Caroline Campbell 38:58 6:29
58 finishers

YCRC 6k Jogalong 6 November
Thea Zimpel 32:56
Caroline Campbell 36:50
54 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 8 November
Sandeep Chandra 31:07
Ewen Thompson 35:25
Nicole Bruce 37:02
Peter Thomson 39:32
18 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #2 5k Barrenjoey Drive 8 November
21. Geoff Moore M65 25:12
22. Jennifer Bright W40 25:39
23. Isaac Muscat U14 25:39
25. Gabrielle Brown W50 26:02
26. Sarah Pau W40 26:12
27. Tori Hennig W55 26:50
28. Ewen Thompson M55 27:19
31. Vanessa Palmer W45 30:28
34. Ruth Baussmann W65 31:13
35. Mick Charlton M60 31:51
38 finishers

ACTVAC Track Thursday 10 November
1500m Pennington
3 Colin Farlow M55 5:07
12 finishers

Spiral 5
11 Margaret McSpadden W65 13:01
14 Ruth Baussmann W65 11:13
15 Ewen Thompson M55 10:59
17 finishers

Customs 5k 11 November
Ewen Thompson 30:07
Caroline Campbell 31:00
19 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #236 12 November
48 Bron Sparkes 24:42 W40
58 Geoff Moore 25:51 M65
62 Jill Pearson 26:12 W55
99 Ruth Baussmann 29:42 W65
172 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #194 12 November
7 Peter Thomson 19:54 M55
17 David Clarke 21:47 M55
79 Ewen Thompson 27:23 M55
168 Nicole Robinson 41:09 W40
215 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #161 12 November
138 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #22 12 November
70 Caroline Campbell 28:51 W70
147 finishers

Fisher’s Ghost 5k Fun Run Campbelltown 13 November
52 Ewen Thompson 24:37
446 finishers

THIS is true poetry.

Song Of The Week: Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
From https://youtu.be/oIpF-RPw0pw



THIS is poetry. RIP Leonard Cohen.

A squally Sunday at Stromlo

Joel, Andrew and I. Photo by Thommo.

We will be there every Sunday morning at 7:30am doing km intervals on the grass.

This coming Sunday 20th the Stromlo Running Festival is on and the 30k starts at 7:30am so we will arrive a little early, Thommo competing, while we will watch the start before commencing training.

Additionally, the Running Festival 50k starts at 7:00am, and the 10k at 8:00am.

milestones

The view on the hill.



Ewen the photographer completed his 100th parkrun today (Tuggeranong).

I'm halfway there, 50 today.

As of next Saturday, running will take a back seat for me, as I focus mainly on gym work until I get over my running injuries. Saturdays I will see how I am doing by continuing at Ginninderra parkrun, followed by a Saturday morning exercise class at Embrace, choice of two.





I also hope to get to Embrace most mornings during the week. I will of course be at training Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays as usual.

Embrace Pilates and Fitness opens for the first time this Friday, located just around the lake from the parkrun.

Roger at Worlds

Roger has been to Perth and has now returned. I plan to replace this with an official version...

YCRC news

YCRC 2017 Memberships. – Membership for the rest of 2016 and for all of 2017 online at this link. The cost is the same as a full 12 month registration. https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=22855

YCRC Annual Meeting - The Club’s Annual Meeting will be held at 6pm on Monday 28th November at the YMCA Aquatic Recreational Centre at 35 Alexandrina Drive, Yarralumla (formerly called the YMCA Sailing Club). You will be pleased to know that the majority of the Club’s 2016 committee are remaining. So there is no reason for you not to come along! A few new members on the committee would be most welcome, and in particular, anyone who might be interested in taking on an executive role now or in the future. At the meeting we will make presentations to the Winner Distance Runners of Year for our Winter Series. Perpetual trophies not awarded during the winter will also be presented. Come along and see what great local athletes have won these trophies.

YCRC Spring Series – Events held over 2k/5k at 6.15 pm each Tuesday evening:
Tue 15th Nov – Boathouse East 2k/5k – Start area near Boathouse Restaurant on Menindee Drive, Parkes just down from Hospice.Tue 22nd Nov – Black Mountain Peninsula 2k/5k – Starts area in John Cardiff Close, Black Mountain Peninsula.
Tue 29th Nov – Stromlo Forest Park (SFP) 2k/5k – Start on purpose built Cross Country course at SFP
Tue 6th Dec – Christmas Relays – Old Parliament House Lawns. 2k legs for adults and 1k for young children teams of 8 persons.

Thredbo Fun and Fitness Week 2017 – Full details can be found on the club website. In 2017 this event will be held in Thredbo from 7th to 13th Jan. Registration link http://www.canberra.ymca.org.au/runnersclub/Pages/default.aspx for non-YCRC members. The full program will be available shortly.

speedygeese training

On Thursday 3 November at Parliament House, the session was 4 or 5 x 600m (jogging back 600m) with just Ewen, Colin, and Ruth participating. I was away.

On Sunday 6 November Andrew and I trained at Stromlo, we will be there each week from now on. Feel free to join us for a 7:30am start. In future I may even try barefoot on the grass unless they keep fertilising the track.

Monday 7 November back at Parliament House there were enough starters to hold a 28 minutes continuous relay on our short Rose Garden loop, with Alex, Colin, Dave, Ewen, Fiona (new), Gary (new), Isaac, Jen, Nicole, Pieta, Rae, Ruth, and Sandeep. I had run early and I supervised. Garry and his granddaughter Clancy were also seen before the former’s return to Europe the next day.


Some of Monday's training group

speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 7 September
Peter Thomson 27:52
Bronwyn Calver 29:39
Andrew Matthews 31:32
Victoria Hennig 33:46
Ewen Thompson 34:31
Caroline Campbell 43:16
Roger Pilkington 47:25
44 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 14 September
Bronwyn Calver 30:16
Andrew Matthews 30:20
Peter Thomson 30:52
Victoria Hennig 33:06
Ewen Thompson 36:13
Roger Pilkington 39:20
39 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 21 September
Peter Thomson 29:35
Roger Pilkington 33:19
19 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 28 September
Peter Thomson 27:30
Bronwyn Calver 30:44
Roger Pilkington 31:56
Jennifer Bright 33:25
Ewen Thompson 34:25
Victoria Hennig 35:40
Caroline Campbell 43:44
49 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 5 October
Peter Thomson 29:42
Bronwyn Calver 30:07
Roger Pilkington 33:00
Ewen Thompson 34:02
48 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 1 November
Peter Thomson 25:44
Sandeep Chandra 31:56
Ewen Thompson 36:00
15 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #1 5k Weston Park 1 November
11. Peter Thomson 20:54
23. Gabrielle Brown 24:49
25. Tori Hennig 25:49
26. Sarah Pau 26:05
30. Caroline Campbell 28:57
31. Ruth Baussmann 29:06
32. Ewen Thompson 29:14
34. Geoff Moore 30:13
36 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie 2.3k Run-Up 1 November
19 finishers

Customs 5k 4 November
Peter Thomson 21:44
Giles Lamb 23:12
Ewen Thompson 29:28
Caroline Campbell 31:32
18 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #235 5 November
30 Stephanie Pfohl 24:37 W40
31 Bron Sparkes 24:42 W40
54 Geoff Moore 27:16 M65
78 Ruth Baussmann 29:51 W65
131 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #193 5 November
15 David Clarke 21:25 M55
246 Peter Thomson 60:17 M55
246 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #160 5 November
113 Margaret McSpadden 31:41 W65
179 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #21 5 November
75 Caroline Campbell 30:15 W70
136 finishers

Run For Your Lifeline Half Marathon 5 November
81 Sandeep Chandra 1:55:08
223 finishers

Run For Your Lifeline 10k 5 November
236 finishers

Run For Your Lifeline 5k 5 November
303 finishers


Bright Alpine Climb - 4 Peaks

"Run run run run"

Song of the week: "Thorn In My Side", by Eurythmics
From https://youtu.be/_AmkmqYEarw

Another great photo by Ewen

Speedygeese training at the Canberra Arboretum this morning. Good looking runners but no so great a choice of background!

And for those inclined to train on a less hilly, and softer underfoot, course, or like me have too many calf-related niggles, with spring-like weather finally arriving and the magpies disappearing Andrew and I resumed 7:30am Sunday training at Stromlo Forest Park today. I should manage to get there most Sundays even if it is only for a 5k jog on the grass like today was. But Andrew ran a couple of fast 1ks at the end. Joel plans to join us soon and others are more than welcome.

I was wondering about those runners who have a "medal mentality"

Because once you've run it, you've done it, you move on, and medals are irrelevant.
And then I saw this.



Ha ha.
You know the type.

not dead yet

I fronted for surgery yesterday but it was only an assessment. In a few weeks time I will be doing it for real. It will be under a general anaesthetic and then I will be somewhat restricted for the next fortnight, or so I'm told.

Training at Parliament House

Is on as usual tonight - intervals on the west side grass - I don't expect to attend this once but the rest of the crowd will be there.

speedygeese training

On Thursday 27 October at Parliament House the session consisted of 6x350m or 400m with a 350m jog in between. Present were Sandeep, Lauren, Jen, Dave, Colin, Nicole, Liz with me watching.

On Monday 31 October at Parliament House we ran 15 x 160m ramp sprints on 2 minutes with Andrew, Andy, Caroline, Christopher, Colin, Dave, Ewen, Garry (drills coach), me (ran 8k early instead), Joel, Kym (nearly not late), Ruth, Sandeep, Thea (Drills) and Warrick (disguised as me).

This Thursday the planned training is 4 or 5 x 600m jogging back. I am not expecting to be present just this once, so training will proceed without me.

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 25 October
Ewen Thompson 34:49
Nicole Bruce 36:44
Caroline Campbell 39:11
14 finishers

Customs 5k 28 October
Peter Thomson 20:57
Bronwyn Calver 23:31
Ewen Thompson 28:42
17 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #234 29 October
52 Bron Sparkes 25:45 W40
64 Thea Zimpel 26:59 W30
81 Celina Miller 28:23 W35
168 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #192 29 October
8 David Clarke 19:32 M55
11 Peter Thomson 19:39 M55
54 Ewen Thompson 24:38 M55
237 Nicole Robinson 46:24 W40
253 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #159 29 October
157 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #20 29 October
153 Caroline Campbell 61:52 W70
153 finishers


1986 - Caulfield 10k.