New running streak day 2

Time 6:00am
Course Spofforth Street
Distance 2.5k
Feeling hot and uncomfortable so cut it short. I will have to rise earlier!
Air Quality Index 60
Temperature 23
Weight 71.2


Emily doing her substitute parkrun. Local parkruns were all cancelled last Saturday. It is most wise to stay inside (gym, pool) when it is so smoky outside.

A new running streak day 1

I suppose one day isn't a streak, but it has potential. Tired of not running because of heat and smoke, I have changed the habit of a (recent) lifetime and got up early.

Time 6:00am
Distance 4.5k
Running easy but not easy
Air Quality Index 116
Temperature 21
Weight 70.5

Inaction is a choice.

Where the ocean meets the sky, I'll be sailing.

Song of the week - Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart - at https://youtu.be/MmljreTAgYI

Merry Christmas!

No race results this week: too smoky!

speedygeese training Monday 23/12

It looks very Christmassy .. and most weeks are like this.
Thanks Ruth photos, James champagne, Jenny mince pies.

Training consisted of 200m intervals with 100m float. Most did 9x, some did 12x, Richard did 15x.

Present were Peter, Andrew, Pieta, Richard, Gwen, Liam (new), Ewen, Max, James, Ruth, Brad (new), Jenny, Dave, Paul, Jen, Isaac, Daniel, Brownie, Yelena and me makes 20.

I ran 11k for the day, it's good to get out again after a week off because of unprecedented smoke across the ACT.

My plan A in coming days is: Wed 25th Burley Griffin parkrun (first timer), Sat 28th Ginninderra parkrun, Mon 30th next SG training session, Wed 1st Mt Ainslie parkrun, and Thu 2nd resume Thursday training at SFP.

Not in Kansas

Song of the Week - The National - Not In Kansas: hypnotic.
At https://youtu.be/kR807dzQt-k

Training indoors can be hazardous too.

Running on hold

Great pics from Lisa. Just as Lisa has put running on hold to recover from an operation for a burst appendix (ouch!), many of us have cancelled training sessions, to avoid inhaling the excessive smoke that has been rolling into Canberra. As for me, no running, and still my head, throat, and chest do not feel quite normal. And eyes, eyes are worse.

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 10 December
3. Rajeev Bajania 33:33
5. Cameron Curry 35:19
6. James O'Neill 35:20
7. Sandeep Chandra 35:22
14. Kylie Wood 51:05
17. Peter Thomson 1:05:10
18 finishers

ACTMA Track 12 December
Pennington 800m
13 Craig Wurtz M55 3:33
16 Ruth Baussmann W65 4:24
17 Margaret McSpadden W70 5:11
18 finishers

Spiral 7
7 Ruth Baussmann W65 17:26
8 Craig Wurtz M55 14:11
9 Margaret McSpadden W70 20:21
15 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights 14 December – I ran at North Wollongong and it was humid as well as smoky. Not ideal. But for once I was a parkrun tourist.
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

AMRA Tour de Ridges 15 December
Tour de Ridges 21.2k
10. Matt ROBBIE 1:43:01
16. Adrian CENGIA 1:48:36
26. Martin POGSON 1:53:59
29. Natalie WOOD 1:56:36
54. Giles LAMB 2:10:11
58. Mhairi CRAIG 2:12:14
90. Jonathan MILLER 2:27:23
94. Craig WURTZ 2:31:12
105. Gabrielle BROWN 2:39:54
130. Bill ARTHUR 3:12:01
131 finishers

Tour de Ridges 15.3k
2. Jacob GROOBY 1:04:47
13. Allie CORRIPIO 1:20:25
15. Peter BROWN 1:21:40
100 finishers

Tour de Ridges 10.6k
1. Isaac MUSCAT 45:04
4. David CLARKE 48:22
6. Jen BRIGHT 50:01
21. Kristy PRIMROSE 59:12
25. David BAUSSMANN 1:06:53
41. Ruth BAUSSMANN 1:16:58
44. Jenny MAY 1:18:58
46. Ewen THOMPSON 1:19:52
61 finishers

AMRA Black Mountain 2.6k run-up 17 December
4. Louise Sharp 14.27
8. Craig Wurtz 19.40
14 finishers

Ginninderra 7k Handicap 17 December
Just 5 finishers

And at my granddaughter's wedding on Saturday

speedygeese Christmas dinner - photos

Photos thanks to Dave and Deborah. Dinner organised by Michael who deserves whole-hearted thanks for a great job.

Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Song of the week: Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place. At https://youtu.be/GoLJJRIWCLU.

Thursday training

Present - Jacob G, Brownie, Colin, Celina, Yelena, Clare, Tim, Dave and me. We set out to run up to five 1km loops. But the wind totally changed direction half way through, a big smoky cloud rolled in, and we hurriedly left!

Everything is getting worse the next few days. Future looking bleak.

recent speedygeese race results

YCRC Women’s 6k Jogalong 01 December
33. Thea Zimpel W35 40:57
34. Nadine Morrison W50 30:02
37. Cathy Montalto W65 35:41
39. Caroline Campbell W75 41:16
49 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 03 December
1. Rajeev Bajania 40:33
2. James O'Neill 40:40
3. Sandeep Chandra 40:41
4. Peter Daly 31:11
5. Cameron Curry 28:58
16. Ewen Thompson 40:11
19. Carolyne Kramar 54:30
19 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #5 Stromlo Forest Park 5k 03 December
6. Louise Sharp W35 19:44
10. Paul Trumble M30 20:59
13. Rohan Pitchford M55 22:45
16. Peter Simpfendorfer M60 24:21
24. Geoff Moore M70 28:20
25. Sarah Pau W45 28:20
36. Vanessa Palmer W45 31:27
38. Caroline Campbell W75 33:39
39. Darcy Morrison M5 35:00
40. Nadine Morrison W50 35:00
41. Mick Charlton M65 35:03
45 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #5 Stromlo Forest Park 2k 03 December
13. Molly Morrison W5 12:36
22 finishers

ACTMA Track 05 December
400m
W75 Caroline Campbell 1:52.65

5000m
M35 Jacob Grooby 16:36.38

Customs 5k handicap 06 December
2 James O'Neill 23:15
4 Bill Arthur 32:56
5 Ewen Thompson 32:47
6 Colin Farlow 20:12
7 Caroline Campbell 34:58
8 Yili Zhu 23:20
18 Carolyne Kramar 39:00
19 Thea Zimpel 30:18
23 Peter Thomson 54:26
24 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights 07 December
- Ginninderra parkrun Ryan Huynh JM11 12th in 20:12
- Mount Ainslie parkrun Clare Wall 25:33 new W65 record.
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

AMRA ACT Mountain Running Championships 12.6k, Mount Tennent 08 December
Men
12 Martin Pogson M55 1.14.26
13 Adrian Cengia M50 1.15.21
22 Richard Nethersole M35 1.22.49
31 finishers
Women
1 Louise Sharp W35 1.04.40
4 Mhairi Craig W55 1.19.07
5 Shiree Yap W50 1.20.21
8 Natalie Budd W35 1.26.29
13 Kerron Clare W50 1.40.54
14 Sue Bowden W60 1.42.39
15 Gabrielle Brown W55 1.47.05
20 Caroline Campbell W75 2.03.38
21 finishers


Ginninderra parkrun

Monday speedygeese training

There was quite a bit of smoke around, although by the time we met for training, some of it (mainly south of the lake) was starting to clear when a south-westerly wind came up. As a precaution, we did half our usual running, just 15 minutes of a short course relay near the Rose Gardens. Warrick and I jogged, doing the relay were Narelle, Patrick, Rae, David, Paul, Rohan, Jenny, Vanessa, Allie and Peach.

I See Fire

Song of the Week: Ed Sheeran, I See Fire. At https://youtu.be/2fngvQS_PmQ

weekend speedygeese

Is it time yet?

Thursday night training

A gale blowing at Stromlo, easily the strongest I have experienced there in many visits, did not deter us from running a warmup, three 1k laps where we ran 5 fast 200s and 5 fast 100s, all with equivalent recoveries, and a cooldown, I totalled 8k. Present were Brownie, Colin, Rohan, Paul, Don, Jennie, Isaac, Jen, Matt. Yelena and me.

The gale blew my beard away.

Jen runs

At Tuggeranong parkrun.

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 26 November
1. Sandeep Chandra 37:31
2. Peter Daly 31:49
7. Kylie Wood 34:21
11. Rajeev Bajania 25:55
13. Cameron Curry 32:28
16. Ewen Thompson 41:07
18. Peter Thomson 1:02:07
18 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 29 November
1 Peter Daly 25:15
2 James O'Neill 23:57
3 Cameron Curry 24:23
5 Colin Farlow 20:25
10 Caroline Campbell 36:20
11 Ewen Thompson 34:27
14 Carolyne Kramar 41:32
15 Bill Arthur 39:25
19 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights: Emily Hill first female at Mount Ainslie, 21:46
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

AMRA Mount Ainslie 2.2k run-up 03 December
Louise Sharp 13.56
Caroline Campbell 24.29
22 runners


A-training we will go.

Monday night training

A cold and windy Monday, with flurries of rain in some parts of the ACT, plus a pointless protest by a very large and noisy crowd at Parliament House, didn't deter 12 of us from running our 930m intervals and stopping at the occasional exercise station for push-ups, dips, chin-ups, and crunches. Present were Peter (new), Ruth (jellybeans), Jennie, Jenny (lemon drizzle cake), me, Dave, Cat (35 on the 1st), Paul, Patrick, David, Deborah, and James. Plus Gwen (champagne) arrived at the end of our cool-down. Happy Birthday, Cat.


Only Patrick missing from the photo.

Song of the Week – Foals, Like Lightning

This video clip is worth watching more than once, so much detail.

At https://youtu.be/gTHmJ1gol9c

Rosemary the trailblazer

Rosemary Longstaff led the way as the first female distance runner in Canberra. In the 1970s, I was warming up for a 6k race in Stromlo Forest, where Stromlo Forest Park is now, and I came across Rosemary looking for the start of an Orienteering event. I told her about the 6k, she ran it, and the rest is history. Perhaps I shouldn't imply I kicked off her career; orienteers might have a good case to say that they did.



Rosemary was always smiling, although she claimed it was a grimace. Her fastest marathon, to my best recollection, is 2:43.

Thursday night training

Running 200m intervals - 10 of them - on Thursday at Stromlo Forest Park - were Colin, Wayne (new), me, Cat (new), Gwen, Lisa, Ruth, Jenny, Yelena, Andrew; and Thach joined out warm-up as his cool-down.

Meanwhile, here are two stars, Matt and Michael, at Tuggeranong parkrun this morning.

100%

All the recent speedygeese race results

YCRC Women’s 6k Jogalong 03 November
14. Nadine Morrison W50 29:21
33. Natasha Beck W30 31:32
36. Caroline Campbell W75 42:17
41 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 19 November
2. Sandeep Chandra 30:11
3. Peter Daly 45:19
9. Kylie Wood 36:40
10. James O'Neill 28:41
11. Gary Bowen 32:27
12. Ewen Thompson 40:53
17. Peter Thomson 59:33
18 finishers

ACTMA Track 21 November
6 Craig Wurtz M55 12:39
8 Ruth Baussmann W65 15:54
9 Margaret McSpadden W70 18:22
13 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 22 November
1 Peter Daly 327:48
10 Yili Zhu 24:05
11 Caroline Campbell 38:05
12 Giles Lamb 23:48
14 Peter Thomson 32:21
15 Ewen Thompson 33:48
20 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.
Highlights 23 November – Paul’s Torrens parkrun PB 21:25.

ACTMA Weston Park 6k 24 November
4 Clare Wall W65 30:22
6 Margaret McSpadden W70 43:58
8 Cathy Newman W55 33:34
18 Ruth Baussmann W65 38:35
19 David Baussmann M65 31:40
22 David Webster M65 27:54
24 Nadine Morrison W50 28:35
40 finishers

ACTMA Weston Park 3k 24 November
17 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 50k 24 November
1 Matt Robbie 3:47:44
9 Tim Altamore 4:38:07
85 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 30k 24 November
44 Chris Gammon 2:54:05
89 Michael Thompson 3:11:01
120 Gabrielle Brown 3:19:56
136 Victoria Hennig 3:27:33
183 Jossie Maree Seisun 3:44:47
256 finishers

Stromlo Running Festival 10k 24 November
50 Debra Kay 54:04
86 Lisa McDonald 57:05
124 Kylie Wood 1:00:21
206 Catherine Lumley 1:05.24
207 Gwen McCormack 1:05:24

346 Jenny May 1:17:12
410 finishers

Ginninderra 7k Handicap 26 November
11 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #4 Black Mountain Peninsula 5k 26 November
4. Stuart Doyle M50 19:47
9. Rohan Pitchford M55 22:35
11. Peter Simpfendorfer M60 24:10
13. Geoff Moore M70 24:52
14. Craig Wurtz M55 25:14
16. Liz Simpfendorfer W55 26:22
17. Sarah Pau W45 27:47
20. Peter Thomson M55 28:24
25. Vanessa Palmer W45 30:59
27 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #4 Black Mountain Peninsula 1.7k 26 November
3. Ewen Thompson 8:34
11 finishers


Young looking Elliot and Landy. They could run.

Monday's Parliament House training.

Running 900m loops at Parliament House yesterday, interspersed with occasional optional push-ups or chin-ups or dips or crunches, were Kerron, Narelle, Denis, Jen, Daniel, Dave, Deborah, Jennie, George, Rae, Vanessa, Gwen, Ruth, Ewen, Phil, Colin, and me. Paul was seen as well, before we started.

Flash back to Pulp

Song of the Week: Common People, by Pulp. At https://youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFM

Matt Robbie - miles ahead

I spent the morning at the Stromlo Running Festival. Matt Robbie - what a brilliant 50k run! Daylight second. I am looking forward to checking through all the results when they appear.

Elevate crew at Huskisson parkrun today

There is a bit of a cross-over between our two running groups.



They are a good looking group, aren't they? With the possible exception of the hairy gentleman at the back, left. Hi Mick!

Stromlo Running Festival this Sunday

I will be out there having a look, and probably run 12k or so around the back of Stromlo where I may or may not see some of the runners. Arriving before 7:00am to see the 30k runners away. Parking could be limited within the park, so arriving a bit earlier again as a precaution.

Race start times:
6.00am: 50km start
7.00am: 30km start
9.00am: 10km start
9.30am: 2.5km start

Race website
https://stromlorunningfestival.com.au/

recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 12 November
2. Peter Daly 31:43
3. Sandeep Chandra 38:32
5. Cameron Curry 28:10
7. James O'Neill 27:26
8. Kylie Wood 34:22
10. Ewen Thompson 38:42
11. Peter Brown 25:58
13. Rajeev Bajania 26:29
22 finishers

ACTMA Track 7 November
1500m Handicap
12 Ruth Baussmann W65 8:39
13 Ewen Thompson M60 7:37
16 Margaret McSpadden W70 9:45

ACTMA Track 14 November
3000m
W60 Jenny May 18:51.03

1 Hour run
M55 Peter Brown 14003m
M55 Craig Wurtz 12017m
W65 Ruth Baussmann 9550m
W70 Margaret McSpadden 8060m

Customs 5k handicap 15 November
1 Peter Daly 26:00
2 Peter Thomson 30:08
3 Chris Gammon 22:34
4 Bill Arthur 33:45
5 Caroline Campbell 34:35
6 Yili Zhu 23:26
12 Mike l'Pirate 27:41
14 Kylie Wood 28:45
15 Craig Wurtz 25:24
16 James O'Neill 24:45
17 Cameron Curry 24:53
18 Colin Farlow 20:26
23 Carolyne Kramar 40:41
24 Ewen Thompson 34:12
25 Thea Zimpel 32:30
30 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.
Highlights 16 November – Ginninderra parkrun - Jacob Miller (JM11-14 ) ran 4th, in a massive PB 18:24. This is after a solid session on Thursday at SFP with us.

Triple Tri 17 November Results https://au.srichinmoyraces.org/sri-chinmoy-triple-triathlon/previous-results/2019

AMRA Black Mountain 2.6k run-up 19 November
3. Peter Brown 16.09
5. Giles Lamb 17.53
13. Caroline Campbell 30.17
14 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #3 Weston Park 5k 19 November
3. Louise Sharp W35 19:06
8. Scott Imhoff M40 20:42
14. Peter Simpfendorfer M60 23:40
15. Cameron Curry M35 23:46
18. Craig Wurtz M55 24:39
19. Liz Simpfendorfer W55 25:16
26. Sarah Pau W45 28:01
28. Peter Thomson M55 28:50
33. Mick Charlton M65 34:12
36 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #3 Weston Park 2k 19 November
3. Ewen Thompson M60 11:15 10:15
7. Darcy Morrison M5 13:20 12:20
8. Molly Morrison W5 14:29 13:29
9. Nadine Morrison W50 14:29 13:29
14 finishers


Mhairi and Brownie

Monday session at Parliament House

15 sprints on 2 minutes up the hill and around the block ... some found it tougher than others.



Competing Participating were Paul, James, Mick, Patrick, Jen, Isaac, Daniel, Ruth, George, Jennie, Deborah and me.



Also, Allie and Peach were there at the start and did not stay.

Wild Rover

Song of the Week: The Dubliners - Wild Rover
At https://youtu.be/9iRRvjjHDkw

parkracers, parkrunners, parkjoggers, parkwalkers and parkdogs at parkrun.

Saturday 16 November, Ginninderra parkrun had the lot.


Bron and I. 259th and 260th.


Jacob, taking more than a minute off his PB, 4th.


Clare, shaded by Celina.