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.