Thursday afternoon training at Stromlo

A few of us braved the extreme heat at Stromlo Forest Park, running 4 x 400m uphill with water breaks. In attendance were Giles L, Giles Q, Megan, Paul, Pieta, Andrew Sm, Celina, Chloe, Kevin, Jacob M, Rohan and me. My running streak is 26 days but I don't know if this can continue over the weekend, given the high minimums and very high maximums forecast, plus wind and smoke (and a storm Sunday afternoon? Ouch.)

We were the only customers at Handlebar, which was otherwise closed.

latest speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong 6k Stakes 21 January
1. James O'Neill 33:53
2. Sandeep Chandra 33:57
3. Kylie Wood 36:28
4. Peter Thomson 46:34
5. Ewen Thompson 42:13
10. Cameron Curry 28:12
14. Rajeev Bajania 33:20
17. Ricky Somerville 37:12
18 finishers

Customs Joggers 5k handicap 24 January
5 Giles Lamb 22:58
6 Peter Daly 24:41
9 Colin Farlow 20:49
10 Yili Zhu 24:35
14 Ewen Thompson 33:22
20 Craig Wurtz 24:52
23 Carolyne Kramar 42:31
25 Bill Arthur 52:58
27 Peter Thomson 54:34
27 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606

ACTMA Handicap North Curtin 6.3k 26 January
2 Nadine Morrison W50 40:40
3 Jenny May W60 45:29
5 Caroline Campbell W75 46:16 **gold**
7 Craig Wurtz M55 35:09 **bronze**
8 Cathy Newman W55 37:49
12 Peter Brown M55 26:58
22 Mick Charlton M65 46:26
28 Margaret McSpadden W70 52:08
43 finishers

ACTMA Handicap North Curtin 3.2k 26 January
3 Cathy Montalto W65 17:32
13 Jill Pearson W60 18:33
13 finishers

YCRC Summer Series #1 Stromlo Forest Park 5k 28 January
10. Paul Trumble M30 22:23
19. Geoff Moore M70 25:36
20. Will Brady M30 25:54
21. Natasha Beck W30 25:56
22. Craig Wurtz M55 26:09
35 finishers

As in the summer series - when you feel flat even before you start:

A fun speedygeese session at Parliament House

Monday was a hot day with a hint of smoke from the south but this didn't deter 24 people from participating in speedygeese training. Fifteen ran a 20 minute relay, three others chose to do a session of hill sprints instead, then all ran in a shorter relay. Present were Paul Q, Megan Q, with Giles Q; Yelena with Joel, Vianne, and Maya P; Celina, Chloe and Jacob M; Warrick and Thomas; Pieta and Andrew Sm; Isaac and Jen; Kathy, Colin, Dave, Brownie, James O'N, Peter D, Jenny M and me.

Photo by Megan:

The curtain falls

Song of the Week: A live solo acoustic version of "60 and Punk", by Ben Gibbard
(Ben Gibbard is lead singer/songwriter/poet of Death Cab for Cutie)
At https://youtu.be/z7HmWsjZ6ZI



“The curtain falls to applause and the band plays you off, the band plays you off”

Matt Robbie 15:58 Wagi Bridge parkrun

It feels good to get under 16 minutes!

One of those days..

..at Ginninderra parkrun where I targeted 24 minutes but just missed, where I found it sticky humid and was sweating before the start let alone during the run, and where I was called forward to be congratulated for running my 150th and almost declined because I hadn't realised and thought it was someone else.

John Harding took some pics, there may be more pics tomorrow.

speedygeese race results

Customs Joggers 5k handicap 17 January
1 Craig Wurtz 23:25
2 Giles Lamb 23:39
7 Peter Daly 25:19
10 Colin Farlow 21:36
12 Kerron Clare 27:35
15 James O'Neill 25:34
16 Kylie Wood 31:35
18 Ewen Thompson 34:54
22 finishers

Parkruns http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights 18 January:
Wagi Bridge Husband/wife Matt 18:04 (second), Amanda 20:06 (first female)
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report linked above, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

Kowen Resolution Run 19 January
https://my.raceresult.com/146619/results?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR3LWQO3CnTGPx-8qiNzKxsk8-Dyfum-adakoqSs9KXZTgeJvbk7sQ08ciY
Highlights: Bernardo 2nd in the 12k.

AMRA Black Mountain 2.6k run-up 21 January
11 Craig Wurtz 19.42
15 finishers

The YCRC Summer Series starts on 28 January: 8 weeks of 5k races, Tuesdays at 6:15pm at various locations.

After the storm

Twenty people and a dog ran at Parliament House yesterday afternoon, thankfully clear skies after a massive hailstorm wreaked havoc around lunchtime. The only available bit of ground with little debris was our "favourite" hill, so we ran 20 x 100m hill sprints on 90 seconds. Present were Ernesto (new), Rebecca, Peach, Allie, Kevin, Chloe, Jacob, Paul, Megan (new), young Giles (new), Giles, Ruth, Jenny M, Yelena, James, Mick, Peter, Lisa, Tiffany, David and me. All (but one?) of whom are in Ruth's photos (some taken by Paul).

more great irish music

Song of the Week: Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners
At https://youtu.be/Hwb8C2TijYE

Don't leave it too late

speedygeese at Ginninderra parkrun

Pictures by Deborah.

So how do you know that the timepiece you use to check if another timepiece you use is accurate? Use a third? But...

Our run was perfect.

"It was so fantastic to have an opportunity to enjoy some running in the rain at Stromlo. The threatening storm eased off in time for us to have a lovely spongy session of 200m intervals. A few of us lingered at The Handlebar later for a drink and chat. Jenny took a couple of photos for us. 🤣🏃🏻‍♂️"

Present: Dave, Jen, Jenny, Kevin, Jacob, Celina, Matt, Jacob G, Ruth, Kathy, Pieta and me, Chloe also said hello. I ran 7k and did the 8 x 200m intervals. It poured before we began, with lightning flashes close by, and as soon as that had passed over, it was perfect conditions for training.

trail tready

speedygeese races

Sill not much happening with all the smoke etc. At least some parkruns were held on Saturday, but not south-side where the smoke was heaviest..

Customs Joggers 5k handicap 10 January
5 Giles Lamb 25:55
8 Carolyne Kramar 40:28
13 Ewen Thompson 33:03
14 Peter Thomson 36:05
15 Craig Wurtz 27:17
16 Yili Zhu 26:01
17 finishers
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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.

Broulee runners.


Broulee runners (http://brouleerunners.blogspot.com/) have a weekly Wednesday 5k, shorter for kids. They got together last week, after a break because of the horrendous fires. Good to see them reconvening despite the on-going crisis.

speedygeese Monday training

The smoke wasn't too bad so we ran 20 minutes of 3 person relays, and 10 minutes of 2 person relays, at the Rose Gardens short course. Present were Kathy, Giles, Peter, David, Celina, Jenny, Kerron, Yelena, Ruth, Dave, Rae, Warrick, Melissa, Kevin, Jen and me. Denis rocked up after training, too. Some went home before the photo...



As for me I worked hard in the fastest team of 3, ran 7k in total, and with a slow 9k this morning, have enjoyed a good start to week 2 of a running streak. Gym tomorrow!

Wake Me Up

Song of the Week: Ed Sheeran – Wake Me Up.
From https://youtu.be/kR-BPVSqZqk

Running streak day 6, Ginninderra parkrun with pics

Some of the smoke cleared from Canberra, today, mainly northside, so that Wagi Bridge, Gungahlin, Ginninderra, and Mount Ainslie parkruns went ahead while the others didn't. I thought 5 minute kms would be all I could manage at Ginninderra today, and I was right. Here are some of our runners there:

Recent training - speedygeese Thursday, and my streak.

Thursday evening at Stromlo Forest Park we ran 4 x 500m hill loop and 2 x 200m straight. Kangaroos (a)bounded. And a quiet drink afterwards as we enjoyed the first relatively smoke free day for ages.

Running were Tegan (new), Isaac, Brownie, Paul, Pieta, Andrew, Ruth, Yelena, Vianne, Allie, Kevin, Celina, Dave and I with Maya and Joel also in attendance.



Today I extended my running streak to 5 days, running about 5k or so each day this week so far (28k total).

Monday training

Finally the smoke cleared sufficiently at Parliament House to resume training. Six people ran 10 x 200m with a longer recovery: Clare, Ruth, Paul, Andrew, Pieta and me.



I also ran this morning, so that's a streak of 2 days:
Monday 7.0k interval 200s
Tuesday 7.5k Drake Brockman Drive trot.

Something in the Air

Song of the Week! Something in the Air, by Thunderclap Newman, at https://youtu.be/RTZoJ01FpD8



The pictures take me back to another world - but the lyrics seem up to date!

speedygeese results

I didn't publish results today because there aren't any - except a few parkruns around the place on Christmas day. A notable Christmas performance - James' son, Liam Swann, ran a PB of 20:53 at Burley Griffin. Quite a few geese ran there that day, and other groups of friends too. Here's the link - https://www.parkrun.com.au/burleygriffin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186.

Cancelled because of hazardous smoky conditions have been all local parkruns on Saturday and on New Years Day.

Running streak day 3

It was an absolutely horrible morning, cooler but with smoke very hazardous and up to 15x the hazardous extreme level. By noon there was some improvement but it was still extreme. I donned a mask and managed to get out for a jog, it would have been disappointing to have ended a streak so soon. I tried not to get out of breath. It was a risk I was taking, but I was fine.

Time 12 noon
Course Holt shops loop
Distance 3k in 20 minutes
Feeling OK today with smoke mask on
Air Quality Index 800 (Hazardous extreme x 3)
Temperature 25
Weight 71.1