School of Running

Q: How long does it take a 60 year old man to run a 10k race on average? I need the answer to be based on the following information: He is a...

Congratulations to Mandy and Katie who won gold and silver in the 3.5k handicap on Sunday. 7k handicap - 13 Roger Pilkington M45 group 30 ne...

Now that daylight saving has arrived at last, we will be meeting for training on Mondays - 5:30pm Parliament House, rain hail or shine, and...

Congratulations to our W55 runners Jill Brown and Margaret McSpadden who were part of the 4x200m relay team which set a new ACT record. It w...

The Daniels sprint series results from Thursday are up on the ACTVAC website - including a table of progress scores, summarised below with ...

The Vets Handicap this Sunday is at Bluetts Pines at 9am - but don't forget daylight saving starts Sunday, and watches will have gone fo...

"Set Intermediate Racing Goals" For example, when I used to race marathons fast, I kept on hand a set of cards with my goals for t...

I came across the full length movie trailer for "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". A great high tech site!

No photo was taken while I was either (a) running across the causeway to Granite Island, or (b) running the six laps of the island (you can...

The modern obsession with being busy is diminishing our lives, writes Hugh Mackay. 'How are you going? All right?" used to be the s...

Slower heats/divisions will be run first during this season of Thursday evening ACT Veterans Athletics. Events this week are: 6:00pm 3000m (...

The advantage of training at Parliament House was demonstrated last night - despite lightning thunder pouring rain - again - we could do a d...

This Thursday night after track - unless track is all rained out and cancelled, which is unlikely, Team Moore will be making its first visit...

Last month we had an awesome holiday at Port Elliot in South Australia. Here are a few of the photos we took of our stay. The accommodation ...

" Define short term goals" The process of working towards a long term goal should be broken down into a number of steps, and you s...

Last night was an absolutely perfect night for track - mild, a little humid; still, not a breath of wind. There were not many people there t...

Sunny weather is on the way. Some day soon if not today.

" Have Long Term Goals" Fairly obvious? Long term goals set the context for all other planning. If you want to break the age group...

It's Tuesday and I am looking at another six months track season ahead. It's Tuesday and I am reflecting on the calf tear of eight d...

"Plan races so that you have a day's break from racing for every mile raced." This principle is so important, it is a repeat o...