School of Running

Thanks to John Kennedy we have a record of Kelley and Mick 's engagement! The proposal took place on Mt.Feathertop during the Four Pe...

The start speedygeese Unplanned but prompted by Gary telling me of a Safari issue with my layout, something I had suspected and seen ...

Engagements : Here are the names! Kelley + Mick H Sheona + Tim Kat + Matt Congratulations! BBQ Stakes today: it was warm which see...

Recent BBQ Stakes winner Helen is having a purple patch, she placed in the 6k Jogalong on Sunday for the first time. And is training bette...

Auckland Marathon Michelle Wells 3:31.09 marathon pb From Michelle: “Wellsy has nailed the Auckland 2009 marathon - with a personal best...

Garry and Neil racing at the O'Connor Ridge handicap. What I am reading : "Making Money", by Terry Pratchett. Which is ab...

Speedygeese results from Thursday night track: 400m M55 Ken White 63.09 81.7% M60 Garry Maher 65.14 82.2 W40 Amanda Walker 73...

Efficient Running I am convinced that the fastest runs are even paced. But a breakneck first couple of laps didn't stop Katie (8 secon...

It should be a hoot at track tonight: there is a smorgasbord of events to choose between late in the program, just when storms are predicte...

Police enforce speeding So says one of the signs on Canberra's roads today. Looks like we will have to be speedy even when we don't...

Song of the week . Death Cab for Cutie are on a winner with their new song “Meet Me On The Equinox”, from the “New Moon” soundtrack. In fact...

Overnight rain is what we want and what we like. The showers have now cleared, so... This week’s plans: Monday 26/10 4:30pm Parliament ...

Troy beat his course pb by 6.36 to win the long course handicap. Heidi was oh so close to a place. O'Connor Ridge 8k 3 Troy Steinman...

Quote from grand-daughter Amelie Hall, aged four: "Little Miss Muffet, sat on her puffet, eating her curves away" Today's ...

Last night's track 4 x 800m relays, approximate individual times Gary Bowen 2:31 Ken White 2:37 Rachelle Ellis-Brownlee 2:38 pb fo...

STROMLO Running Festival is now in its second year and will take place in Canberra on the weekend of the 19th-21st February 2010. On-site c...

Training for the 800m When I trained for the 800m many years ago, I still found it difficult to run very well over 400m or 1500m despite ...

When I come to look at it, yes the 800m starts were used, presumably by mistake.. 1500m Handicap actual times M50 Gary Bowen  5:23 M70 ...

" SOME scientists claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future.... They say their maths p...

World Masters Games Sydney Half Marathon W50 5 Tesso 1:38.02 W60 1 Sue Archer 1:39.58 W70 1 Anne Young 2:17.36 M75 1 Bob Chapman 1:51.4...