School of Running

Song of the week : Mental As Anything - " Live It Up" From https://youtu.be/dJ4EWEBibyQ

I helped out . and took a couple of pics

One of our Jamberoo grandchildren, Jarod, turns 16 today. He is a top footballer, mountain biker, sprinter, hurdler, triple jumper, and musi...

Adding to my posts on the topic of " Favourites " Favourite Sporting Venue : Adelaide Oval I have raced there on five occasi...

Thursday 20 October at Parliament House: the session was 30 minutes running around a 600m figure eight loop. Runners were invited to jog th...

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 18 October Peter Thomson 25:59 Sandeep Chandra 30:03 Ewen Thompson 34:27 Nicole Bruce 38:18 18 finis...

Song of the week : Bryan Ferry’s version of the classic Bob Dylan song " A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall ". Arguably the best cover of ...

In my recent post Favourites I missed one- Favourite non-running sports moment : Steven Bradbury.

..was something of a disaster. I started off with a 4:45 km then a 4:55 but ended up walk/jogging. It's the return of niggle #6 and a ne...

Spring, specifically October, is my allergy time. Not only magpies dogs p-platers, but also cottonwood fluff. One run through the fluff...

Following on from this earlier post... "Favourites" ... Thanks to Annette I have the following link to the second half of the g...

Thursday 13 October Jen, Lauren and Sandeep ran 4 x 1k on 8 minutes while I jogged around feeling fatigued; Monday 17 October … we ran...

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 11 October Peter Thomson 27:00 Sandeep Chandra 29:39 Ewen Thompson 34:36 Nicole Bruce 39:44 17 fini...

Song of the Week: The Beatles song "Let It Be" performed by Paul McCartney From https://youtu.be/u6T5C-jzSH0

Ewen and Maria ran the Melbourne 10k today. Both did well, Ewen 52.28, Maria a couple of minutes or so ahead of him. The course was wi...

Favourite Runner: Andy Lloyd Favourite Coach: Arthur Lydiard Favourite City: Canberra Favourite Author: China Miéville Favourite Boo...

An article emphasising the importance of a rest day: http://www.active.com/running/articles/how-to-gain-more-by-running-less . I don't...

Not me - I am way back in the pack somewhere. See you at the Ginninderra parkrun again next Saturday.

I can't wait for spring to return. At least we can see at Parliament House now that Daylight Saving is here. On Thursday 6 October ...