It's still a looooooong way to go but I can wait

Thursday at Vets track
Mile
W55 Maria O'Reilly 6:20.52 87.5%
3000 m
W60 Ruth Baussmann 16:46.28 69.0%

Friday at Customs 5k
Peter Burke 19:20
Geoff Moore 22:54
Bronwyn Calver 24:15
Miranda Rawlinson 27:49
Caroline Campbell 32.22

Caroline running at BBQ Stakes last year

Still at Customs today, Jen Bright missed the start but was seen flying around in all directions. Cookie was also a dns but in her case she was following coach's orders. We are meeting 7:30am Sunday at Acton Ferry terminal to see how she runs.

Brit Awards

My favourite group Mumford & Sons picked up the award for British Group at last night’s BRIT Awards 2013! Here they are playing "I Will Wait" at that event.
from http://youtu.be/vVu6eJkTy7E

5 March event moved to the National Museum

YCRC events coming up
YCRC Summer Series 2013
Lake Ginninderra Tuesday 26 Feb - 6.15pm - 2k/5k MacDermott Place, Lake Ginninderra Belconnen. The start/finish can be reached by driving along any of the three main roads from the City to Belconnen. MacDermott Place is located off Joynton Smith Drive, which in turn is off Coulter Drive. Any of Ginninderra Drive, Belconnen Way and William Hovell Drive will take you to Coulter Drive.

Acton Ferry Terminal - Tuesday 5 March - Start/Finish location changed. The start/finish for this event has been changed to the bike path near the car park at the National Museum, on Acton Peninsula. Work at the National Museum has caused the closure of a bike path in the area we did use, The new start/finish can be reached by travelling along Lawson Crescent or Lennox Crossing to the AIATSIS or National Museum Of Australia Car Park. Alternatively you can run from the old start at Acton Ferry Terminal approximately 1.3k to this area. The start/finish line is at the Jetty on the lake edge.

ActewAGL Women and Girls 5k Fun Run/Walk – 9am Sunday 3 March. Over 800 women and girls have registered for this event so far. Please remember that there are no late entries on the day. Race bib pick up and late entries will however be taken on the afternoon of 2nd March from 2pm until 4pm at Race HQ, Stage 88, Commonwealth Park. The race charity in 2013 is again OvCan ACT. For more details and a quick link to online entries see the website http://www.wgfunrun.com.au/. Enter now!

Not so speedy?

Fast tracking fitness and staking it all on tempo

Stromlo Running Festival 7.5k Cross Country
30. Sarah-Jayne Miller 30:52 (3rd female)
45. Helen Larmour 32:31

Stromlo Running Festival 30k Lightning Strike
75. Craig Davis 2:53:01

YCRC Summer Series #4, Barrenjoey Drive 5k, 19 February
26. Kym Chisholm W30 21:31
30. Andrew Matthews  M50 22:10
34. David Baussmann M60 22:59
37. Kelley Horan W50 23:13
38. Ewen Thompson M55 23:26
39. Mick Horan M50 23:35
43. Geoff Moore M60 24:29
47. Janene Kingston W45 25:02
50. Jennifer Irving W45 25:31
53. Susan Sturgeon W35 25:58
54. Cathy Newman W50 25:59
65. Mick Charlton M60 27:36
74 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 20 February
I finally got back a Stakes run after missing all of 2012. Trying to average 5 minute kilometres I was 40 seconds behind schedule up the hills by 2k, but managed to get back on track at the end. It wasn't easy and the hills seemed twice as long as before. Thursday will be a rest day after six pretty hard days in a row, I won't be tempted to get onto the unforgiving track at Bruce for a while yet.
If I go and run the Stakes, it does mean I can list our results once again.

Speedygeese at the Stakes:
Jen Bright 26:57
Helen Larmour 28:00
Andy Matthews 29:18
Geoff Moore 30:04
Gary Bowen 31:17
Caroline Campbell 39:31
Roger Pilkington officiating - has been seriously injured but is recovering


On the 9th I went to my first post-Saturday-training breakfast because Liz was 50. This is what I found.

 Jen and Cathy waiting for Liz's cake

Meanwhile Andy polishes off his lunch

Ewen minding this plateful for someone else. Surely.

Ruth taking a photo of me taking a photo of Ruth...

Some of the crowd

The cake. I got to eat some of the writing. Yay!

Flipping the Switch (to decent training)

I ran a fairly solid 83k last week, and running is feeling easier. I may run as much again this week, or not, but I am enjoying the feeling of actually getting faster for short runs, and surprisingly for long runs as well.

Monday training
Turning out on a warm Monday afternoon were Peter, Ewen & I running early, then running for 30 minutes around our Rose Garden loop incorporating timed 200s for those wanting speed work were Abi, Cookie, Andrew S, Andy, Bronwyn, Cathy N (back after a long break), Clint, Craig, Ewen, Garry. me, Jen, Kym, Mick, Peter, Rae, Ruth, Sarah P, Sarah-Jayne, Susan & Warrick. At a guess, most were pretty well exhausted after what turned out to be a solid session.

Weston Creek Half Marathon
One speedygeese team of three runners has been lined up to do a relay, more such relay teams welcome. Of course you can always enter as an individual and do the full event.
Date - Sunday 17 March.
Relay distances - 8k, 6k, 7k.
Cost $45 per team ($15 each) or $35 for an individual doing the 21k.
Enter on-line at https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=8184.
No late entry for teams.

Abi’s Alibi
She's expecting! Which is why she hasn't been flogging us at training recently.

Coming up
This Sunday we won't be at Stromlo Forest Park. For a start the national MTB championships are on and the whole area will be booked out. Secondly the Vets handicap is on and several of us will be there. Thirdly I will be at Acton Ferry Terminal watching Cookie compete in her big race. so I am advertising "Speedygeese training" at Acton Ferry Terminal at 7:30am this Sunday instead of at Stromlo. But I expect we will just jog around and enjoy the morning.

So. On with the training. We will get there.

hero

Song of the Week: “Hero”, by Evermore, from their new album “Follow the Sun”
from http://youtu.be/PyS7L6pDgY8



It is a great video and excellent music too.

A glimpse of the Running Festival

Marty running at Stromlo last night.

He was attempting to run a record for 100k. He was a dnf but not after a solid few hours of very fast running. Stomach problems I believe.

Training this morning at Stromlo were Andrew S, Miranda, Joel, Yelena, Cookie, Kym, Ewen & me. Plus a long running Bronwyn. We also saw hundreds of other runners, including Peter & Craig who were racing 30k in the Stromlo Running festival lightning strike race. It was my only glimpse of the running festival this year. The weather would have been ideal for the weekend activities, with no rain, and no blazing sun.

better times

Ginninderra Parkrun #43
16 Tim RAWLING 20:50 New PB!
24 Brett MORRISON 22:28
33 Jacob CLIFTON 24:03
35 Cathy NEWMAN 24:35 First Timer!
44 Thea ZIMPEL 25:30 New PB!
75 Margaret MCSPADDEN 31:33 First Timer!
94 finishers

Today I ran 14k, with newcomer Kristian, from Acton Ferry Terminal as usual. I have been averaging ~6:03 per km for my long runs, today the average was 5:18! This was partly due to the cooler morning being ideal for running, but mostly due to having suddenly some gained fitness back. My next effort day will be a return to BBQ Stakes this coming Wednesday, although I am planning to trot around at the YCRC Summer Series the day before.

baton swapping

Speedygeese in today’s Customs 5k
Peter Burke 20:22
Jen Bright 21:03
Geoff Moore 22:09
Bronwyn Calver 24:51
Amanda Cook 25:11
Miranda Rawlinson 27:31
Caroline Campbell 33.33

Last night’s track
The highlight was when Thea took the baton in the 4 x 800m relay then handed it back, ten metres further along. The previous runner had only run 400m!

Also, this track meet was Tony Booth's last before he departs Canberra in a few week's time.

Spiral 6 result
1 Thea Zimpel W30 11:56
4 Kym Chisholm W30 09:59
6 Rod Lynch M50 08:50
10 Helen Larmour W50 10:18
20 Ruth Baussmann W60 13:52
22 Tony Booth M70 12:57

Striding out in the Sprint-Marathon relay

Andy

Kym

Australian Idle

Not

Today is not only Valentine's day, it is the tenth anniversary of my retirement from work. Paid work. I can't say I have been idle though. It would be nice to say I caught up on my reading; didn't. Or I visited the coast regularly; didn't. Or I learnt an instrument; didn't. Or I did a whole heap of cross training; didn't. Or traveled extensively; didn't. And so on. On the up side I can say I didn't start visiting the pub, or start overeating, or give up daily exercise, or get sick, or split up with anyone. And I have kept training and never given up on coaching anyone, even though many may have given up on me; their problem. And I have made many new friends, particularly those in the younger brigade.

We (speedyJenny & I) are busy tonight, as usual, but tomorrow night there will be a rare window of opportunity to celebrate, with my first glass (or two) of wine in February 2013.

Also in the last ten years this blog was born, and is working its way towards adolescence, growing a little bit each day. Despite the spell checker trying just now for the word "obsolescence" instead of "adolescence". I don't think so!

Never idle

Passing time

Always positive

there I am

YCRC Summer Series #3 Telopea Park 4k 12 February 2013
32. Geoff Moore 17:49
35. David Baussmann 18:09
36. Kelley Horan 18:22
37. Mick Horan 18:23
42. Andrew Matthews 19:02
48. Ewen Thompson 19:33
55. Jennifer Irving 21:04
63. Mick Charlton 22:21
68 finishers

It appears that Susan was a dns and Tori a dnf.
My splits were 9:02, 8:47. I put the effort in to pass a couple of people, and hold off the runners in red above, towards the end.

Map of the Telopea Park course (two laps of 2k)

For non-Canberrans who watched the cricket, that's Manuka oval at the bottom of the picture and a bit of the lake at the top.

Liz's 50th

there I am

there I am again

Just Liz

See where I run - Customs 5k etc

But first, Monday training. It was coolish so I decided we could do a repeat of last Monday's Rose Garden relays - 32 minutes of 360m runs with 360m jog in teams of three. A welcome return for Sarah Pau who hadn't trained with us since before this blog was born. Present were Andrew N, Andrew S, Andy, Bronwyn, Cathy (early run only), Clint, Ewen, Garry, me, Mick, Peter, Rae, Ruth, Sarah P, Sarah-Jayne, Susan, Tim & Warrick.

Results Customs 5k Friday 8 February
Peter Burke 20:04
Yili Zhu 22:47 will return soon?
Geoff Moore 23:22
Bronwyn Calver 24:24
Amanda Cook 25:49

The current Customs 5k course

Yesterday's 8k warm-up at Parliament House. Ewen, Cathy & me.

Round and round and round we go

My training run at Charnwood on 1 February, 

Elevation for that run

little talks

Song of the week: "Little Talks", by Of Monsters and Men, from "My Head Is An Animal".
found at http://youtu.be/ghb6eDopW8I



I did find one band on the Triple J hottest 100 which I hadn't heard and now like. Of Monsters and Men are from Iceland and their songs sound pretty good, reminiscent of Edward Sharpe, actually. "Little Talks" was #2 on the hottest 100.

Feed Me

From http://youtu.be/Te4wx4jtiEA

Speedygeese running at ACTVAC Thursday night
200m Championships (W)
W30 Kym Chisholm 34.46 61.9%

800m Championships (M)
M50 Rod Lynch 2:27.18 81.0%  BRONZE
M70 Tony Booth 3:08.39 78.2

800m Championships (W)
W30 Kym Chisholm 2:53.84 65.2%
W30 Thea Zimpel 3:20.75 56.4
W50 Helen Larmour 2:52.35 76.6
W55 Maria O'Reilly 2:50.46 83.0 GOLD

early 3000m
W30 Kym Chisholm 12:44.50 65.7%

late 3000m
M50 Rod Lynch 11:22.81 75.5%
M55 Ewen Thompson 13:24.52 65.1
M70 Tony Booth 16:03.14 66.0
W55 Maria O'Reilly 13:06.15 83.3

All ACTVAC championships this year are age graded championships

Selected results from Parkrun #42 Saturday morning
25 David BAUSSMANN 22:03 New PB!
34 Janene KINGSTON 23:16 New PB!
37 Jacob CLIFTON 23:21 New PB!
118 finishers

Saturday at Acton Ferry Terminal - I ran 14k, it is feeling easier each day.

Saturday at the War Memorial – morning tea with Liz & co to celebrate her 50th Birthday

 Cathy Newman, Ruth Baussmann, Liz Bennett

 Never do this to a real running shoe.

Sunday training report – This morning we ran 4 x 1k, again from the 500m to the 1500m mark on the 2.5k circuit at Stromlo Forest Park. Andrew S averaged around 3:35 to 3:40, Kylie around 3:40 to 3:45, Lucia around 3:45 to 3:50, yours truly 4:01, 3:57, 3:54 and 3:50, a massive improvement over previous attempts, and Cookie had her first session with us at Stromlo and did brilliantly to complete the set, running 4:12, 4:18, 4:24 and 4:16. Bronwyn ran in from home to say hello on her long run.

And yesterday Suzie ran a new 5k PB of 22:39 in Alice Springs.

The Speedygeese Promotional Video

.... from http://youtu.be/SX-WuWXIa_c
.... by Ewen
.... starring
Cookie
Andrew S
Andy
Bronwyn
Clint
Craig
Ewen
Garry
me
Jen
Miranda
Peter
Ruth
Sarah
Susan
Tim

"what a strange world we live in"

Alice In Wonderland - the book
"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else -- if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing."
"A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 2)

AMA Nationals
It is only two weeks until entries close for the nationals. please enter on-line.
https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=7159
There are no late entries.

"It's always tea-time."
Drugs in sport will never be stamped out if the link with organised crime remains. Ban all sports betting now!

Boy - the movie
Speaking of drugs, the brilliant Kiwi movie "Boy" is on TV tomorrow night.
It is the highest grossing NZ movie ever.
And it is poignant. But very funny too.
Mr. Langston: People call me a dumb honky all the time. I don't go round punching them.
Boy: Why not?
Mr. Langston: Because they're usually children.

Parkrun

Ginninderra Parkrun #42 is on this Saturday.

Recent speedy participants

Thea

Brett

Ewen

Tuggeranong Parkrun #1 is planned for 23 February.

Tuggeranong parkrun:
Hi everyone, great news - the Tuggeranong parkrun site is now live!
http://www.parkrun.com.au/tuggeranong/

You can now register with Tuggeranong as your home parkrun and print out your barcode ready for our first run on the 23rd February.

Who is going to be our first registered runner?

Stromlo Running Festival timetable

STROMLO RUNNING FESTIVAL EVENTS
FRIDAY 15-FEB-2013
• 5:00pm-5:20pm - Primary Schools Challenge (20min)
• 5:35pm-5:40pm - Primary Schools Challenge Presentation
• 5:45pm-6:15pm - High Schools Challenge (30min)
• 6:25pm-6:30pm - High Schools Challenge Presentation

SATURDAY 16-FEB-2013
• 10:15am-11:30am - Cross Country Race (7.5km)
• 10:15am-11:30am - Corporate Challenge (7.5km or 1hr)
• 11:30am-11:45am - Corporate Challenge Presentation
• 11:45am-12:00pm - Cross Country Race Presentation
• 6:30pm-12:30am - 6 Hour Race
• 6:30pm-12:30am - 50km Race
• 7:00pm-7:00am - 12 Hour Race
• 7:00pm-7:00am - 100km Race

SUNDAY 17-FEB-2013
• 6:10am-6:15am - Bus leaves for Altra Lightning Strike Run (30km)
• 7:00am-11:00am - Altra Lightning Strike Run (30km)
• 8:00am-8:10am - 6hr/12hr/50km/100km Presentations
• 8:00am-10:00am - Altra Lightning Strike Run (10km)
• 10:30am-11:00am - Altra Lightning Strike Presentations

Speedygeese running YCRC Summer Series #2
Boat House East 5k, Tuesday 5 February
33. Craig Davis M40 21:53
36. Kym Chisholm W30 22:02
40. Andrew Matthews M50 22:19
54. Ewen Thompson M55 24:04
60. Geoff Moore M60 24:55
61. Jennifer Irving W45 25:00
65. Susan Sturgeon W35 25:40
79. Ruth Baussmann W60 29:43
93 finishers

Customs Joggers 5k
Friday 1 February
Jen Bright 21:10
Bronwyn Calver 24:17
Amanda Cook 25:04
Caroline Campbell 32:23

Wedding Plans
Tim Calver and Erin will be married on Aspen Island on Saturday 30 March! Congratulations.

Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon
Collis Birmingham won the 67th Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon in Japan on Sunday.
His time was an awesome 1:00.56.
He is the first Australian male to win the event in history

Collis BIRMINGHAM AUS 1:00:56
Enock OMWAMBA KEN 1:01:15
Tsuyoshi UGACHI JPN 1:01:16
Kenta MURAYAMA JPN 1:01:19
Benjamin GANDU KEN 1:01:21
More at http://www.runnerstribe.com/article/17988-Birmingham-wins-in-Japan-making-histort

Meanwhile at Aranda

Rae & Cathy

Nadine & Brett

Brett winning his third place award

Jogalong still going strong

The Women's 6k Jogalong may have moved to Grevillea Park, but it is still going strong.
Amongst the 105 finishers on Sunday were speedygeese
Bronwyn Calver 29:43
Amanda Cook 29:44 first Jogalong, and a very speedy PB for 6k
Cathy Montalto 32:09
Caroline Campbell 33:26

Amongst the AMRA Mt Tennent results from Sunday
14th male in the 25k Peter Burke 2:24.33

Last night at Parliament House Miranda, Ewen, Ruth & I ran early, then we joined the main group for continuous relays - 360m loops at the Rose Garden in teams of three. Present were Cookie, Andrew S, Andy, Bronwyn, Clint, Craig, Derek (left early), Ewen, Garry, me, Jen, Miranda, Peter, Ruth, Sarah, Susan & Tim. All ran for the 32 minutes except for Ewen & I who shared one relay spot: we look forward to seeing Ewen's video of the training session, in due course.

Photos from Rob Roy
Sarah-Jayne winner of the 17k

Amelia Glasgow (2nd), Sarah Miller (1st), Amanda Ruffin (3rd)

Kym Chisholm - 4th in the 22.8k

Sarah

Amanda

Ewen

I'm just a simple man

Song of the week: "Bait and Switch", by The Shins, from "Port of Morrow"

Viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po0NF2HssIk&feature=player_embedded

moving forward

While the Brindie 100, Mt Tennett, & Women's Jogalong were on offer - I hope everyone there missed us - training went ahead as usual at Stromlo Forest Park, where I joined Kylie, Andrew S, Ewen & Miranda for some speedy 1km intervals. We had finally decided to do three but we ended up with an easier 4th; my times 4:20, 4:06, 3:53 and 4:30. Of the others Kylie starred, 3:58 (course familiarisation), then big "wins" in 3:45. 3:39, and a moderate fourth one of 3:44. Recoveries were between 700m & 900m. MUCH better session than only one week ago.

Speedygeese at Aranda last Sunday
Rae

Ruth

Andy

Mick

Got Cabbos

Acton Ferry Terminal - Riki, Ewen and I were the starters on a cold windy morning! There were fewer runners about than usual, we did see Liz on her regular Saturday run. Otherwise, very quiet.

Ginninderra Parkrun #41 5k Saturday 2 February
Not quiet there: another record field this morning, 120 finishers, including
24 Tim RAWLING 21:33 New PB!
36 David BAUSSMANN 22:45 New PB!
also 59 Thea Zimpel around 25:30
If anyone knows Tim, please invite him back to training!

BBQ Stakes 6k, Wednesday 30 January
Andrew Matthews 27:55
Caroline Campbell 38:50
Lincoln Hawkins 35:34
Jennifer Bright 31:36
Roger Pilkington 46:12
results thanks to Doug Fry

Vets Track Thursday 31 January
100m
M65 Garry Maher 14.57 83.3%

1000m
M50 Rod Lynch 3:16.20 79.1%
W55 Maria O'Reilly 4:07.58 75.2

1500m
M50 Rod Lynch 5:10.64 79.6%
W55 Maria O'Reilly 6:01.28 85.2
M70 Tony Booth 7:09.90 70.5

10000m Championship
W50 Helen Larmour 44:48 79.5%
W70 Caroline Campbell 56:05 82.7 **ACT W70 record**

Customs 5k Friday 1 February
Cookie ran another PB, ~25:04. Bronwyn rapidly improving, ~24:17, times to be confirmed.

Cookie the Cabbo Cween

A photo of Cookie. Taken some time ago. Sorry, I couldn't resist publishing it. We too had Cabbage Patch kids many decades ago. One of ours, Juan Bruno, was very cheeky indeed. He more or less ran the place. Came from Cleverland, O-Lo-Ho. Had diamonds on the soles of his shoes. Those were the days.

FebFast starts today. Who's in?

Want to be part of Febfast? Or don't know what it is? See http://www.febfastfundraising.com.au/event/febfast2013

Track Highlight: Last night at the AIS athletics track, Caroline Campbell set a new ACT record for the W70 10,000m. Results will be up soon.

YCRC News:
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YCRC Summer Series:
Tue Feb 5 - Boat House East, 6:15pm 2/5k
Tue Feb 12 - Telopea Park 6:15pm 2/4k
Tue Feb 19 - Barrenjoey Dr, 6:15pm 2/5k
Tue Feb 26 - Lake Ginninderra, 6:15pm 2/5k
Tue Mar 5 - Acton Ferry Terminal, 6:15pm 2/5k
Tue Mar 12 - Black Mt Peninsula, 6:15pm 2/5k
Tue Mar 19 - Stromlo Forest Park, 6:15pm 2/5k

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ActewAGL Women & Girls 5k Fun Run & Walk

Please note the change of date for this event in 2013, which is now on Sunday March 3, 2013. Early Bird entries close next month. Secure online entries can be made at:
https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=7830

Volunteers are also required for a range of tasks on the afternoon of Saturday, 02 March & morning of Sunday, 03 March 2013. Course marshalls & chip-bib distributors are needed as well as people to help set up early on Sunday morning.

If you are able to help and contribute to the success of this event, please provide your name, contact details & day/s available to:

Beryl Lowry (Volunteer Coordinator) at beryl.lowry@bigpond.com

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YMCA Of Canberra Half Marathon 18-19th May 2013

The (club) YMCA Of Canberra Half Marathon incorporating the 44th Annual Rex Foulkes Half Marathon will be held on Sunday 19th May. Remember entry fees for club members are heavily discounted. More details including Early Bird Prizes and entries will be available soon. A 5k Fun Run and 2k Mini Jog for young children will be held on the Saturday.

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Half Marathon Training Group
The club organizes a Training Group for the above half marathon. The TG will commence a 12 week training program on Saturday 23rd February. An information session will be held on Wednesday 6th Feb at the YMCA Chifley. For more details emailhalfmarathon.YCRC@ymca.org.au Online registrations are open at https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=7961

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Stromlo Running Festival 16-17th Feb 2013

The Stromlo Running Festival will be held on the weekend 16th-17th February. Full details see www.stromlorunningfestival.com.au The YCRC is committed to providing help with the events and Craig Davis from the club committee is coordinating our volunteers, this year. If you can help please forward your details to Craig at srfvolunteers.ycrc@ymca.org.au or contact Craig for volunteer requirments.

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Australian Running Festival – 13-14th April 2013

The festival is organized by Fairfax Events. The YCRC has a significant role in the success of the festival with numerous club members undertaking major roles over the two day festival. Once again we are calling for your assistance to come forward and help by registering as a volunteer at arfvolunteers.ycrc@ymca.org.au

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Weston Creek Half Marathon

The very popular Weston Creek Half Marathon will be held on Sunday 17th March.
Online registrations at https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=8184 By running/jogging in events organized by local athletics clubs you are supporting athletics in the ACT at the grass roots level.

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Major Changes to the Winter Series

The clubs winter series 2013, will start at 10am on Saturday 27th April 2013 at Stromlo Forest Park (SFP) on the purpose built Cross Country Track. Running will continue at SFP each Saturday except for 18th May (as above YMCA Half Marathon Weekend) up to and including Saturday 29th June.

In a two hour period each Saturday morning we would like to organize events for the whole family, incorporating a schools program and finishing up with events for our club runners.

Running at SFP is not free, it is however a world class facility and under utilized Our club aims to make the series a success and needs to help of parents, grand parents, teachers and coaches to make a success of these mornings. We particularly want to encourage those children who undertake little or no exercise to come along for a walk, jog/run with their friends. If you have a school connection, we ask you to encourage your school community to come along and participate in our events.

We understand that there are numerous other sporting activities on a Saturday morning. Bur if you and your family are looking for a change, or you just want to get started, please give our series a try.

Finally if you have any ideas for this Saturday morning program please feel free to contact the coordinator Ken Eynon kene@incanberra.com.au

10am 2k Primary School Children
10.15am 3k High School up 14 years
10.45am 5k High School/College above 14 years
11am Parents and adults 3k
11.15am YCRC Club 5k