Friday, 15 April 2016

Bill Arthur

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, April 15, 2016 with
Bill completed this year's running festival 50k. He has run marathons on every continent, including Antarctica. Bill continue to inspire.

"Why I run. My Mum and Dad had heart problems and Dad died from a massive heart attach, I gave a Plasma Donation to the Blood Bank yesterday where my resting pulse rate was 51 and my Blood Pressure was 110 over 61. I am now older than my Dad when he died in 1968."


[Gungahlin parkrun]

Thursday, 14 April 2016

never underestimate an ...

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Wednesday, 13 April 2016

speedygeese training

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 with
On Thursday at Dickson Gabe + Maria + me were there early to trot around the track; The main session saw Colin + Peter B2 come and run 6 x 650 each; others in the vicinity were Dr. Dick Telford with a rather large elite group; Gerard Ryan with a diverse group including Melissa Clark and Rachelle E-B.

Sunday of course was the running festival and people were running or watching the marathon;

On Monday at Parliament House Ewen and I ran 5-6k early; then for the main session we ran relays near the Rose Garden with Brendan (new), Terri (visitor), Jen, Dave, Warrick, Thomas, Pieta, Diana, Alex, Mick, Andrew and I participating in a 25 minute session. Afterwards we went to the Yacht Club for a meal; Ruth, Dave, Caroline, Diana, Alex, Mick, Warrick, Thomas. Jen, Richard and me all there.

Parliament house loos are not the best places one can get changed in before going out for the evening...

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

speedygeese race results

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 with
Tuesday 5 April AMRA Mt Ainslie Run-Up 2.2k
11 finishers

Friday 8 April Customs 5k
Bron Sparkes 22:55
Peter Brown 23:45
Bronwyn Calver 24:08
Bill Arthur 28:14
Caroline Campbell 33:49
Ewen Thompson 37:31
22 finishers

Saturday 9 April 5k Ginninderra parkrun #206
31 Bron Sparkes 22:58 W35 **New PB**
48 Geoff Moore 24:28 M65
184 finishers

Saturday 9 April 5k Tuggeranong parkrun #163
40 Isaac Muscat 23:21 M11
41 Jen Bright 23:21 W40
60 David Clarke 24:43 M55
65 Gary Bowen 25:23 M55
176 Ewen Thompson 33:40 M55
253 finishers

Saturday 9 April 5k Gungahlin parkrun #130
156 finishers

Saturday 9 April Running Festival 5k
817 finishers

Saturday 9 April Running Festival 10k
23 Louise Sharp 37:04
51 David Clarke 39:31
109 Rohan Pitchford 43:52
196 Pieta Smith 46:59
1350 finishers

Sunday 10 April Running Festival Half Marathon
412 Bronwyn Calver 1:43.01
642 Bron Sparkes 1:49:06
2181 finishers

Sunday 10 April Running Festival Marathon
191 Peter Thomson 3:29:02
308 Giles Lamb 3:40:57
821 Roger Pilkington 4:32:55
864 Ruth Baussmann 4:41:39
996 Caroline Campbell 5:09:31
1105 finishers

Sunday 10 April Running Festival 50k
160 Bill Arthur 6:24:07
172 finishers

Please let me know if I missed anybody!

One of many PBs at the running Festival: Louise Sharp 37:04 for 10k

Monday, 11 April 2016

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, April 11, 2016 with


And what a great song this is. Song of the week... by Pink Floyd ... maybe their best.

From https://youtu.be/8RbXIMZmVv8

Sunday, 10 April 2016

Canberra Marathon. What a fantastic day.

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, April 10, 2016 with
Perfect Canberra weather for a great marathon. Some highlights of the day; more photos to come.








Saturday, 9 April 2016

Even after having six children, my daughter Loani can still do this

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, April 09, 2016 with



Friday, 8 April 2016

Happy Birthday Jenny .. 68 today!

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, April 08, 2016 with
My good lady 48 years ago...

Thursday, 7 April 2016

maybe it's time for some dog pictures

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, April 07, 2016 with

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

speedygeese training

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, April 06, 2016 with
(a) Thursdays at Dickson: We kicked off Dickson training last Thursday evening with a good turn-up for the resumption; including one new runner and two others we had not seen for a long time. Maybe we will see more new arrivals as we continue to meet there: Antill street, Thursday evenings; 5:30pm.
Nine did 400m continuous relays while I watched. Running were Bill (long time no see), Caroline, Colin, Dave C, Giles (new), Peter B2 (long time no see), Rohan, Ruth and Susan.

(b) On Sunday at Stromlo Andrew and I trained on the grass while Dave C, Thommo and Pieta ran long. We won't be there this Sunday: for Sunday's marathon, a good spectator spot is near the dog park Yarralumla, at the entrance to Weston Park. I plan to cheer from there again this year.

(c) On Monday at Parliament House and a warmish evening. I ran early, then supervised the group doing their third set of Rose Garden 200s. Colin ran off 2:15; Isaac, Jen and Dave C off 2:20; Andy, Pieta and Warrick 2:40; Alex, Mick and Christopher 3:00; and Rae, Ruth & Caroline just behind that.

This coming Monday the 11th, our running group will be having its occasional Yacht Club get-together for a drink and a meal, straight after training, getting there by 7:00pm. It's quite informal and everyone is welcome, just turn up. [Rain is forecast so if you are training a change of clothes might be advised]

Happy running everybody, and best wishes to all entering running festival events on the weekend.

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

speedygeese race results

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, April 05, 2016 with
Friday 1 April Customs 5k
Giles Lamb 21:34
Peter Thomson 22:03
Bronwyn Calver 22:39
Caroline Campbell 32:52
20 finishers

Saturday 2 April 5k Ginninderra parkrun #205
10 David Clarke 19:10 M55 **New Ginninderra PB**
12 Isaac Muscat 19:17 M11 **New Ginninderra PB**
14 Jen Bright 19:25 W40 **New Ginninderra PB**
17 Peter Thomson 20:12 M55 **New Ginninderra PB**
42 Geoff Moore 23:15 M65
75 Roger Pilkington 25:14 M55 Ginninderra First Timer
87 Gary Bowen 26:15 M55
118 Ruth Baussmann 28:14 W65
129 Cathy Newman 29:10 W55
188 Ewen Thompson 45:05 M55
210 finishers

Saturday 2 April 5k Tuggeranong parkrun #162
22 Bronwyn Calver 21:48 W45
287 finishers

Saturday 2 April 5k Gungahlin parkrun #129
1 Stuart Doyle 17:53 M45
3 Louise Sharp 18:09 W30
191 Margaret McSpadden 44:23 W65
194 finishers

Sunday 3 April YCRC Women’s 6k Jogalong
Cathy Montalto 32:14
Caroline Campbell 35:54
72 finishers

Good luck to everyone in Canberra for the running festival next weekend


Monday, 4 April 2016

sometimes it can be “so hard, finding inspiration”

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, April 04, 2016 with
Song of the week: The Unguarded Moment, by The Church. An Australian classic.
from https://youtu.be/Osz-GQbX37o

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Pictures from Ginninderra parkrun

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, April 03, 2016 with

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Fun and games at the Ginninderra parkrun

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, April 02, 2016 with
The Griffins were well represented at the Ginninderra parkrun this morning.


I wore the correct coloured Griffin shorts but the wrong colour shoes. apparently.


Ginninderra also suffered a large invasion of Tuggeranong speedygeese parkrunners, of whom Dave, Isaac, Jen and Thommo ran very fast Ginninderra PBs. A bit slower than their parkrun PBs, as the Ginninderra course is the correct length. Results to be published here on Tuesday.

Friday, 1 April 2016

“And it’s goodbye from him”

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, April 01, 2016 with


From https://youtu.be/oaGpaj2nHIo

Thursday, 31 March 2016

My exercise regime will continue thru April...

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, March 31, 2016 with

Drat..

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

speedygeese training last week of daylight saving

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 with
At Parliament House on Easter Monday Jen, Isaac, Bron, Dom, Dave & I ran early. Then at 5:30pm after a warm-up we repeated last week’s Rose garden session, with various intervals: On 2:15 Colin, 2:25 Dave and Andrew; 2:35 Rohan; 2:40 Pieta and Bron; 2:50 Susan and Andy; 3:00 Caroline, Ruth, Diana and Alex, while Bronwyn ran 13 steady laps and Dom joined in for ~5 laps while I supervised, a full time job with all the various start times.

This Thursday speedygeese track training @ Dickson Playing Fields resumes. The fields may be closed this week but we will have a run there; while next week the lights will be on and the track will be open, I believe.

If you are joining us on Sunday at Stromlo Forest Park, our 7:30am start when daylight saving ends means you get an extra hour's sleep-in.


Happy Birthday Warrick 46 today, and Isaac 12 last Monday.

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

speedygeese race results

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 with
Thursday 24 March ACTVAC Track (final)
3000m
M50 Colin Farlow 10:28.14 82.8%
M50 Dale Moore 11:14.88 77.0
W60 Kathy Sims 13:01.40 91.6
Colin's fastest 3k in the last 9 years

Spiral 7
1 David Clarke M55 10:49
2 Ruth Baussmann W65 15:15
9 finishers
David won the “Adler Series” point score

Saturday 26 March 5k Ginninderra parkrun #204
60 Geoff Moore 24:18 M65
174 finishers

Saturday 26 March 5k Tuggeranong parkrun #161
11 David Clarke 18:52 M55 **New PB**
13 Isaac Muscat 19:00 M11
15 Jen Bright 19:18 W40 **Equal PB**
43 Bronwyn Calver 22:17 W45
305 finishers

Saturday 26 March 5k Albert Park parkrun #225
92 Roger Pilkington 24:44 M55

Saturday 26 March 5k Gungahlin parkrun #128
49 Janene Kingston 23:39 W50
72 Gary Bowen 25:32 M55
153 William Arthur 33:13 M65
183 finishers

Saturday 26 March 5k Cooks River parkrun # 61
7 Peter Thomson 20:09 M55
124 finishers

The End of Easter

Monday, 28 March 2016

Some oldies are genuine goodies

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, March 28, 2016 with
Song of the Week:



From https://youtu.be/oQfAZVsz6KM

Sunday, 27 March 2016

It's Easter Sunday!

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, March 27, 2016 with

Saturday, 26 March 2016

parkrun speedygeese in action today

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, March 26, 2016 with
Racing half marathons must be good for you. At today's Tuggeranong parkrun:


David 18:52: his PB by 17 seconds


Isaac 19:00: his last run before his 12th birthday


Jen 19:18: her equal PB

And at today's Ginninderra parkun


I ran 24:18. Which possibly means that I can start running training again after most of two months completely off.

Friday, 25 March 2016

Disappearing until Monday

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, March 25, 2016 with


I will see you at training on Monday. If you the reader haven't been to Parliament House training for a while, or ever, a holiday Monday could be a good chance for you to come and say hello. And it is perfect Canberra autumn weather for running

Thursday, 24 March 2016

I have noticed that a few people do underestimate me

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, March 24, 2016 with

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

speedygeese training

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 with
At Parliament House on Monday Thach ran early, while I walked 5k. I am still not allowed to run.
The main session was a repeat of "Rose Garden 200s". Because I am not running, I prepared a page with a range of interval times all the better to coach them with. The challenge will be to gradually progress from later start times to earlier ones with shorter breaks. Details this time:
Ruth, Caroline, Diana and Alex started each 3:00 minutes,
Rae and Andy every 2:55,
Christopher ran one "on 2:50" and disappeared,
Dale, Warrick, Rohan, Susan and Pieta started on 2:45,
Dave C was off each 2:30,
Jen 2:25, and
Colin 2:20.
The session went for 30 minutes. All will be encouraged to move to harder groups next time, except for any who "just made it" to the next start.

Ruth: looking good for the marathon.


Ruth sprinting home in the weston Creek half marathon.

FOOTNOTES


1. Training will continue on Easter Monday as usual.
2. Dickson training on Thursdays commences 31 March.
3. The next Yacht Club dinner after training will be on 11 April.

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

speedygeese race results

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 with
Tuesday 1 March AMRA Mt Ainslie Run-Up 2.2k
17 Caroline Campbell 23.30
18 finishers

Tuesday 15 March Black Mountain Run Up 2.6 km
12 Peter Burke 16.22
24 finishers

Tuesday 15 March YCRC Summer Series #8 Stromlo Forest Park 5k
11. Rohan Pitchford M50 21:52
17. David Clarke M55 23:36
19. Jennifer Bright W40 24:41
20. Peter Thomson M55 24:42
22. Ewen Thompson M55 25:26
24. Sarah Pau W40 25:45
34 finishers

Thursday 17 March ACTVAC Track
800m Championships
M50 Colin Farlow 2:21.72 84.9%
M55 Roger Pilkington 3:41.08 55.7

5000m Championships
M55 David Clarke 19:08.07 79.9%
M50 Dale Moore 21:26.27 69.5
W60 Kathy Sims 22:14.36 91.5
M55 Roger Pilkington 22:43.49 67.3
M55 Ewen Thompson 25:13.07 61.1

Friday 18 March Customs 5k
Bronwyn Calver 23:44
Peter Burke 24:38
Peter Thomson 25:27
Caroline Campbell 31:12
16 finishers

Saturday 19 March 5k Ginninderra parkrun #203
40 Bron Sparkes 22:59 W35 **New PB**
137 Geoff Moore 33:43 M65
170 finishers

Saturday 19 March 5k Tuggeranong parkrun #160
16 Jen Bright 19:29 W40
30 David Webster 21:01 M60
78 Gary Bowen 25:11 M55
184 Peter Thomson 32:23 M55
213 Ewen Thompson 35:47 M55
283 finishers

Saturday 19 March 5k Gungahlin parkrun #127
40 Janene Kingston 23:11 W50
75 William Arthur 26:39 M65
147 finishers

Saturday 19 March 5k St Peters parkrun #216
63 David Clarke 22:13 M55
362 finishers

Sunday 20 March ACTVAC 8k Handicap Stromlo Forest Park
12 Christopher Lang M65 50:20 57.6%
14 David Webster M60 38:33 74.9
17 Peter Thomson M55 35:09 75.9
20 Rod Lynch M55 33:18 81.2
43 Gabrielle Brown W50 43:14 68.9
48 Caroline Campbell W70 52:40 75.8
52 finishers

Sunday 20 March ACTVAC 4k Handicap Stromlo Forest Park
1 Maria O'Reilly W60 22:42 70.2%
24 Cathy Montalto W60 22:08 74.2
40 finishers

Sunday 20 March Weston Creek Half Marathon
16 1:28:35 David Clarke M55 **Half Marathon PB**
26 1:35:15 Peter Burke M40
89 2:10:38 Ruth Baussmann W65
101 finishers (individuals + relay teams)

Runners setting off on 1 March to run up Mt Ainslie. Summer had not finished yet, it was very hot.

Monday, 21 March 2016

We don't say what we should say

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, March 21, 2016 with
Song of the week
Anchor
Birds of Tokyo
From https://youtu.be/GLnxD1cFkoM



We stayed afloat for just a while
We dared to swim alone
Dark water left your sinking heart to drown

I know it's much too late to try
You're never coming home
When the tide came in you left without a sound

We don't say what we should say
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness
We pretend but in the end
We get lost beyond the answer we find loneliness

I never thought to hold you
I never thought that you might need an anchor
I never thought I'd lose you
I never thought that you might need an anchor


Birds of Tokyo

Sunday, 20 March 2016

It's Sunday

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, March 20, 2016 with

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Canberra 48/24/12/6 hour run on the AIS track

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, March 19, 2016 with
Steve (6 hour, just started), Sarah (24 hour, three hours in), Karen (48 hour, half way mark). The 48 hour started in the appalling conditions experienced at 12 noon Friday. I will go back Sunday morning and see how they are doing.





Friday, 18 March 2016

Thursday Dickson training to resume shortly

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, March 18, 2016 with
I will start going to Dickson Thursdays. The first day back will be 31 March.

"On Thursdays at 5:30pm the speedygeese meet at Dickson for training.
This occurs when track season is not on. i.e. the months April thru September
Parking is alongside the athletic track as indicated by the red circle on the map below.The track is 400m with 8 lanes, is all grass, and is lit by bright overhead lights

"Even when wet the ovals are usually open. You can check availability at http://www.sport.act.gov.au/sportsgrounds under "wet weather and ground closures". Our training is cancelled at Dickson when the ground is officially closed.

"Access to the oval is from Antill Street, Dickson.


"The timetable is:
5:30pm: we commence a warm-up jog around the perimeter of the ovals or beyond
5:45pm: after a stretch back at the start, a second warm-up jog is usually held
6:00pm: we begin training on the 400m track.
6:30pm: intervals are finished and we complete a short cool-down.

"The training session varies, and usually includes middle distance intervals done either on times, on distances, or in continuous relay teams.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Occasionally a few of us meet earlier, at 4:00pm sharp, for a long hilly run before joining in with the main session. We park in the same location. If you are interested, please check in the "coming events" and also let me know you are coming.

"A typical course taken for the 4:00pm run is this lap around Mount Ainslie


"Another is this loop on the old Bush Capital 25k course, past Mount Majura and down to the highway.


"Both of these courses are around 13k in length."

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Change your parkrun team to "Speedy Geese"

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, March 17, 2016 with
Everyone should come along to parkrun. It's a great way to exercise at the start of each weekend.

Each parkrun is 5k which can be walked, jogged, run, or raced. Parkrun can be found at Ginninderra, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin, and further afield, all around the world in fact. One registration, and from then on you can participate anywhere.

When you register, a team name is optional. But we now have a speedygeese team.

How to be part of the team:
If you are already registered, go back in and re-set your parkrun club to Speedy Geese. Go to a “your result” parkrun email. Click “manage my profile” . Select club “Speedy Geese”. It's on the list.

If you are not registered, it’s easy to join. You only need to register once and print off your bar code.

It’s free. I like free.


A randomly selected photo from the Ginninderra parkrun, where I usually go to walk, run, or race.

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

speedygeese training

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 with
On Canberra Day, training continued at Parliament House. Ruth and I ran/walked early, then the main session was a repeat of last week’s Rose Garden 200s. Participating were Christopher who ran for part of the session, Colin (12 x 200), Dale (10 x 200), Dave C (12 x 200), Isaac (12 x 200), Jen (12 x 200), Peter (12 x 200), Rae (10 x 200) and Ruth (10 x 200) while I supervised and Pieta did other exercises, mainly hundreds of lunges!


Jen, Isaac, Peter, Colin


lunges!