FOGfogfog

Today I found some old friends.


Nigel. Lost?



David, Robyn


Clare, Rod


Robin


Mick


Terry, David

Meanwhile, the distance group got lost in the fog.
I mean, there was fog, and they got lost as usual.


Identified.


Dave, half of Sarah.

Cookie blitzing Queanbeyan parkrun

Today at Queanbeyan Amanda Cook was the first female to finish - again - and ran 22:03, just one second outside her best time of 22:02 which she ran a week earlier. And just two seconds behind third outright on the day. She has mightily improved, and what would she do on a good day on a fast course?

A very fit Cookie resplendent in her speedygeese top.


The Queanbeyan parkrun course has been officially rated as "challenging".

Kowen Trail run

The Wamboin Runners Group, in association with the Australian Mountain Running Association, is holding the inaugural Kowen Trail Run on SATURDAY, 17 JUNE in conjunction with the Wamboin Produce Market. Starting and finishing at the Wamboin Community Hall, the race will see competitors running up Bingley Way, through the Council reserve and into Kowen Forest. The race will consist of three events the Marathon (42.2 km), the Half Marathon (21.1 km) and a 12 km Run/Walk. All three events will showcase the beautiful forest and the spectacular views that we enjoy here in Wamboin. Proceeds from the event will go to the Wamboin Rural Fire Brigade and the Australian Mountain Running Organisation.

Registrations are now open; to enter please use the following the link: https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=25451

Who has already entered? https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/ParticipantList.aspx?E=25451

Trail Trial

Sarah-Jayne was one of many running a trial on the trail run course.

Trail Runners v Mountain Goats

Speedygeese training summary

On Thursday 01 June at Parliament House we ran some 2 person continuous relays over 300m, then some 3 person relays over 200m. I supervised, Christopher was seen walking, running were Brendan, Colin, Craig, Dave, Giles, Isaac, Jen, Brownie, Rohan, Ruth, Sandeep, and Sarah.

Sunday 04 June the speedygeese long run saw a turnout of 10 fine athletes. It was designed by Giles and covered Little Black Mountain and Mount Painter (hillier than usual). Jen provided navigation assistance. It’s probably getting a bit monotonous to talk about getting lost, so let’s just say we needed directions before we reached the 1k mark (see photo) and split into two groups before meeting up a couple of kms later. Sandeep, Bron and Sarah (with a sore ankle) did the short course (Little Black Mountain - around 11km). Susan added a few kms to finish with around 15. Jen, Nigel and Thach (new recruit) did about 18k while Giles and Dave did some extra kms at the end to total 21.1k (and 620m of elevation). Apart from Sarah’s ankle there were no injuries. This week’s shenanigans were limited to a few chin-ups on the Mount Painter trig.

Directions please?


Monday 05 June at Parliament House, running 200s 300s and 400s were Colin, Isaac, Jen, Peter, Pieta, Warrick, Tori and Kylie (new). Dave jogged around at a slow marathon pace, I jogged around supervising even walking a bit, and Christopher was again seen walking.

Sunday's distance group

Susan, Sandeep, Giles, Nigel, Jen, Isaac, Thach, Bron, Sarah. Photo by Dave.

All the recent speedygeese race results

Warwick Pentathrun 20-21 May (via http://www.pentathrun.com/results/)
Margaret McSpadden:
Half 2:34:21.89
Cross 35:07.30
5k 40:43.79
10k 87:03.67
1500 9:50.74
Total 5:27:07.38

YMCA Half Marathon 28 May
27. David Clarke 1:31:16.0
42. Narelle Desmet 1:34:11.4
60. Nigel England 1:37:31.3
67. Giles Lamb 1:38:52.2
78. Brendan Belcher 1:40:33.7
115. Gavin Mongan 1:46:40.1
116. Sandeep Chandra 1:46:48.4
138. Ewen Thompson 1:50:16.0
157. Roger Pilkington 1:53:54.3
172. Rohan Pitchford 1:54:59.4
223. Warrick Howieson 2:02:13.8
279. Ruth Baussmann 2:12:44.8
284. Caroline Campbell 2:13:30.7
315. Yuan Yuan Liu 2:31:32.2
326 finishers

Cotter Canter 5k 28 May
107 finishers

Cotter Canter 10k 28 May
7. Sarah-Jane Miller 42:57
27. Jen Bright 47:28
28. Isaac Muscat 47:29
61. Susan Sturgeon 54:20
148 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 30 May
4. Roger Pilkington 30:21
6. Craig Wurtz 28:08
9. Peter Burke 25:26
16. Sandeep Chandra 32:45
17. Ewen Thompson 35:25
20 finishers

Ginninderra 7k handicap 30 May
10 finishers

Customs 5k 02 June
Colin Farlow 19:17
Giles Lamb 21:29
Yili Zhu 23:52
Peter Thomson 24:37
Ewen Thompson 29:20
Caroline Campbell 32:52
18 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #265 03 June
35 Jacob Miller 23:29 M11
49 Jill Pearson 25:40 W55
54 Celina Miller 26:00 W35
78 Chloe Miller 28:56 W10
81 Kevin Miller 28:58 M35
84 Ruth Baussmann 29:26 W65
16 Gary Moss 36:08 M70
154 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #190 03 June
104 Margaret McSpadden 29:30 W70
110 Yuan Yuan Liu 29:41 W45
201 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #52 03 June
10 Giles Lamb 20:40 M40 **New PB**
16 Craig Wurtz 21:47 M50
27 Yili Zhu 22:58 M50 **New PB**
158 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #224 03 June
31 Bronwyn Calver 23:05 W45
39 David Clarke 23:33 M55
55 Peter Thomson 24:49 M55
227 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #6 03 June
5 Amanda Cook 22:02 W35 **New PB**
27 Vanessa Palmer 29:20 W45 **First Timer**
77 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #57 03 June
25 Victoria Hennig 27:15 W55
57 finishers

ACTVAC 8k Cross Country Championships 03 June
M50 1. Nigel England 35:46.10
M55 2. Peter Thomson 36:55.40
W65 1. Kathy Sims 38:16.10
M60 1. Ewen Thompson 39:25.40
M55 3. Roger Pilkington 41:21.40
W70 1. Caroline Campbell 48:26.40

Remember this?

No Longer Slaves

Song of the week: "No Longer Slaves", by Voices of Lee

At https://youtu.be/QANH8MWuyaE

speedygeese trail runners, hanging around

Cerutty on training: "Enjoy everything"

Percy would have written this just before the years I visited his training camp at Portsea, Victoria.
Click to enlarge.

Ron Clarke on training

A 1965 article. Click to enlarge.

Event Schedule ACT Cross Country Championships

Stromlo Forest Park Saturday morning 3 June.
Come along and have a look.

10:20am Under 12 2k. Free, turn up at start line by 10:15am

For other events entries have closed, no late entries, check-in time is no later than 30 minutes before an event starts.
10:30am Under 14 men and under 14 women 3k
10:45am Under 16 men, under 16 and under 18 women, 4k
11:10am Under 18 men, under 20 women, 6k
11:35am Under 20 men, all ACTVAC men and ACTVAC women, 8k
12:10pm open men, open women, 10k

As you can see, events are overlapping and won't the course officials have fun! I am running the 8k which is a 1km lap, then a 2km lap, the two 2.5km laps.

Assuming I can get there in time.

Speedygeese training summary

On Thursday 25 May at Parliament House, present were Dave, me, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Nicole, Brownie, Rohan. The training session on a still and cold evening consisted of repetitions under lights – 4 x {400m (200 jog) + 200m} on 7 minutes.

Sunday 28 May at Stromlo Forest Park Andrew and I jogged around, both a little sore from racing.

Monday 29 May at Parliament House Ruth brought champagne, Christopher was walking, I was jogging. Running creative sets of 200s/400s were Isaac, Jen, Pieta and Ruth. As I recall one of the sets was first runner to 400m turns and keeps running hard until meets second runner who turns, they run together as second runner runs hard; etc until all runners come in together back at the start point. This will be interesting to watch when we get a few more runners.


Speedy starter Jill running the ACTVAC 4k at West Stromlo (21 May)

Recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 23 May
2. Sandeep Chandra 33:47
7. Craig Wurtz 28:23
18. Ewen Thompson 33:58
21. Roger Pilkington 33:26
22 finishers

Customs 5k 26 May
Craig Wurtz 23:36
Ewen Thompson 26:19
Caroline Campbell 32:19
14 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #264 27 May
49 Jacob Miller 26:34 M11
50 Celina Miller 26:35 W35
58 Kevin Miller 27:12 M35
88 Ruth Baussmann 30:04 W65
162 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #189 27 May
116 Yuan Yuan Liu 30:33 W45
206 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #51 27 May
45 Craig Wurtz 22:48 M50
94 Lisa McDonald 27:46 W40 **New PB**
190 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #223 27 May
6 Peter Burke 20:23 M40
32 Bronwyn Calver 23:08 W45
147 Jessica Howieson 34:30 W10
149 Ewen Thompson 34:32 M60
150 Warrick Howieson 34:34 M45
227 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #5 27 May
5 Amanda Cook 22:26 W35 **New PB**
83 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #56 27 May
17 Victoria Hennig 25:43 W55
50 finishers

YCRC Half Marathon Eve 5k 27 May
9. Andrew Simpson M45 22:17
15. David Clarke M55 26:15
47 finishers


Andrew racing Saturday's 5k

Duck and Run

Song of the Week: "Duck and Run", by 3 Doors Down
At https://youtu.be/epUQTJUDDIs



Which Way?

Simon's Cat - Dinner Date: Just Desserts

At https://youtu.be/iyvHcIEm5Sw

50 years ago today

... I stayed up to hear Sgt Pepper in its entirety. The album was kept under wraps until Midnight. So at 11:30pm, living in Adelaide, I tuned in to a Melbourne station for half an hour, then switched to an Adelaide station at midnight to hear the full album from the beginning.

Simon's Cat - Dinner Date: Main Course

At https://youtu.be/xdP_R7gCUE4

Dinner Date: Starters - Simon's Cat

At https://youtu.be/Wy3a0wMgbD8

Speedygeese training summary (two weeks)

On Thursday 11 May at Parliament House: Present were Colin, Dave, me, Giles, Jen, Jennie, Julia (new), Lisa, Nicole, Brownie, Pieta, Rohan and Sandeep. We ran lightpole sprints "2(2), 2(1), 3(2)".

On Saturday 13 May by Dave: "with some of us doing the Mothers Day Classic and others tied up on Sunday, Jen (19k), Sandeep (18k), Giles (16k), Susan (14k), and Warrick (14k) snuck in an unscheduled group run around Mount Ainslie ("Bush Capital" course). There were rumours that Jen got lost and Giles did a swan dive, but they turned out to be hearsay only, suspected to have originated from our Speedygeese misinformation (alternative facts) officer (guess who... and, no, it's not me). Jen was wondering if it was a coincidence that for once they didn't get lost on the one day I did not attend - of course it was a coincidence - what are you implying Jen? Even though there were no major incidents, it was reported by one of those in the field that "a couple of bearded hipsters on their fixed gear bikes heading for a morning kale shake in Braddon were spotted however". Thanks for being on the lookout Sandeep (and for the pics)."

Sunday 14 May at Stromlo Forest Park Sandeep and I ran, as I recall. I am a bit hazy, it was so long ago and a lot of water has flown under the bridge since then.

Monday 15 May at Parliament House I was on holidays and in attendance were Colin, Dave C, Giles, Jen, Jennie, Pieta and Sandeep. All completed the hill session, 20 reps on 90.

Thursday 18 May at Parliament House: Brendan, Colin, Giles, Isaac, Jen and Brownie all completed the scheduled session. Dave turned up late (even later than Jen!) but did the session (slowly). It was another variation on lightpole sprints. 2(2), 2(2), 1(1) + 2(2) + 3(3)
(i.e. for the third set sprint 1 jog 1 sprint 2 jog 2 sprint 3 jog 3 and repeat starting again at 1...)

Sunday 21 May at Stromlo Forest Park: Running on the grass were Andrew, Thomas, Jessica, Warrick and I.

Sunday 21 May was also the long run at the Cotter: Dave again "Today’s Speedygeese long run could only be described as completely different from every other run we’ve done so far. Jen, Sarah, Sandeep and I did a 23k at the Cotter (460m elevation, average pace 5.23 per km). Best scenery yet, most hills, deepest (and coldest) river crossing, greatest number of pics (over 100 all up, which probably explains why our 2 hour run took 3 hours), most surprised onlooker (probably more fun watching us than fishing), most interesting poses and props and backdrops, coldest start, most fog, and best fun. And the run was good too! I don’t know what else to say except I’m glad I was there. Also found out that “The Farmer’s Daughter” at Yarralumla makes the best omelettes in Canberra (and pretty good coffee). Thanks for the run – that would definitely qualify as a “fun run”."

Monday 24 May at Parliament House, still not enough attending for us to run relays so we ran more hills. 16 reps today. Present were Colin, Jen, Jennie (part), Peter Burke, Sandeep (part) and Susan, with me supervising after a hard day at the gym. Christopher was also seen at one late stage.

Meanwhile elsewhere in the world...


Dave B and Ruth.

For interest part of an email I received today from a Vets committee person (presumably unofficially): "Another query brought to my attention is your training group is on the Thursday track and field night is this an oversight is it possible to change nights." Part of my answer: "As far as Thursday training is concerned I don't advertise it for Vets and it takes no one away from track." Would anyone like to comment? I am certain I know who the complainant was and I had already talked to him about it.

Two weeks of speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 29 March
5. Andrew Simpson 27:12
19. Bronwyn Calver 30:21
21. Ewen Thompson 35:19
24. Peter Thomson 28:09
37. Caroline Campbell 42:20
45 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie Run-Up 2.3k 02 May
12 finishers

YCRC Women’s 6k Jogalong 07 May
Cathy Montalto W60 36:45
Caroline Campbell W70 36:52
Thea Zimpel W30 59:40
68 finishers

Nail Can Hill Run 07 May
Ewen Thompson 59:08.5 (sub 60 = “age buster” for the first time)

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 09 May
5. Sandeep Chandra 29:37
7. Roger Pilkington 30:58
14. Ewen Thompson 33:43
15. Peter Thomson 27:53
18 finishers

Customs 5k 12 May
Colin Farlow 19:06
Giles Lamb 21:47
Peter Thomson 22:21
Ewen Thompson 26:34
20 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #262 13 May
39 Brendan Belcher 23:24 M30
59 Kevin Miller 25:05 M35
72 Chloe Miller 26:12 W10
73 Celina Miller 26:14 W35
149 Gary Moss 33:48 M70
182 Bron Sparkes 39:24 W40
223 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #187 13 May
104 Yuan Yuan Liu 29:33 W45 **New PB**
173 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #49 13 May
22 Peter Thomson 21:17 M55
104 Caroline Campbell 29:02 W70
171 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #221 13 May
12 Nigel England 20:23 M50
47 David Clarke 23:39 M55
75 Ewen Thompson 25:51 M60
260 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #3 13 May
7 Amanda Cook 22:32 W35 **New PB**
19 Geoff Moore 25:14 M65
88 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #54 13 May
16 Victoria Hennig 25:36 W55 **New PB**
64 finishers

Albury Wodonga 5k parkrun #157 13 May
42 Bronwyn Calver 22:50
233 finishers

Mothers Day Classic 10k 14 May
15 David Clarke 40:47
35 Rohan Pitchford 43:34
43 Giles Lamb 44:38
249 Marie Fischetti 56:02
570 finishers

Mothers Day Classic 5k 14 May
42 Peter Simpfendorfer 21:57
146 Jill Pearson 25:16
261 Lisa McDonald 27:53
360 Giles Lamb 29:36
596 Liz Simpfendorfer 33:24

AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 16 May
10 Peter Burke 17.27
16 Caroline Campbell 24.48
17 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 16 May
4. Roger Pilkington 30:54
5. Ewen Thompson 32:45
13. Sandeep Chandra 30:33
14. Peter Thomson 29:05
16 finishers

Broulee runners 5k 17 May
3 Geoff Moore 24:31

Customs 5k 19 May
Colin Farlow 18:50
Giles Lamb 22:17
Peter Thomson 23:12
Ewen Thompson 24:32
Caroline Campbell 32:31
19 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #263 20 May
34 Kevin Miller 24:42 M35
41 Jill Pearson 25:50 W55
54 Stephanie Sabadas 26:50 W25 **New PB**
125 Bron Sparkes 40:49 W40
143 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #189 20 May
74 Yuan Yuan Liu 30:07 W45
133 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #50 20 May
67 Caroline Campbell 27:20 W70
134 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #222 20 May
3 David Clarke 19:31 M55
13 Nigel England 20:43 M50
20 Giles Lamb 21:29 M40 **first timer**
29 Bronwyn Calver 22:43 W45
55 Ewen Thompson 26:51 M60
141 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #4 20 May
8 Amanda Cook 22:36 W35
30 Brendan Belcher 30:51 M30
61 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #55 20 May
14 finishers

YCRC Stromlo 6k 20 May
13. Isaac Muscat 28:00
14. Jennifer Bright 28:01
17. David Clarke 30:01
18. Geoff Moore 30:44
19. Ewen Thompson 31:00
19 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap 7.5k West Stromlo 21 May
7 Nadine Morrison W45 37:51
17 Nigel England M50 35:10
26 Roger Pilkington M55 42:52
28 Mick Charlton M65 46:00
31 David Webster M65 36:16
34 Caroline Campbell W70 52:40
46 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap 4k West Stromlo 21 May
8 Jill Pearson W55 22:23
27 finishers

Speedy looking geese down the coast last week. The grey/white ones sped off in single file. Well drilled, I'd say.

The original version of "Chasing Cars"

Song of the week: "Chasing Cars", by Snow Patrol
From https://youtu.be/GemKqzILV4w



And my version of the lyrics, penned when I was about to run a marathon. Ten years ago.

Chasing Lead Cars:
I'll run it all
Every K
On my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would someone just pick me up
Take me to the finish line

Long Distance Geese at the Cotter

And a bright sunny day!

Sunday's Mothers Day Classic Pacer Extraordinaire

Giles

Dynamite

Song of the week: "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz
At https://youtu.be/xT90g_tML0c

Autumn in Canberra

By Kayakcameraman

Kerry O'Brien

Berlin 1970 8:22 WR
In my early days of running I often saw Kerry O'Brien competing at Olympic Park, Adelaide.

weekly speedygeese training summary

On Thursday 4 May at Parliament House: present were Colin, me, Giles, Jennie, Jennifer (visitor), Brownie, Rohan and Sandeep. We repeated Monday night's session of 12 x 40 seconds on 2 minutes, with an extra minute’s break after 4 and 8, alternating direction from the middle of the west side straight; except the 12th which was for 69 seconds after a short break too. That’s because I turned 69 that day.

Sunday 7 May at Stromlo Forest Park Andrew, Sandeep and I ran on the grass there. Meanwhile as reported by Dave "the morning’s speedygeese long run from the Arboretum to the river and back was 'interesting, to say the least', as one person put it. It was either chaos or an adventure, depending how you look at it. It all started when we missed a turn, then got bridges confused, then couldn’t find the bridge that wasn’t, then thought we were where we weren’t so missed the turn back to the Arboretum. Even having the course on Narelle's Garmin didn't help. Graeme got the course almost perfectly but, unfortunately for the rest of us, he was going in the opposite direction. He ended up with 25k. Warrick was smart enough to do a 13k out and back so missed all the “fun”. In the end the 14k short course ended up being 19k, at which point Nigel decided he had done enough and did some sunning at the carpark. From there everyone seemed to do their own thing while I ran around looking for people. Nevertheless, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, no one tripped over (unusually) and we discovered a new trail, where we caught up with Maria and her friend. Susan and Sarah had to run off to eating events, so they jogged down the hill to the lake to end up with around 20k. Bron was so excited about doing the extra 5k in the “short” course she did 2k more to finish the half marathon distance. Narelle decided to do a few extra to make her 28-30k into 32 and I finished up with 26k, which was enough to round the week up to 70k. Graeme, Narelle, Nigel and I regrouped at the arbo café for coffee and muffins. Thanks everyone for a fun morning. Sorry I didn't get pics of everyone."

Monday 8 May at Parliament House I ran early, then Andy, Colin, Isaac, Jen, Jenni, Mick, Pieta, Sandeep, Susan and Vanessa ran 16 x 100m on 90, 2nd eastern hill, while I supervised and Christopher was seen walking. Afterwards there was a farewell for Andy, attended by Dave, Ewen, me, Jenni, George, Mick, Sandeep, Susan and of course Andy himself.

Happy distance runners at the arboretum


The view


Bron and Susan

All the recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 02 May
3. Sandeep Chandra 28:34
10. Ewen Thompson 33:46
14. Roger Pilkington 33:56
15. Peter Thomson 33:30

Customs 5k 05 May
Colin Farlow 19:04
Peter Thomson 23:50
Ewen Thompson 28:58
David Clarke 29:26
Bill Arthur 29:32
Caroline Campbell 32:31
19 finishers

YCRC Black Mountain Peninsula 10 mile 06 May
15. Giles Lamb M40 1:13:35
18. Peter Thomson M55 1:14:59
26. Sandeep Chandra M40 1:19:45
27. Geoff Moore M65 1:20:19
70 finishers
Also not in the results Bill Arthur ~1:43.40 would have beaten the last 5 home.

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #261 06 May
29 Jacob Miller 22:53 M11
44 Kevin Miller 25:00 M35
53 Victoria Hennig 26:00 W55
66 Celina Miller 27:32 W35
74 Brendan Belcher 28:41 M30
83 Stephanie Sabadas 29:16 W25
116 Bron Sparkes 33:48 W40
126 Gary Moss 35:55 M70
177 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #186 06 May
35 Nadine Morrison 22:20 W45
115 Margaret McSpadden 29:31 W70
124 Yuan Yuan Liu 30:20 W45
238 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #48 06 May
96 Lisa McDonald 28:22 W40 **New PB**
100 Caroline Campbell 28:44 W70
191 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #220 06 May
9 David Clarke 19:49 M55
13 Nigel England 20:27 M50
42 Bronwyn Calver 23:16 W45
44 Pieta Smith 23:18 W40
55 Kobe Smith 23:49 M11 **New PB**
77 Thomas Howieson 25:39 M11
110 Ewen Thompson 28:10 M60
162 Jessica Howieson 34:02 W10
163 Warrick Howieson 34:05 M45
244 Nicole Robinson 53:53 W45
248 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #53 06 May
69 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #2 06 May
11 Amanda Cook 22:52 W35
92 finishers

Wings For Life World Run #2 07 May
Bronwyn Calver 19.69k in 1:47:04


Ten Mile Runners: Sandeep, Bill, Giles and me.

Nanananananow

Song of the week: "Give It Up" by Cut ‘N’ Move. An old dance track!
At https://youtu.be/S-3zGDLeSfE

after the run

After the historic ten mile run


Sandeep and I in typical poses.


And later. Sandeep, Bill, Giles and me. Photos by Thommo.

ten mile attempt

I set out for an "easy" 10 mile run this morning, the YCRC West Basin one. Planning on running 5:30s and breaking 90, I nearly broke 80. The first km was the slowest - 5:30 - and after that I averaged 5s. I am trending faster if you look at the last four attempts at this 10 mile event. Although of course I am now much slower than I was decades ago.

Before the start:


Sandeep's photo of me before the start.

It was cold - a longer warmup would have been good. And it poured with rain at one stage (around Scrivener) during the run.
I caught Sandeep at about 7k and ran with him for a few kilometres, then kept him in sight. I am please to report he broke the 80 minute barrier.
Experiment successful - the feet and legs are fine.

69

Thursday 4 May.

The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds, and many more.




Rohan, Brownie, Jennifer, Jennie, Giles, Colin and me. Photo by Sandeep.

YCRC news

1.     Winter Series – Kingston Physio West Basin 10 Miler (16.1km) – 7.30am.  A lap of West Basin on the shared paths starting and finishing on Black Mountain Peninsula. One event only.     Kingston Physiotherapy in association with The Walking Clinic Podiatry is providing a prize voucher to the value of $75 to the male and female winners of the 10 Miler, and there are also 4 lucky barrel draw prizes on offer for participants.

The vouchers can be redeemed on any of the Physiotherapy, Podiatry or Massage services available and are fully transferable to a family member or friend.  Craig Wisdom, Principal Physiotherapist

Kingston Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre.

2.       Jogalong Sunday 9am 7 May - The Jogalong starts and finishes in an area bounded by Weston Park Road and Prescott Lane in Weston Park at Yarralumla. Tea, coffee and fruit is provided for all finishes as well as a YMCA Early Learning Tent for child care.  The Jogalong is a 6km Handicap event for Women and Girls only.  Handicap meaning starters walk or run based on expected times for the 6km distance.  A 3km non –handicapped event starts at 9am with group 1 Jogalong.  A 1.6km Mini Jog for primary school age children starts shortly after 9am. Young boys up to 13 years of age, may run in the 3km event.

3.     Volunteers needed for the YMCA Half Marathon- Weekend 27/28th May 2017

There has been a great response to the call for volunteers for the club’s biggest event of the year, thank you to all those people. More helpers are still needed.

• We particularly need several more helpers for the Saturday afternoon races - you would be helping with various things from 1pm for a couple of hours.If you’re running on the Sunday, please consider volunteering for this.
• Quite a few more marshals are needed for Sunday morning. Please consider whether you could help, or enlist a family member or friend. You just have to stand in the sunshine (or bring a chair) and direct and encourage runners. It’s fun!
• A couple more pacers would be great to have for the Sunday:
• Either 1 hour 45 mins or 1 hour 50 mins, and 2 hours 30 mins. This is ideal for experienced runners who are recovering or don’t want to race, but would like to get out there with free entry.

The volunteer co-ordinator is TTS runner Kat Knope, please respond directly kat.knope@gmail.com 

4.      YMCA Canberra Half Marathon – Saturday/Sunday 27/28^th May.

The half marathon will be held on Sunday 28^th May commencing at 8am from Lennox Gardens.  Entries are now open and the link is https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=23770    The YMCA Canberra Half Marathon Earlybird entries close this Sunday 7^th May at 5pm.  Save yourself money and sign up now.  The name of all Earlybird entries will be printed on their chest bib.

On the Saturday we will have a 1.6k Mini Jog for young children and a 5k Fun Run.   Entries for the 5k and Mini Jog are free for club members who will need to check in.  One day rego will be taken on the day (Saturday afternoon 27^th May).  One day registrations are $10 and $5 for children. Please note all finishers in the Mini Jog will receive a medal.

As you are probably aware, we are having some issues with promotion for the Half Marathon, mainly due to not being able to update the website. However, we do have a Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/YMCA-of-Canberra-Half-Marathon-2017-984187288391032/.

No Half Marathon entries are taken on Race Day Sunday 28^th May.  Race bibs will be available for pick up on Saturday 27^th between 1pm and 3pm and before the half on Sunday morning.

5.      Winter Series Information/Volunteers.    The club commenced a Winter Series of events on the 29^th April and the series finishes on 16^th September.  There are no events on some weekends so as not to clash with large local events such as ‘Mother’s Day Classic’    Winter Series events are normally held on Saturday afternoons starting with a 2k event at 1245pm followed by a longer event/events at 1pm.  The locations of the events change weekly and will be published in this newsletter.  Along with the location changes so do the surfaces that we run on from on road (normally bike paths) to off road mainly bush tracks.  Long events such as this weekend’s Kingston Physio 10 Miler start at different times. The clubs ‘Calendar of Events’ which is available from ‘The Runners Shop Canberra’ and Kingston Sports Physio.  Details on club events are available on the club webpage and YMCA ActiveY @ http://canberra.ymca.org.au/what-we-do/activey/runnersclub/ and activey.canberra@ymca.org.au.  

Club events are conducted by volunteers, and volunteers are needed each weekend to setup and manage our events.  No experience is necessary as we walk all new helpers through the tasks. If you can help please contact Dave Osmond our volunteers coordinator @davo.osmond@gmail.com  

Finally club events are for runners and joggers of all standards and the first event 2k each Saturday is a great way for friends to come along and start an exercise program of walking and jogging.   Similarly the Jogalong on the first Sunday of each month is a great way for women and girls to get into jogging and running.

Speedygeese training summary

On Thursday 27 April at Parliament House: Sandeep and I ran a solid 8k early, then I supervised a session of {200, 300, 400, 300} jogging back each time and repeated indefinitely, all under west side lights. Running were Giles, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Lisa (new), Brownie, Sandeep & Sarah. Beanies and gloves will be compulsory soon.
This Thursday I will be bringing appropriate liquid refreshment to celebrate my birthday after training.

Sunday 30 April at Stromlo Forest Park: Andrew and I ran 10k on the grass.

Sunday 30 April at O’Connor Ridge/Little Black Mountain [Dave’s writeup] A smaller (but not quite “intimate”) group of speedygeese for the weekly long run, with some runners at the monthly Vets Handicap (watching Ruth do her 150th handicap – seems to be a weekly thing now for Ruth to reach some milestone). Narelle and I started half an hour early and did a 6k warmup (supposed to be 5k but I got lost as usual). Seven of us kicked off at 8am. Jen had the map on her new wizz bang Fenix 5 Garmin watch – only problem is she must have had it on upside down because she took us the wrong way at the start so we did a 200m loop. Unfortunately that wasn’t the only time. Finally I’ve found a worse navigator than me. Actually it was, admittedly, a useful piece of technology given the number of forks and intersections on Little Black Mountain and O’Connor Ridge. Ewen set a cracking pace at the start, with me pulling up the rear after yesterday’s Queanbeyan parkrun (at least, that’s my excuse), then we swapped roles around 15k once I’d warmed up. Warrick did an out and back 10k, with a tumble on the way back. Jen, Ewen, Susan and Sandeep completed 16k, while I knocked out 23 and Narelle did a few extra to finish up with 26. Ewen had a fight with a rock and ended up inspecting wombat holes. He enjoyed it so much he had another go and took on a tree root, with the same outcome. Luckily no blood. Tried to get him to do it again for the camera, but no such luck. Carolyne and Richard met us for coffee at “2 before 10”. Ewen and Sandeep couldn’t resist the breakfast of champions. Thanks for the run and chat everyone.

Monday 1 May at Parliament House Ewen and I ran early; the main sessions consisted of 12 x 40 second sprints on 2 minutes. Participating were Colin, Dave, Ewen, me, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Mick, Pieta and Sandeep. Afterward Dave shared a drink with us to celebrate his 59th birthday.
Next Monday I am inviting anyone who wishes to join us at the Yacht Club to can do so at 7:00pm after training to farewell Andy. Bistro meals are available and I will be handing out Caramello Koalas to a deserving few.


Mick and Ruth: medallists at Mt Majura. I didn't truncate the photo; someone else did that.

All the recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 25 April
1. David Clarke M55 26:28
5. Peter Thomson M55 29:22
6. Bronwyn Calver W45 29:28
10. Ewen Thompson M55 31:52
14 finishers

Ginninderra 7k handicap 26 April
4. Bron Sparkes 33.57
6 finishers

Customs 5k 28 April
Colin Farlow 18:51
Giles Lamb 21:24
Peter Thomson 22:12
Bronwyn Calver 23:21
Bill Arthur 28:39
Ewen Thompson 29:00
Caroline Campbell 31:32
19 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #260 29 April
18 Giles Lamb 21:34 M40
50 Victoria Hennig 25:51 W55 **New PB**
52 Jill Pearson 26:04 W55
100 Gary Moss 30:05 M70
135 Carolyne Kramar 34:18 W50
189 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #185 29 April
128 Yuan Yuan Liu 29:56 W45
239 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #47 29 April
17 Peter Thomson 20:49 M55
90 Caroline Campbell 28:25 W70
109 Lisa McDonald 30:47 W40 **First Timer**
177 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #219 29 April
12 Nigel England 20:00 M50
44 Pieta Smith 24:03 W40
62 Thomas Howieson 25:47 M11
149 Warrick Howieson 30:50 M45
150 Jessica Howieson 30:50 W10
264 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #52 29 April
48 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #1 29 April
7 David Clarke 20:39 M55
16 David Webster 21:44 M65
25 Amanda Cook 22:51 W35
34 Sandeep Chandra 24:16 M40
44 Ewen Thompson 25:17 M60
87 Ruth Baussmann 29:47 W65
92 Rae Palmer 30:32 W65
98 Jennie Blake 31:15 W55
120 Margaret McSpadden 34:12 W70
226 finishers

YCRC North Lyneham 6.2k 29 April
19. Peter Thomson 29:06
21. Jennifer Bright 29:47
22. Isaac Muscat 29:47
23. Rohan Pitchford 29:58
26. Geoff Moore 31:42
29. David Clarke 34:46
33 finishers

YCRC North Lyneham 3.1k 29 April
17 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap Majura 10k 30 April
4 Mick Charlton M65 61:14 **gold**
6 Ruth Baussmann W65 60:41 **bronze**
8 Nigel England M50 45:28
10 Roger Pilkington M55 52:58
18 Bron Sparkes W40 51:17
21 Nadine Morrison W45 50:43
24 Caroline Campbell W70 65:37
31 Peter Thomson M55 46:00
35 David Webster M65 45:11
36 Giles Lamb M40 46:20
40 Bronwyn Calver W45 52:26
46 Jennie Blake W55 62:54
49 William Arthur M65 66:54
54 Margaret McSpadden W70 68:15
56 finishers

ACTVAC Handicap Majura 5k 30 April
2 Gary Moss M70 30:10
33 finishers

Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon 30 April
48 Jackson Bruce 2:17:21
92 Nicole Bruce 2:33:23
147 finishers

Queanbeyan Parkrun #1


Vanessa at the set-up


Rae and Margaret running

“how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you”

Song of the Week: "Everything", by Lifehouse
At https://youtu.be/ogsi6nA3g2o


Great song - maybe not the "official" video though.