Ginninderra parkrun just me

Ginninderra parkrun Ruth and me

Zebedee Thermal Springs

El Questro Wilderness Park at Emma Gorge, and Chamberlain Gorge

We did not stay at The Homestead, El Questro, that would have cost a fortune!





Not us - a nearby camp site

speedygeese training

Thursday and Monday training occur at Parliament House now, 5:30pm start for both.

On Thursday 15 September the group ran Rose Garden 200s: completing 10 on 3:00 were Ruth and I;. 11 on 2:45 Liz, Peter B2 and Sandeep with Dave completing some of them; and the fast group  of Colin, Jen, and Damian ran 12 on 2:30.

On Monday 19 September Ewen ran early; at the main session we ran in teams of three with Giles, Colin, Isaac, Joel, Dave, Jen, Christopher, Ewen, Sandeep, Ruth, Pieta, Lauren (new) and me participating; 30 minutes of zigzag relay. Afterwards eight of us enjoyed dinner at the Yacht Club.

Vanessa and Rae


Rae first place Giant Slalom course

speedygeese race results

YCRC Women’s 6k Jogalong 11 September
Nadine Morrison W45 28:13
Kathy Sims W65 29:22
Caroline Campbell W70 47:35
55 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 13 September
10. Peter Thomson M55 27:39
11. Ewen Thompson M55 33:20
15. Sandeep Chandra 39:18
16 finishers

Customs 5k 16 September
Giles Lamb 21:01
Bronwyn Calver 23:32
Peter Thomson 25:39
Ewen Thompson 25:58
Bill Arthur 26:38
Caroline Campbell 31:35
18 finishers

YCRC Goorooyarroo Half Marathon 17 September
8. Jennifer Bright W40 1:39:06
16. Nadine Morrison W45 1:49:44
45 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #14 17 September
21 Gary Bowen 23:52 M55
54 Caroline Campbell 29:02 W70 **New PB**
123 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #228 17 September
67 Jill Pearson 26:37 W55
117 Ruth Baussmann 30:24 W65
163 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #186 17 September
19 David Clarke 20:54 M55
32 Bronwyn Calver 22:30 W45
74 Ewen Thompson 26:40 M55
77 Peter Thomson 26:45 M55
183 Maya Smith 35:29 W10 New PB
184 Pieta Smith 35:29 W40
251 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #153 17 September
12 Giles Lamb 20:22 M40
123 Margaret McSpadden 32:47 W65
176 finishers

Blackmores Sydney Marathon 18 September
813 Peter Thomson 3:40:32


Jen flying at Goorooyarroo

We Are Family

Song of the week: "We Are Family", by Sister Sledge.
Why? It's a song our gym instructor uses as a dance track .. and the gym closes down tomorrow night.
From https://youtu.be/oMVe_HcyP9Y

Drysdale River Station

A very pleasant place to stay...

Galvan’s Gorge

Our Kimberley Trip - continued

Cadjeput waterhole

I swam at all the waterholes we visited around the Kimberley. They were most welcome as a couple of the days were very hot indeed.

Lunch break at Bell Gorge

Kimberley trip - continued -

speedygeese training

At Parliament House on Thursday 8 September Ewen ran early, then Colin, Jen, me, Ruth, Ewen ran Rose Garden intervals.

Same venue on Monday 12 September I was absent and I think attending were Andy, Caroline, Christopher, Colin, Dave, Isaac, Jen, Pieta, Rae, Rohan, Ruth, Sandeep. They ran 200’s.

Here's a picture of Ruth running last month. Obviously enjoying the last of the wintry weather.

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 2 August
10. Nicole Bruce 37:44
11. Ewen Thompson 33:56
12. Caroline Campbell 42:14
14. Peter Thomson 32:22

BBQ Stakes 6k 3 August
5. Victoria Hennig 34:46
13. Bronwyn Calver 28:54
28. Gary Bowen 31:28
32. Ewen Thompson 33:45
35. Andrew Matthews 30:46
44. Peter Thomson 29:27
51. Caroline Campbell 47:41

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 9 August
8. Ewen Thompson 32:46
10. Nicole Bruce 37:41
14. Peter Thomson 28:50
15. Caroline Campbell 40:20

BBQ Stakes 6k 10 August
4. Victoria Hennig 35:51
27. Ewen Thompson 34:49
28. Gary Bowen 31:52
29. Bronwyn Calver 30:15
36. Andrew Matthews 32:09
38. Peter Thomson 30:20
42. Caroline Campbell 45:59

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 16 August
7. Ewen Thompson 32:19
9. Peter Thomson 27:00
10. Caroline Campbell 38:37

BBQ Stakes 6k 17 August
6. Victoria Hennig 33:43
23. Peter Thomson 26:56
29. Ewen Thompson 34:13
31. Gary Bowen 31:35
35. Bronwyn Calver 30:03
43. Caroline Campbell 42:51
52. Daniel Bright 59:59
53. Jennifer Bright 59:59

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 23 August
7. Sandeep Chandra 29:41
9. Ewen Thompson 32:27
15. Nicole Bruce 38:34

BBQ Stakes 6k 24 August
4. Victoria Hennig 33:25
18. Gary Bowen 31:09
22. Ewen Thompson 34:26
29. Bronwyn Calver 30:06
41. Leonie Doyle 33:27
46. Peter Thomson 59:59

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 30 August
6. Ewen Thompson 32:29
10. Sandeep Chandra 31:45
15. Peter Thomson 30:55

BBQ Stakes 6k 31 August
18. Gary Bowen 32:27
23. Bronwyn Calver 31:06
30. Peter Thomson 31:42
31. Ewen Thompson 37:10

Lake Tuggeranong 6k 6 September
5. Peter Thomson 27:01
7. Sandeep Chandra 33:44
14. Ewen Thompson 35:11
14 finishers

Customs 5k 9 September
Giles Lamb 20:42
Peter Thomson 22:45
Bronwyn Calver 24:06
Bill Arthur 26:11
Caroline Campbell 31:41
16 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #13 10 September
55 Caroline Campbell 31:07 W70
82 Gary Bowen 51:07 M55
82 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #227 10 September
12 Andrew Simpson 21:53 M45
51 Jill Pearson 26:51 W55
103 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #185 10 September
16 Jen Bright 21:56 W40
17 Isaac Muscat 21:57 M11
24 Bronwyn Calver 23:25 W45
91 David Clarke 31:46 M55
144 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #152 10 September
10 Giles Lamb 20:42 M40
36 William Arthur 26:22 M65
72 Margaret McSpadden 33:33 W65
94 finishers

More results next week.

It's spring - running season - although some of our members are still skiing.

Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove

Song of the week: "Black Dog", by Led Zeppelin.



From https://youtu.be/6tlSx0jkuLM

Beagle Bay

Here's what we saw at Beagle Bay on our Kimberley trip. Stunning pearl decorations at Sacred Heart church.

One Arm Point

Kimberley trip continued

Cape Leveque

More Kimberley pics...