not dead yet

I fronted for surgery yesterday but it was only an assessment. In a few weeks time I will be doing it for real. It will be under a general anaesthetic and then I will be somewhat restricted for the next fortnight, or so I'm told.

Training at Parliament House

Is on as usual tonight - intervals on the west side grass - I don't expect to attend this once but the rest of the crowd will be there.

speedygeese training

On Thursday 27 October at Parliament House the session consisted of 6x350m or 400m with a 350m jog in between. Present were Sandeep, Lauren, Jen, Dave, Colin, Nicole, Liz with me watching.

On Monday 31 October at Parliament House we ran 15 x 160m ramp sprints on 2 minutes with Andrew, Andy, Caroline, Christopher, Colin, Dave, Ewen, Garry (drills coach), me (ran 8k early instead), Joel, Kym (nearly not late), Ruth, Sandeep, Thea (Drills) and Warrick (disguised as me).

This Thursday the planned training is 4 or 5 x 600m jogging back. I am not expecting to be present just this once, so training will proceed without me.

speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 25 October
Ewen Thompson 34:49
Nicole Bruce 36:44
Caroline Campbell 39:11
14 finishers

Customs 5k 28 October
Peter Thomson 20:57
Bronwyn Calver 23:31
Ewen Thompson 28:42
17 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #234 29 October
52 Bron Sparkes 25:45 W40
64 Thea Zimpel 26:59 W30
81 Celina Miller 28:23 W35
168 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #192 29 October
8 David Clarke 19:32 M55
11 Peter Thomson 19:39 M55
54 Ewen Thompson 24:38 M55
237 Nicole Robinson 46:24 W40
253 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #159 29 October
157 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #20 29 October
153 Caroline Campbell 61:52 W70
153 finishers


1986 - Caulfield 10k.

Live It Up

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

Old Pic- Canberra Times Fun Run

At the parkrun today

I helped out . and took a couple of pics

Happy Birthday Jarod

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

Favourites - Adelaide Oval

Adding to my posts on the topic of "Favourites"

Favourite Sporting Venue: Adelaide Oval



I have raced there on five occasions, in 1962 thru 1965.
The oval has changed a bit since then. Except, the old score board is still there, and so are the Victor Richardson gates although the gates have been moved, having been returned to the ground in 2014, but in a new location.

latest speedygeese training

Thursday 20 October at Parliament House: the session was 30 minutes running around a 600m figure eight loop. Runners were invited to jog the first 200m, which included a 100m uphill, then run 400m which mostly gentle downhill. Jen, Kylie, Kym, Liz, Nicole, and Sandeep participated but some found this a hard session and had to bail out.

On Monday 24 October again at Parliament House we ran from the tennis courts 7&8 a repeat of the course of two weeks earlier, but this time a 2 and 3 person relay making some team changes halfway through the 30 minutes. Running were Andy, Caroline, Colin, Dave, Ewen, Garry, Isaac, Jen, Joel, Pieta, Ruth, Sandeep, Warrick with me watching. Dinner at the Yacht Club followed.

I am finding running tricky in my old age, so where I will do most of my training as soon as this opens:



The venue for this new gym is at Lake Ginninderra past the restaurants near the footbridge, at the Belconnen Arts Centre end. I can run around the lake before/after sessions. The two owner/managers are good friends of mine and I have trained with them before, many times. The sessions times when I plan to attend are weekdays 9:30am thru 11:30am, and Saturdays 9:30am thru 10:30am after Ginninderra parkrun.

So I might get fit again without having to run too much for a while.

Latest speedygeese race results

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

AMRA Black Mountain 2.6k 18 October
10 finishers

ACTVAC Track 20 October at Woden
Early 3000m
M50 Colin Farlow 10:58.07 79.0%
M55 David Clarke 11:24.25 78.6
M55 Rod Lynch 11:34.11 76.2
M55 Dale Moore 13:01.15 67.1
W65 Kathy Sims 13:47.66 87.9
M55 Roger Pilkington 13:54.23 63.9
W70 Caroline Campbell 16:18.43 86.6
W65 Ruth Baussmann 16:19.04 75.5
W65 Margaret McSpadden 18:01.97 71.7

1500m
M50 Colin Farlow 5:16.39 78.9%
M55 Rod Lynch 5:21.87 78.9
M55 David Clarke 5:30.77 78.1
M55 Dale Moore 5:33.61 75.5
M55 Roger Pilkington 6:20.18 67.3

800m
M50 Colin Farlow 2:40.04 75.1% (last race as an M50)
M55 David Clarke 2:44.09 75.7

400m
M55 Rod Lynch 70.16 73.4
M55 David Clarke 76.57 68.2

Late 3000m
M55 David Clarke 12:21.29 72.5
M55 Rod Lynch 12:26.11 70.8
M55 Dale Moore 13:28.91 64.8
W30 Thea Zimpel 15:00.01 56.3

5000m
M55 Roger Pilkington 23:50.06 64.1

Customs 5k 21 October
Ewen Thompson 26:17
14 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #233 22 October
37 Stephanie Pfohl 24:27 W40
51 Thea Zimpel 27:06 W30
70 Ruth Baussmann 29:21 W65
71 Geoff Moore 29:23 M65
141 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #191 22 October
26 Bronwyn Calver 23:00 W45
52 David Clarke 25:21 M55
69 Ewen Thompson 26:28 M55
213 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #158 22 October
119 Margaret McSpadden 32:34 W65
158 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #19 22 October
138 Caroline Campbell 53:01 W70
138 finishers

Bega 10k Fun Run 23 October
28 Amanda Ruffin W50 50:25
79 finishers

Bega 5k Fun Run 23 October
126 finishers

AMRA Two Peaks 22.6k 23 October
74 finishers

AMRA One Peak 10k 23 October
8 Isaac Muscat 57:27
30 Ewen Thompson 70:03
75 finishers

Rottnest Marathon 23 October
40 Peter Thomson M55 3:46:43
179 finishers


Kiddies take off at the Bega Fun Run

A Hard Rain

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 any Dylan song.
From https://youtu.be/7zwBHd4kll0

Here's another favourite

In my recent post Favourites I missed one-

Favourite non-running sports moment: Steven Bradbury.

Today's parkrun

..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 new niggle, #7.

At the end:

Thea well ahead

Pacing along

And finishing off; nearly swamped by faster finishers

Nice running weather but...

Spring, specifically October, is my allergy time. Not only
magpies
dogs
p-platers, but also
cottonwood fluff.
One run through the fluff = 3 days of headaches. The only airborn material I am really allergic to.
Cottonwood fluff is just starting to appear, it has arrived late this year.
Here's how it looked at the ANU a few years ago



Fortunately Parliament House, where I mainly train, and Stromlo, is relatively free of it.
But it is all over Canberra, particularly around the lakes and rivers.
Here's to a headache-free spring.

Andrew Lloyd Video

Following on from this earlier post... "Favourites"...

Thanks to Annette I have the following link to the second half of the greatest 5000m performance of all time by Andrew Lloyd.
From https://youtu.be/KXV68wJw1Gc


Lloydie's 5000m 1990 Commonwealth Games Gold - Part 2 (9.15mins-Finish)

speedygeese training

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 in teams of 3 x 250m on the SE Rose Garden loop, participating were Dave, Christopher, Giles, Isaac, Jen, Nicole, Joel, Pieta, Rae, Ruth, Sandeep & Warrick, while I jogged around encouraging.

Next Monday 24 October we will meet at the Yacht Club after training for an informal dinner and drinks.

Old pic

All the latest speedygeese race results

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

ACTVAC Track 13 October at the AIS
800m
M45 Damian Rutledge 2:28.85 77.4%
M50 Colin Farlow 2:33.35 78.4
M55 Rod Lynch 2:35.22 78.8
M55 Roger Pilkington 3:08.54 65.4
W65 Kathy Sims 3:11.28 84.3

3000m
M55 Rod Lynch 11:33.57 76.2%
M55 Dale Moore 12:35.24 69.4
M55 Roger Pilkington 13:46.34 64.5
W65 Ruth Baussmann 16:3056 18.4
W65 Margaret McSpadden 18:30.27 69.9

5000m
M50 Colin Farlow 19:07.67 77.9%

Customs 5k 14 October
Giles Lamb 20:19
Bronwyn Calver 23:56
Caroline Campbell 33:16
10 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #232 15 October
43 Geoff Moore 24:44 M65
53 Jill Pearson 25:49 W55
156 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #190 15 October
6 David Clarke 19:48 M55
30 Bronwyn Calver 22:32 W45
229 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #157 15 October
100 Ruth Baussmann 28:43 W65
133 Margaret McSpadden 32:06 W65
218 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #18 15 October
73 Caroline Campbell 31:38 W70
114 finishers

Run With The Wind 10k 16 October
18 Jen Bright 48:43 **1st Female 40-49; 2nd Female over all**
19 Isaac Muscat 49:00 **1st Male 12-14**
22 David Clarke 49:24 **1st Male 50-59**
145 Vanessa Palmer 69:48
169 Ruth Baussmann 76:26
192 Margaret McSpadden 88:41
203 finishers

Run With The Wind 5k 16 October
77 Rae Palmer 34:41 **1st Female 60-69**
233 finishers

Melbourne Marathon Festival 10k 16 October
837 Maria O’Reilly 49:53
1245 Ewen Thompson 52:27
7036 finishers

Running with the wind gale



Every player wins a prize


Canberra's speedygeese and friends who were placegetters.

Let It Be

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

A heteronym kind of day

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 windy and the weather was windy*



*A heteronym is a word that is written identically but has a different pronunciation and meaning. In other words, they are homographs that are not homophones.