All the recent speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 28 February
13. Sue Bowden 34:25
27. William Barlow 27:34
39. Roger Pilkington 33:51
41. Bronwyn Calver 33:56
43. Caroline Campbell 42:05
45. Peter Thomson 31:25
50. Jodie Davis 48:26
51. Carolyne Kramar 47:06
58. Ewen Thompson 39:14
62 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie Run-Up 2.3k 06 March Men
13 Craig Wurtz 17.41
16 Men finishers
AMRA Mt Ainslie Run-Up 2.3k 06 March Women
1 Louise Sharp 15.59
7 Sue Bowden 20.54
9 Caroline Campbell 24.20.
9 Women finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 06 March
5. Ewen Thompson 38:52
7. Carolyne Kramar 41:35
8. Warrick Howieson 32:15
11. Jason Lewis 29:58
12. Roger Pilkington 35:19
13. Peter Thomson 29:22
19. Michael Thompson 30:46
22 finishers

YCRC Summer Series #6 Boathouse East 5k 06 March
13. Rohan Pitchford M50 21:57
15. Craig Wurtz M50 22:55
18. Gabrielle Brown W50 25:24
19. Sarah Pau W45 25:43
22. Tori Hennig W55 26:21
24. Vanessa Palmer W45 27:37
34. Ewen Thompson M60 32:41
35. Carolyne Kramar W50 33:02
36 finishers

ACTMA track 08 March
400m - Championship
M55 Nigel England 73.53

1500m - Championship
M55 David Clarke 5:20.33
M55 Roger Pilkington 6:31.67
M75 Tony Booth 7:42.73 70.4
W65 Kathy Sims 6:32.24 88.5

3k High Steeplechase
M55 Nigel England 13:12.44

3000m
M75 Tony Booth 17:05.24

5000m
M55 Roger Pilkington 24:24.10

Customs 5k 09 March
1 Roger Pilkington 29:25
3 Jacob Grooby 18:32
8 Peter Thomson 23:59
9 Giles Lamb 20:21
11 Carolyne Kramar 34:30
12 Colin Farlow 19:32
17 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #304 10 March
50 Jill Pearson 25:02 W60
55 Bron Sparkes 25:13 W40
94 Jack Simpson 28:23 M10 **New PB**
106 Andrew Simpson 29:00 M45
169 Archie Simpson 33:02 M11 **New PB**
274 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #263 10 March
10 David Clarke 19:23 M55
95 Chris Gammon 26:38 M55
115 Kerron Clare 28:14 W50
149 Andrew Smith 30:53 M45
215 Peter Thomson 37:28 M55
317 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #232 10 March
123 Lisa McDonald 28:24 W40 **New PB**
127 William Arthur 28:34 M65
176 Margaret McSpadden 31:28 W70
279 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #92 10 March
35 Craig Wurtz 21:48 M50
57 Kelley Horan 23:38 W55
134 Caroline Campbell 28:49 W75
151 Helen Way 29:44 W50
263 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #45 10 March
2 Bernardo Palma 18:54 M30 **New PB**
73 finishers

Goulburn parkrun #5 10 March
205 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #97 10 March
13 Jane Lilley 22:29 W45
20 Molly Lilley 24:08 W11
24 Eliza Lilley 24:54 W11
29 Victoria Hennig 26:24 W55
78 finishers

San Remo 5k parkrun #7 10 March
8 William Barlow 21:50 M35
173 finishers

Six Foot Track 10 March
119 Martin Pogson 4:37:55
235 Shuji Iwasaki 5:01:32
574 Michael Thompson 5:51:24
883 finishers


Brownie and Jacob

Song of the week

"Fur Eyes", by Violent Soho, at https://youtu.be/AazTavKYvUc

Day of rest

I am taking a day off today. Not doing anything, not even a blog post. Oh, wait, I am.
Then I might as well add a picture.

Dave meets his match

Dave ran a good 19:23 at Tuggeranong parkrun today, but he had 3 young Torleys in front of him and a little Torley just behind him at the finish!

This week’s speedygeese training sessions

Sunday 04 March long run report [Dave]: Well, after last week’s debacle (almost everybody going different ways at various points and some having to sprint to get back in time for Coombs parkrun trial), it was unanimously agreed to follow Sandeep’s suggestion and redo last week’s run. I’m pleased to report that almost everyone stuck to the right course this time.
Interestingly, the distances covered ranged from 7k to 30k, with average pace ranging from 5.05 to 6.56 per km. For those of us used to shorter, slower long runs, it was a full day recovery (including two nanna naps for me). 🤣 27 runners started, possibly a record turnout, including Thach, Giles, Paul, Jen, Ewen, Thommo, Kelley, William, Browny, John, Sandeep, Narelle, Graeme, Cameron, James, Warrick, Jen, Jennie B, the other Jennie, Sue, Kerron and me. Oh, and Helen said she ran but it’s not on Strava so it’s just heresay. Sorry to those I missed. [Edit: Mick, Tori]
The course took us on a 7k loop from the start of Coombs parkrun over the river, through a pleasant windy single trail, under the Parkway and down River Rd back to the start. Stage 2 of the Tour de Ewen (Ewen designed the original course for last week) was a lap of Coombs parkrun, then Stage 3 went over the river, along pipe flat, up to the arboretum then back along River Rd to the start. All up a very pleasant course in perfect weather.
The usual post run coffee was held at The Meeting Room at Weston Creek.
Next week is Mt Tennent (for those keen on running mountains). See you then. 🤓

Monday 05 March at Parliament House: Laps of the Rose Garden 450m loop were run: Bernado (15 completed laps and most of a 16th lap), Colin (15), Jen (14), Isaac (13), Craig (12), Kelley (12), Bron (11), Pieta (11), Sandeep (11), Warrick (11), Mick H (11), Ewen (11), Dom (10), Jennie (10), Lisa (10), Ruth (9), Miranda (8), Thomas (5) and Jessica did her own thing including waterbombing her brother, and I watched.

Thursday 08 March at Stromlo Forest Park I jogged 5k (without the permission of my Physio, which was a mistake), Thach and Ryan cycled then joined us for our warm-up, and Jennie, Janene, Tori and Sandeep ran a repeat of last week’s session, as they were not present then, 10 by 200 quick, 100 easy on the 1k circuit. None of last week's participants turned up so I have save my planned session for another week.


Ewen, William, Thach


Kelley, Thommo

getting the mail

I have a feeling this happens all the time

...

All the recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 27 February
2. Sandeep Chandra 30:13
4. Warrick Howieson 31:22
5. Nicole Bruce 38:03
7. Peter Thomson 28:19
8. Carolyne Kramar 41:38
13. Roger Pilkington 32:31
14. Michael Thompson 30:05
17. Ewen Thompson 35:36
19 finishers

Lake Ginninderra 7k 27 February
11 finishers

YCRC Summer Series #5 Barrenjoey Drive 5k 27 February
10. David Clarke M55 21:35
11. Peter Thomson M55 23:03
13. Craig Wurtz M50 23:26
16. Ewen Thompson M60 24:08
26. Ruth Baussmann W65 30:54
27. Mick Charlton M65 32:55
31. Carolyne Kramar W50 37:12
33 finishers

ACTMA track 01 March
800m
M55 Rod Lynch 2:41.69 76.8%
M55 David Clarke 2:49.22 74.0
M55 Dale Moore 2:57.79 68.8

Mile
M55 David Clarke 5:52.91 77.7%
M55 Dale Moore 6:57.87 64.0

3000m
M55 Rod Lynch 12:10.18 73.6%
M55 David Clarke 12:39.84 71.4
M55 Nigel England 12:44.41 68.6

Customs 5k 02 March
3 Giles Lamb 20:37
5 Bill Arthur 31:11
7 James O'Neill 24:02
12 Carolyne Kramar 34:14
13 Peter Thomson 24:26
16 Roger Pilkington 9:09
18 Caroline Campbell 33:26?
20 Ewen Thompson 30:54
24 Yili Zhu 24:00
24 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #303 03 March
19 Brendan Belcher 21:02 M35
31 William Barlow 22:23 M35
68 Bron Sparkes 25:07 W40
72 Jacob Miller 25:27 M11
74 Kevin Miller 25:30 M40
81 Jill Pearson 25:39 W60
100 Chloe Miller 27:18 W11
111 Jane Lilley 27:38 W45
113 Celina Miller 27:40 W35
118 Eliza Lilley 27:53 W11
150 Helen Way 30:23 W50
302 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #262 03 March
11 David Clarke 21:01 M55
20 David Webster 22:15 M65
56 Pieta Smith 24:50 W40
70 Bronwyn Calver 25:33 W45
75 Chris Gammon 25:39 M55
108 Kerron Clare 27:22 W50
164 Andrew Smith 31:03 M45
177 Ewen Thompson 31:45 M60
351 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #231 03 March
29 Gavin Mongan 21:30 M35
135 William Arthur 27:56 M65
154 Lisa McDonald 29:18 W40 **New PB**
179 Margaret McSpadden 30:54 W70
353 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #91 03 March
32 Craig Wurtz 21:50 M50
33 Peter Thomson 21:55 M55
87 Elizabeth Bennett 25:35 W55
88 Kelley Horan 25:35 W55
109 Jennie Blake 26:40 W60 **New PB**
110 Michael Horan 26:40 M55
157 Caroline Campbell 29:15 W75
298 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #44 03 March
7 Nigel England 22:11 M55
21 Helen Northey 28:37 W40
37 Carolyne Kramar 35:12 W50
76 finishers

Goulburn parkrun #4 03 March
22 Dale Moore 24:56 M55 **New PB**
194 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #96 03 March
48 finishers

Double strollers at the Canberra parkruns...

Feeling out of sorts - 7 days so far no running.

Song of the Week. The National – "Bloodbuzz Ohio".
At https://youtu.be/K779pqvYQds

Black and Blue (and some Purple and Red)

This morning's long run

A few of my pics from today's Ginninderra parkrun

I didn't run today but I did watch the event,


Chloe, Eliza


Bron


William


Jill


Jane, Celina, Coco


Helen

This week's speedygeese training sessions

Sunday 25 February long run report [Dave]: With rain forecast, today’s speedygeese long run was always going to be interesting – but nobody could have forecast some of today’s highlights. Ewen had designed a scenic route taking in the river and the Arboretum, incorporating Coombs trial parkrun. Today’s contenders were Susan, Sandeep, Shane and Scully, Brownie, Paul, Jen, Thach, Matthew, James, Ewen, William, me and first timer Cameron (welcome Cameron).
With slight drizzle, the lead group set a good pace, with the second group not too far behind and me in the rear. Within 3 minutes the small group of geese became two – let’s say Jen’s lead group and Ewen’s group. Jen’s group missed the turnoff. By the time they got back Ewen’s group was long gone, with only Brownie and I waiting feeling sorry for them (well, actually, I was just waiting to get some photos). 😂 It was a perfect opportunity to get a couple of nice pics – one with Brownie waving and whistling to the Dots on the hill in the distance and one with Jen’s group arriving at the bridge, with Scully in the lead, tongue hanging out.
After that initial confusion everything went smoothly…until Jen’s group got lost again, going clockwise on the arbo loop instead of anticlockwise (another of my favourite pics with Jen and Thach trying to figure out where they went wrong). Probably didn’t help that Jen had not looked at the course. It seems that there are some loyal fans who still follow her anywhere. Jen blames Thach, who apparently thought it was an out and back course. 🤣
I must say there are benefits of running at the back of the pack, including observation of all the antics. Also it was important to witness Jen’s presence now that she is not on Strava. 😮
We met up with Ewen’s group and I chose to turn and run with them, which turned out to be a smart move – apparently the other group was close to 4 minute pace trying to get back for the start of parkrun trial. Unfortunately, though, I missed out on a very nice single track that we hadn’t run before. Not sure what happened to Susan, but she disappeared somewhere along the way and was seen running the wrong way in parkrun. 😂
After 8k we joined in the trial, just as the drizzle intensified. Tim Grainger seemed to take delight in standing under his umbrella giving extended instructions while 119 people (plus Jen who forgot her barcode) shivered in the wind. I didn’t mind as it gave me just enough time to change into my go-fast shoes (which seem to knock a couple of minutes per km off my pace??). Matthew was first across the line and I was third. Jen was first female. I think we all forgot it’s a run, not a race, so the good runners were obviously jogging.
By the time we finished the parkrun trial the rain had set in and the wind had picked up so it seemed like a good time to quit and head for coffee (plus I was stuffed). Thach and Ewen had the same idea. Diehards like Jen and Giles continued on, with Giles getting another 8km in (after his 15km run from home to the start) before deciding to give in and phone a friend. Jen and Brownie turned up at coffee looking like drowned rats.
The highlight was the group hug and kisses from Giles, Vanessa and Brownie. 😝
See you next week for Sandeep’s course. 🤓



Back to my reports: Monday 26 February at Parliament House at the Rose Garden: running 15 minutes of 3 person relays then ~8 minutes of 2 person relays, all short course, were Craig, Pieta, Bernado, Mick H, Kelley, Isaac, Jen, Ruth, Jennie, Ewen, Tori, Vanessa, Warrick. Daniel ran some laps too, as did Dave, Christopher ran a few as well, and I just stood there.
Then Jen Isaac, Daniel, Ruth, Ewen and I had fish and chips for an hour or so, bought mostly from Snapper.

Thursday 1 March at Stromlo Forest Park, Thach and Ryan cycled many laps then joined us for the warmup; in the main session Colin, Jen and Isaac ran 3k around the 1k circuit alternating 200m fast/100m float; while I sat in the shade and watched. The temperature dropped by 5 degrees and a bit of a breeze sprang up, a pleasant evening for the start of Autumn.

ACTMA Weston Park speedygeese pics

Christopher


Ruth


Jennie


Caroline


Craig

Stir crazy.

It is my policy to avoid politics. Except - this is all too much.

People should stop denying Trump is insane. He is insane.





I guess I am angry because I have had to stop running this week. So, I am thinking about other things.

All the recent speedygeese race results

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 20 February
3. Warrick Howieson 33:59
4. Nicole Bruce 39:04
7. Carolyne Kramar 41:02
8. Roger Pilkington 38:03
13. Peter Thomson 30:04
15. Michael Thompson 29:47
17. Ewen Thompson 39:36
18 finishers

AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 20 February
Louise Sharp 18.13
Craig Wurtz 18.44
Sue Bowden 22.22
Caroline Campbell 25.57
21 finishers

YCRC Summer Series #4 Weston Park 5k 20 February
13. Peter Thomson M55 23:18
15. Craig Wurtz M50 23:46
22. Gabrielle Brown W50 24:58
25. Sarah Pau W45 26:03
26. Maria O'Reilly W60 26:10
28. Roger Pilkington M55 27:06
32. Vanessa Palmer W45 28:29
35. Ruth Baussmann W65 28:53
37. Mick Charlton M65 30:17
42. Ewen Thompson M60 31:05
43. Caroline Campbell W75 31:22
46. Carolyne Kramar W50 33:13
49 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 21 February
3. Roger Pilkington 40:21
18. Sue Bowden 34:21
23. Carolyne Kramar 43:31
37. Craig Wurtz 31:11
40. Peter Thomson 30:06
42. Ewen Thompson 34:24
46. Bronwyn Calver 34:03
47. Caroline Campbell 42:29
50. Jodie Davis 48:10
54 finishers

ACTMA track 22 February
3000m Pennington
2 Kathy Sims W65 13:48
7 Nigel England M55 12:01
9 Rod Lynch M55 12:18
11 Ruth Baussmann W65 16:51
12 Margaret McSpadden W70 18:33
13 Craig Wurtz M50 13:22
14 Dale Moore M55 14:28
15 Roger Pilkington M55 14:39
16 Ewen Thompson M60 15:36
18 finishers

800m
M50 Damian Rutledge 2:39.76 73.4%
M55 Rod Lynch 2:48.79 73.6
M55 Nigel England 2:51.43 70.8
M50 Craig Wurtz 3:05.53 64.3
M55 Dale Moore 3:55.74 51.9

Spiral 6
2 Roger Pilkington M55 11:16
5 Nigel England M55 10:24
6 Craig Wurtz M50 11:32
9 Damian Rutledge M50 12:18
11 Ruth Baussmann W65 13:42
14 Rod Lynch M55 10:29
15 Ewen Thompson M60 14:24
16 Margaret McSpadden W70 16:48
18 finishers

Customs 5k 23 February
2 Carolyne Kramar 33:44
5 Colin Farlow 19:22
10 Yili Zhu 24:13
11 Roger Pilkington 27:57
12 Caroline Campbell 31:49
14 Ewen Thompson 32:25
18 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #302 24 February
36 Jane Lilley 23:08 W45 **New PB**
77 Chloe Miller 25:59 W11
78 Eliza Lilley 25:59 W11 **New PB**
88 Jason Roberts 26:35 M45
91 Celina Miller 26:50 W35
131 Ruth Baussmann 29:11 W65
132 Geoff Moore 29:12 M65
286 Brendan Belcher 1:00:03 M35
288 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #261 24 February
12 William Barlow 20:06 M35 **New PB**
17 Nigel England 20:33 M55
32 David Clarke 21:54 M55
118 Ewen Thompson 27:36 M60
257 Maya Smith 36:30 W10
258 Pieta Smith 36:30 W40
392 Kerron Clare 56:27 W50
417 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #230 24 February
150 Lisa McDonald 30:25 W40
152 William Arthur 30:38 M65
174 Margaret McSpadden 32:03 W70
294 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #90 24 February
30 Craig Wurtz 22:03 M50
86 Kelley Horan 25:35 W55
120 Jennie Blake 27:24 W60
123 Michael Horan 27:33 M55
155 Caroline Campbell 29:24 W75
311 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #43 24 February
28 Vanessa Palmer 29:54 W45
54 Justine Caines 38:59 W45
81 finishers

Goulburn parkrun #3 24 February
202 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #95 24 February
41 Victoria Hennig 36:03 W55
50 finishers

St Peters 5k parkrun #317 24 February
6 Bernardo Palma 18:41 M30 **new PB**
336 finishers

ACTMA Handicap Weston Park 6k 25 February
3 Ruth Baussmann W65 35:14 **silver**
5 Jennie Blake W60 35:05
20 Craig Wurtz M50 34:14
21 Nadine Morrison W45 31:18
25 Mick Charlton M65 39:04
27 Nigel England M55 27:07
30 Caroline Campbell W75 37:58
32 Roger Pilkington M55 38:03
37 finishers

ACTMA Handicap Weston Park 3k 25 February
6 Cathy Montalto W65 16:00
12 Jill Pearson W60 15:16
27 finishers


Caroline and Sue

“It Wears Me Out”

Song of the week, from Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees.
At https://youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk


“This machine will not communicate”

Deluge

Pictures by Lisa taken this morning in Lyneham.



I didn't run a soggy Coombs parkrun trial run. I didn't run a drenched Masters handicap. But I was away from home when water started flooding our lounge room. Fortunately my wife was home and saved the day.

30 Day March Plank Challenge

I will try this one (plus other abdominal exercises). For the first 15 days I will probably do it twice in the day. Then we'll see how easy the second half becomes.



My record plank so far is about 200 seconds. But that was a couple of years ago when I was fitter.
Anyway I may have to resort to such exercises more frequently, to give my calf and Achilles time to repair.

This week’s speedygeese training sessions

Sunday 18 February long run report [Jen]: To start I should say that I wasn't actually at the long run today. There will be no guarantee that this report is actually very accurate and indeed most of it will be made up. William Barlow did provide me with with some notes thankfully.
It was a brisk morning at the start of the run when 12 runners sprinted away from Tuggeranong McDonalds vowing never to come back. They had only waited out the front of Maccas for a short while, but it didn't take long from watching the clientele coming and going to know that it was a place to be avoided.
Graeme had created a very pleasant course on nice trails over Urambi hills and along the Murrumbidgee to Point Hut and back.
I'm not actually sure if anyone got lost but apparently they made a good effort to try. Narelle did her best to stop their efforts of "extra exploring" by yelling out directions whenever she could.
Those running today were: Jinny, Susan, Narelle, Graeme,William, Martin, Brownie, Sue, Matt, Paul as well as first-timers Rowan and Richard!
Everyone ending up running anywhere from 15k to 22k (even if they did risk their life and limb by doing laps of maccas to achieve the further distance)
There were no major falls although Martin did try to roll his ankle at the 1k mark. Luckily didn't do a good enough job of it and kept upright so that he continued and finished the rest of the run.
Lucky thing as he tends to be the one that many of us rely on to keep us going and remain upright on the running front!
It was a great turn out for a lovely run when many of us were absent doing various other events.
Lots of us were at Jimmy’s sprint marathon relay at Fadden Pines. Only to be greatly disappointed to find out that the Wooden spoon prize was no longer on offer. A sought after and obtainable goal for many.
Ruth and Dave were away for the Huskisson Triathlon (Dave coming second in his age group).
Jen Blake was in NZ winning her age group in a tough half marathon (Shot over moonlight marathon)
Shiree was doing UTA training - 32 hilly ks (with Kristy and others) after running up and down Tennent the day before!
Thach and Jason were off doing the "big canberra bike ride" both involving their children in the event. (Jason backing up after a 3 hour rogaining event the night before!
So basically a bunch of over achievers really.
See you next week on our Sunday long run which will include doing the Coombs park run trial somewhere in the middle of it. 🤓

Monday 19 February at Parliament House: 20 minutes of 3 person zig zag relays, then 5 or so minutes of 2 person. Present: Bron, Dom, Mick C, Miranda, Jinny, Ruth, Colin, Rae, Bernado, Vanessa, Jen, Isaac, Pieta, Warrick, Lisa, Craig, Christopher, me supervising, and I saw Adrian and Richard and Daniel there as well.

Thursday 22 February at Stromlo Forest Park saw a smaller number run the km intervals, while Thach and Ryan hit the cycle tracks before joining in the warmup 2.5k. I ran a few token kms, and Jen, Isaac, Jennie, Colin and Andrew ran 3 x 1km, and Sandeep ran 4 x 700m.

Just a few of the speedygeese

Bill Arthur - promoting a fund raiser for the NTA

Contact Bill at https://www.facebook.com/bill.arthur.9