Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, June 10, 2018 with
Vanessa Palmer Sleeeeeeep
William Barlow Was talking to Thach Huynh about this during our run today. I'm a big believer of slow moving for the day. When I got home I walked/jogged the kids around the block while they rode or roller bladed then finished up with some mulching and chicken herding.
Jen Bright Amble up Mt taylor. Plus I stretched straight after the run. Always tend to go for a slow walk after run. My legs feel much better than sitting around. More walking I do during the week better recovery from runs. Slow meandering walks.
Thach Huynh We normally going for a family swim
Narelle Desmet Straight after a long run my fav to drink one of these. Btw must be Chocolate Oak 😋🤤😁
Mhairi Craig try not to get cold, drink, then eat raspberries,cereal and yogurt.
Mhairi Craig and then I usually walk and do a pump class :-). Then I fall asleep!!!
Geoff Moore On a hot day animals lie down in the shade to recover after a hard chase. So do I.
Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, June 08, 2018 with
Sunday 03 June: long run report [Narelle]: Well , I thought I would do a bit of a run report . 21 geese lined up for the SG LR this morning , lucky the wind kept away , and temperature for Winter were pretty mild . The Geese flock gathered at Mc Donald's in tuggies near the Hyperdome, actually South Point now . We ran for a couple of km along Tuggies lake , then ventured to Urambi Hills , skirting around the hill although a few wayward geese took a detour up to the top of Urambi . From there we took a trail along the Murrumbidgee river to pine island , where the flock split. With a group doing 14/15 km . The rest ventured on to my favourite part of the Murrumbidgee corridor , Pine island to Point Hut. Very beautiful & scenic with a few creek crossings . Due to my curry night and wines there was a I need for a pit stop , before venturing on to the back of Bonython fire trail were you can stretch your legs . A short couple of km on the bike path back to the starting point Maccas and it was all done . Hopefully you all enjoyed it. Breakfast at Milligrams looks awesome , Graeme said the coffee was very good . Also thanks for Graeme for helping me map out the run . We are really lucky to have such beautiful trails in our back yard . All Geese did between 14-21 km as far as I'm aware. Check out William Barlow's awesome video !! Special thanks to Lisa for messaging us that she had some knee trouble and was getting picked up. Good luck with your knee Lisa. I hope you all enjoyed this run as I believe it is one of the most beautiful trails Canberra has to offer. 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 😃
Monday 04 June at Parliament House: Christopher, Dave and I were there not participating; participating in 12 x 170 runs on 150 seconds were Giles, Warrick, Pieta, Ruth, Jen, Isaac and Bernado.
Thursday 07 June at Parliament House: I can’t explain the low turn-out, just Dave, Brownie, Colin, Jen and I were there for repeats of 200 (jog 200 back), 300 (300), 400 (400) for 25 minutes. It wasn’t cold. The car park was empty too not much happening at Parliament House today.
Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, June 04, 2018 with
Song of the week:"End Of the Line", by The Traveling Wilburys
From https://youtu.be/UMVjToYOjbM
R.I.P Roy Orbison - note the empty chair in the video clip, very sad.
Also, since the video, R.I.P. George Harrison & Tom Petty
God take care of Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynn, the two Wilburys left.
Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, June 01, 2018 with
Sunday 27 May long run report [Dave]: Well the results just keep getting better for Speedygeese - new PBs, more fun and better technology (thanks to William’s drone - see his YouTube video of Sunday’s run 😃) Firstly, Saturday’s clear out performer was Jen Bright, running under 20 minutes at the YMCA Runners Club 5k. Even more impressive given her recent illness. I was 20 minute pacer at Tuggeranong parkrun and, even though followers were sparse, a few people did get PBs as a result. 😊 Sunday’s YMCA half marathon’s star was Giles Lamb, with a huge PB of 1:31:11. Mike also got a PB in 1:48:54. It looks like Ruth (2:09:44) and Jennie (2:11:44) might have got PBs as well. Roger did 2:03:00, Jeff 1:29:00, Rickie 2:04:44 and Thommo 2:55:00 (near enough). Meanwhile James got a PB at the 10k Merimbula fun run. A bunch of us stopped by and cheered a few on during our Sunday “long” run and managed to catch a glimpse of Sandeep smiling on a run (a very rare event) 🤣. Sorry Sandeep I didn’t get your time. Meanwhile Jacob was just trotting around watching and did 22 k in about 1:30:00 😱 😱 Finally, in today’s Sri Chinmoy Cotter Canter trail run, there were cups all round. In the 5k Bron was 5th female in 26:20 and Dom got 27:24. In the 10k Graeme was 4th male 50-59, Sue 1st female 60-69, and Ewen 4th male 60-69. I was 1st male 60-69 in 45:59 and Narelle was today’s star getting 5th female overall in 46:17, a great performance given her UTA run last weekend followed by the flu. 😱 Great work everyone. Sorry if I missed anyone. See you next week. 🤓
Monday 28 May at Parliament House: Running 10-12 170m runs on 2½ minutes were Deborah, Pieta, Lisa, Allie, Colin, Giles, Ruth, Isaac, Jen, Dom, Bron, and me.
Thursday 31 May at Parliament House: The last day of Autumn officially but it is weeks since it felt like Autumn. Running 3 x 1200 (800 recovery) were Brendan, Joel, Jen, Dave, Colin, Tori, Jennie, Ruth with me supervising but still running 8k in total. Anyone can come along and jog with Dave or with me even if not doing the interval session.
Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, May 31, 2018 with
Congratulations to everyone who finished our half marathon on Sunday. The weather was perfect for running and there should have been lots of PBs. The best improvement I have heard about was over 14 minutes! Thanks to our organising committee and the band of volunteers who looked after everyone so well. The Saturday afternoon events also were well patronised with increased numbers in the kids 1.6k especially.
Next year will be the 50th Canberra Half Marathon so we are planning some special activities to recognise this milestone. If anyone has any memorabilia that could be used as part of the celebrations, please let us know.
Sunday 3 June our regular Women and Girls' Jogalong will be held in Weston Park. The 6km handicap event and the 3km scratch will start at 9am and the 1.6km for kids a little later. There will be child minding available.
Our June events are as follows: 3 June 0900 Women and Girls' Jogalong in Weston Park 1.6/3/6k 16 June 0800 Longstaff/Pennington 4/8/16k AT Stromlo Forest Park 23 June 1245 Age/gender Handicap 2/5k at Stromlo.
Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 with
BBQ Stakes 6k 16 May
6. Bronwyn Calver 37:32
13. James O'Neill 29:03
19. Jodie Davis 46:09
23. Roger Pilkington 39:25
29. William Barlow 25:50
36. Ewen Thompson 34:01
50. Caroline Campbell 42:15
51. Gary Bowen 34:02
60. Ricky Somerville 39:04
61. Peter Thomson 56:34
68 finishers
YCRC Stromlo Forest Park 4k 19 May
15. Ewen Thompson 19:32
23. Peter Thomson 31:45
23 finishers
YCRC Stromlo Forest Park 6k 19 May
12. Craig Wurtz 29:04
17 finishers
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 22 May
3. Jason Lewis 29:22
4. Sandeep Chandra 30:36
7. Ewen Thompson 36:25
8. Roger Pilkington 38:43
10. Michael Thomson 28:55
12. James O'Neill 30:17
15 finishers
Customs Joggers 5k 25 May
1 Roger Pilkington 27:54
2 Ewen Thompson 27:12
3 Susan Sturgeon 24:43
4 Colin Farlow 19:20
5 Craig Wurtz 24:09
15 Bill Arthur 29:49
17 Yili Zhu 23:39
22 Caroline Campbell37:49 40:49
27 Peter Thomson 44:18
28 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #315 26 May
16 Gavin Mongan 20:37 M35
50 Chloe Miller 23:30 W11
52 Kevin Miller 23:41 M40
58 David Baussmann 23:59 M65
99 Celina Miller 27:51 W35
100 Jacob Miller 27:52 M11
108 Bron Sparkes 28:15 W40
127 Ruth Baussmann 29:03 W65
134 Jane Lilley 29:14 W45
221 Cathy Newman 43:06 W55
223 Dom Sparkes 43:12 M11
255 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #274 26 May
8 David Clarke 19:54 M60
15 Shane Wright 21:05 M45 **New PB**
31 Chris Gammon 21:59 M55
40 David Webster 22:57 M65
101 Kerron Clare 27:36 W50
173 Ewen Thompson 35:08 M60
209 Peter Thomson 43:46 M55
246 finishers
Merimbula 10k Fun Run 27 May
25 James O'Neill 47:21
37 Amanda Ruffin 52:19
68 finishers
Cotter Canter 10K 28 May
28. David Clarke 45:59
30. Narelle Desmet 46:17
32. Christopher Martin 47:00
75. Graeme Smyth 53:22
89. Jason Lewis 55:02
95. Ewen Thompson 56:30
103. Michael Thomson 57:51
119. Sue Bowden 61:28
169 finishers
Cotter Canter 5K 28 May
21. Bron Sparkes 26:20
26. Dom Sparkes 27:24
116 finishers
Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, May 25, 2018 with
Sunday 20 May long run [Dave]: With a number of speedygeese at the UTA, a smallish group lined up at Calwell Shops for this morning's long run around Tuggeranong Hill,Theodore Hill and part of Gordon in 4 degrees and fog. Welcome to newbie to the group, Deborah. William led most of the way while James, Cameron and I stuck in there for the 21k (about 500 metres vert). Ewen, Shane, Skully, Ricky, Isaac and Deborah did the 15k. Helen may have been there but there was no evidence. A passerby did snap a pic of her having a snooze but my geospatial feature recognition technology was unable to pinpoint the location. 😯
Notable events included: Williams drone malfunction, which gave us the opportunity to climb an extra hill while he fixed it (although he still put together a great video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kyLzmBwFSs&feature=youtu.be ); my unsuccessful attempt at fence jumping - finally met a worthy challenge; big (huge!) breakfast and large coffee (with fat cow milk) for $12; the eerie peacefulness (Jen was watching UTA); and Skully's thoughtful gesture, leaving a marking point at the 5-way intersection (why do dogs always do that? 😂).
Thank you to Shane and Isaac, for upholding the tradition and getting lost - going halfway up Tuggeranong Hill unintentionally. 🤣 😝 Due to the incredible skills of the course creator and his brilliant leadership along the way, the 21k runners stuck perfectly on course.
Next week William is leading the course, starting near the arboretum at the national rock garden at 8am sharp. We might even get to see some of the YMCA half marathon along the way.
Don't forget Speedy Geoff Moore's speedwork sessions at 5.30pm Mondays and Thursdays at Parliament House.
Monday 21 May At Parliament House: 2 big flagpole laps fast, 1 recovery, 2 fast: Warrick, Craig, Ricky, Bernardo, Isaac, Candy, Angus (new), Giles, Dom, Bron, Rae, Joel, Sandeep, Paul, Deborah, and me (half the session). Tori arrived later too.
Thursday 24 May At Parliament House: No sign of Ruth on her birthday. Nevertheless eight of us attended. I jogged around supervising; Dave got lost and ran around the lake instead, while running 10 x 1 minute fast/2 minutes slow around the lower flagpoles were new Dave, Colin, Brendan, Jen, Isaac, and Ricky.