Monday, 11 June 2018

She’s On Fire

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, June 11, 2018 with
Song of the week. "She’s On Fire", by Train, at https://youtu.be/4R40p6ZG8Uo

Sunday, 10 June 2018

"What does everyone do for recovery after a big run?"

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.

Paul Trumble I'm at the pub...

Or,

Saturday, 9 June 2018

speedygeese (mostly)who were at today's Jindabyne parkrun launch!

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, June 09, 2018 with

Friday, 8 June 2018

This week’s speedygeese training sessions. And a must-watch video.

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.

The Sunday crowd



William’s video, at https://youtu.be/M12KeHlnOp4

Thursday, 7 June 2018

ACT Masters Cross Country Championships 2018

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, June 07, 2018 with
Cross Country championships will be held in conjunction with AACT and LAACT at Stromlo Forest Park on Saturday 30 June, 2018.
Under 70 Masters will run 8k starting at 10:35. Masters 70+ (men and women) will run 6k starting at 11:15.
Further details are on the Athletics ACT website :
On-line entries may be made at https://actma-cc-2018.eventdesq.com until Wednesday 27th June 9:00pm. No late entries or entry on the day.
Volunteers are also required to help out.  Please contact Roger Pilkington 0409 543826 or Nigel England 0477 341334 If you can assist.

I can enter and run "only" 6k this year! Hoping to be fit enough to do so!

Wednesday, 6 June 2018

There are endless kilometres of great trails around Canberra

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, June 06, 2018 with

Tuesday, 5 June 2018

All the recent speedygeese race results

Posted by speedygeoff on Tuesday, June 05, 2018 with
BBQ Stakes 6k 23 May
5. Bronwyn Calver 35:00
13. James O'Neill 28:37
20. William Barlow 25:04
29. Jodie Davis 46:26
32. Ricky Somerville 33:30
36. Craig Wurtz 30:17
37. Alcina Dias 34:19
43. Ewen Thompson 35:09
53. Gary Bowen 33:45
56. Roger Pilkington 34:17
63. Andrew Simpson 28:37
64. Caroline Campbell 52:07
68. Peter Thomson 59:59
69 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k
29 May
3. James O'Neill 26:52
9. Ricky Somerville 33:14
10. Ewen Thompson 38:22
13. Nicole Bruce 38:52
14. Roger Pilkington 35:00
15. Michael Thompson 34:17
17. Peter Thomson 56:40
17 finishers

Lake Ginninderra 7k 29 May
6 finishers

Customs Joggers 5k 01 June
1 Susan Sturgeon 23:24
2 Bill Arthur 29:03
3 Roger Pilkington 26:50
4 Craig Wurtz 23:35
9 Giles Lamb 20:53
12 Ewen Thompson 27:19
15 Colin Farlow 19:55
16 Caroline Campbell 36:22
17 Ricky Somerville 30:18
19 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #316 02 June
9 Chloe MILLER 21:44 W11 **New PB**
10 Andrew SIMPSON 21:47 M45
22 Jane LILLEY 22:55 W45
26 Kevin MILLER 23:09 M40
40 Geoff MOORE 24:09 M70
45 Bron SPARKES 24:30 W40
51 Jacob MILLER 24:55 M11
52 Celina MILLER 24:56 W35
55 David BAUSSMANN 25:13 M65
65 Jill PEARSON 26:58 W60
104 Ruth BAUSSMANN 29:13 W65
151 Cathy NEWMAN 32:34 W55
212 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #275 02 June
16 Nigel ENGLAND 20:28 M55
24 James O'NEILL 21:33 M50 **New PB**
34 Pieta SMITH 22:49 W45
52 Jen BRIGHT 24:31 W40
56 Chris GAMMON 24:39 M55
60 Jason LEWIS 24:48 M40
99 Shane WRIGHT 27:25 M45
243 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #244 02 June
69 Lisa MCDONALD 25:45 W40 **New PB**
106 William BARLOW 28:32 M35
137 Margaret MCSPADDEN 31:40 W70
218 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #104
02 June
3 Jeff GREY 19:28 M50
7 Giles LAMB 19:59 M40 **New PB**
9 David CLARKE 20:06 M60 **New PB**
11 Rohan PITCHFORD 21:11 M50
17 Craig WURTZ 21:39 M50
107 Caroline CAMPBELL 29:41 W75
188 finishers

Coombs 5k parkrun #12 02 June
7 Michelle WELLS 21:20 W45 **New PB**
12 Amanda MCCORMACK 22:49 W35 **New PB**
35 Gary BOWEN 27:39 M60
38 Jennie BLAKE 29:05 W60
66 Ricky SOMERVILLE 50:34 M50
67 finishers

Mount Ainslie 5k parkrun #6 02 June
11 Brendan BELCHER 22:35 M35
78 Bronwyn CALVER 30:59 W45
82 William ARTHUR 32:27 M65
135 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #57 02 June
2 Bernardo PALMA 21:26 M30
23 Vanessa PALMER 31:51 W45
81 finishers

Goulburn 5k parkrun #17
02 June
88 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #109 02 June
13 Janene KINGSTON 24:54 W50
17 Victoria HENNIG 26:35 W55
32 Gregg BERRY 45:29 M60 **New PB**
36 finishers

Roma Pineto 5k parkrun #9 02 June
38 Carolyne KRAMAR 39:10 W50
45 finishers

@Ginninderra parkrun

Chloe


Andrew


Jane


me


Celina (behind Debra), Jacob


Bron (ahead of Clare)

Jill

Monday, 4 June 2018

End Of The Line

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.

Sunday, 3 June 2018

Lisa @ Gungahlin parkrun

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, June 03, 2018 with
Yet another PB - this time it's down to 25:45, her first sub 26.

Saturday, 2 June 2018

some of the big events coming up

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, June 02, 2018 with
I am keeping a list of upcoming main events, of interest to the speedygeese.
You can access the updated version any time via a tab in the blog's heading.
I will add events regularly.
11 Jun Sri Half
16 Jun YCRC 8k, 16k
17 June Kowen Trail Run
24 June Kiama Coast
12 Aug City to Surf
19 Aug ACTMA Half
1 Sep Coastal Classic
16 Sep Blackmores
23 Sep Canberra Times
Oct Run with the Wind
7 Oct Canberra 105
14 Oct Melb Marathon
3-4 Nov Carcoar Cup

Friday, 1 June 2018

This week’s speedygeese training sessions

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.


Ruth and Jennie

Thursday, 31 May 2018

YCRC newsletter

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.

"Im in!"
(Vanessa)

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Susan @ Sunday run

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 with

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

All the recent speedygeese race results

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 Campbell 37:49 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

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #243 26 May
42 Janene Kingston 24:30 W50
233 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #103 26 May
34 Amanda McCormack 22:33 W35
62 Elizabeth Bennett 25:10 W55
173 Caroline Campbell 49:47 W75
173 finishers

Coombs 5k parkrun #11 26 May
56 finishers

Mount Ainslie 5k parkrun #5 26 May
54 William Arthur 30:24 M65 **New PB**
55 Giles Lamb 30:25 M40
99 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #56 26 May
1 Bernardo Palma 18:55 M30
23 Lisa McDonald 28:07 W40
89 finishers

Goulburn 5k parkrun #16 26 May
6 William Barlow 20:27 M35
96 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #108 26 May
39 finishers

Huskisson 5k parkrun #18 26 May
4 Brendan Belcher 20:58 M35
36 Gary Bowen 25:06 M60
46 Bronwyn Calver 26:05 W45
133 finishers

Mitchelton 5k parkrun #253 26 May
58 Ron Vines 24:21 M75
85 Julie Hill-Webber 25:34 W45
168 Margaret McSpadden 31:12 W70
212 Gwen Vines 36:20 W70
289 finishers

YMCA Half Marathon Eve 1.6k 26 May
21. William Barlow (with April) 8:05
31. Daniel Bright U8 8:59
79 finishers

YMCA Half Marathon Eve 5k 26 May
7. Jennifer Bright 19:53
9. Rohan Pitchford 21:00
12. Michael Thomson 22:55
16. Ewen Thompson 24:46
54 finishers

YMCA Half Marathon
27 May
27. Jeff Grey M50-54 1:29:14.2
36. Giles Lamb M40-44 1:31:11.6
64. Nigel England M55-59 1:38:18.9
73. Chris Gammon M55-59 1:39:40.5
127. Michael Thompson M50-54 1:48:52.4
129. Jennifer Kellett F60-64 1:49:09.7
144. Craig Wurtz M50-54 1:51:11.9
185. Sandeep Chandra M45-49 1:58:09.7
201. Rohan Pitchford M50-54 1:59:42.8
219. Roger Pilkington M55-59 2:03:35.8
226. Ricky Somerville M50-54 2:04:29.7
250. Ruth Baussmann F65-69 2:10:28.2
253. Jennie Blake F60-64 2:11:41.6
277. William Arthur M65-69 2:18:36.5
282. Peter Thomson M55-59 2:54:35.8
311 finishers

ACTMA Callum Brae anticlockwise 8k 27 May
8 Nadine Morrison W45 43:52
10 David Webster M65 41:05
14 Rod Lynch M55 35:46
22 Mick Charlton M65 56:11
29 finishers

ACTMA Callum Brae anticlockwise 4.3k 27 May
1 Cathy Newman W55 32:10
12 Jill Pearson W60 26:19
21 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

Monday, 28 May 2018

No Way Back

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, May 28, 2018 with
Song of the Week. "No Way Back", by Foo Fighters.
At https://youtu.be/fTaOlBWcl48

Sunday, 27 May 2018

@ Mt Ainslie parkrun

Posted by speedygeoff on Sunday, May 27, 2018 with

Giles and Bill. Geese. Speedy. Flying.

Saturday, 26 May 2018

YMCA 1.6k - Daniel

Posted by speedygeoff on Saturday, May 26, 2018 with

Friday, 25 May 2018

This week’s speedygeese training sessions

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.



Thursday, 24 May 2018

UTA finish line

Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, May 24, 2018 with
Pieta Smith, Louise Sartore, Kirrily Sartore

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

@UTA

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 with

Thach & Shiree