So this is Christmas
8 months ago
Monday, 3 April 2017
Sunday, 2 April 2017
Saturday, 1 April 2017
I will be watching from Weston Park this year, 9 April bright and early. The park entry is a good vantage point, as you see the runners entering the park, and see them emerging again some kilometres later. As they disappear east, both the marathoners and the ultra runners have about 5k more to run, as I recall. Maybe one year I will be fit enough to run the Canberra marathon again, I have never experienced the "new" course.
Speedygeese entrants that I know of are Ruth, Sandeep, Giles, Thommo, and Jenni in the marathon, and Dave in the 50k ultra. Also many running the Half. Go the Geese!
Speedygeese entrants that I know of are Ruth, Sandeep, Giles, Thommo, and Jenni in the marathon, and Dave in the 50k ultra. Also many running the Half. Go the Geese!
Friday, 31 March 2017
In April, pending weather and other considerations when adjustments will be made, here is a plan.
The speedygeese will revert to some kinds of hill sessions and some longer training sessions on Mondays and Thursdays. April is stuffed full of holidays and marathon recovery days; despite all that we are not missing any sessions. It will be darker with no daylight so headlamps may be required. It will be cooler so winter clothing may be necessary. And participants have the option of doing their own thing. But as for me, I am organised, let's go!
The speedygeese will revert to some kinds of hill sessions and some longer training sessions on Mondays and Thursdays. April is stuffed full of holidays and marathon recovery days; despite all that we are not missing any sessions. It will be darker with no daylight so headlamps may be required. It will be cooler so winter clothing may be necessary. And participants have the option of doing their own thing. But as for me, I am organised, let's go!
| Mon 3 April | hills | Thu 6 April | long intervals |
| Mon 10 April | hills | Thu 13 April | long intervals |
| Mon 17 April | hills | Thu 20 April | long intervals |
| Mon 24 April | hills | Thu 27 April | long intervals |
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Thursday 23 March Parliament House Giles/Brendan/Jen/Isaac/me running oval 200s.
Sunday 26 March Stromlo Forest Park - cancelled
Sunday 26 March Long distance group: An action-packed Speedy Geese long run with a relatively cold start this morning. Nine starters, leaving from Lyons Shops at 7.30am, including guest visitors Shane and Scully, who appeared to be joined by an umbilical cord. All nine finished except Giles, who tripped over a dog at 22.9k and hit his head on the concrete. He didn’t look very happy about it, mostly because he was 100m short of his 23k and wanted to keep running, plus he forgot to turn his Garmin off straight away, as the blood poured from his head, so his average pace was 5 seconds/km slower. He was happy that it happened near the end of the run though. Ewen’s ambulance service came to the rescue and Giles now looks a lot better, with 6 stitches and a black eye.
Distances covered were Ewen and Mhairi 14k (which obviously wasn’t enough for Mhairi, as she was doing hill repeats up Mount Taylor while we drank coffee – mad Scot); Shane & Scully 14 (I think); Giles 22.9; Jen and Sandeep 23; Jacob 25. Dave did a 19k warmup starting at 5.45am and completed 43.3km. With 13 runs over 25k in 10 weeks, including 4 marathons in the past 4 weeks, he's hoping he is ready for a first ever 50k ultra.
Monday 27 March Parliament House. Speedycoach was recovering slowly from surgery so had a day off; the group ran 3 person relays then celebrated Isaac’s 13th birthday. Present were Ruth, Cookie, Colin, David W, Ewen, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Pieta.
With myself and Giles temporarily out of action, sadly illness has also caught up with Sarah-Jayne and she had to scrap plans to run the Buffalo Stampede ultra.
Watching sports programs, I keep seeing Sarah-Jayne on TV all the time. She is more famous than the rest of the speedygeese put together!
Sunday 26 March Stromlo Forest Park - cancelled
Sunday 26 March Long distance group: An action-packed Speedy Geese long run with a relatively cold start this morning. Nine starters, leaving from Lyons Shops at 7.30am, including guest visitors Shane and Scully, who appeared to be joined by an umbilical cord. All nine finished except Giles, who tripped over a dog at 22.9k and hit his head on the concrete. He didn’t look very happy about it, mostly because he was 100m short of his 23k and wanted to keep running, plus he forgot to turn his Garmin off straight away, as the blood poured from his head, so his average pace was 5 seconds/km slower. He was happy that it happened near the end of the run though. Ewen’s ambulance service came to the rescue and Giles now looks a lot better, with 6 stitches and a black eye.
Distances covered were Ewen and Mhairi 14k (which obviously wasn’t enough for Mhairi, as she was doing hill repeats up Mount Taylor while we drank coffee – mad Scot); Shane & Scully 14 (I think); Giles 22.9; Jen and Sandeep 23; Jacob 25. Dave did a 19k warmup starting at 5.45am and completed 43.3km. With 13 runs over 25k in 10 weeks, including 4 marathons in the past 4 weeks, he's hoping he is ready for a first ever 50k ultra.
Monday 27 March Parliament House. Speedycoach was recovering slowly from surgery so had a day off; the group ran 3 person relays then celebrated Isaac’s 13th birthday. Present were Ruth, Cookie, Colin, David W, Ewen, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Pieta.
With myself and Giles temporarily out of action, sadly illness has also caught up with Sarah-Jayne and she had to scrap plans to run the Buffalo Stampede ultra.
Watching sports programs, I keep seeing Sarah-Jayne on TV all the time. She is more famous than the rest of the speedygeese put together!
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
CBR48 marathon 17 March
Peter Thomson 3:58.29
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 21 March
3. Peter Thomson 31:31
6 finishers
AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 21 March
6 Craig Wurtz 18.07
8 finishers
YCRC Summer Series #8 Stromlo Forest Park 5k 21 March
cancelled
ACTVAC Track 23 March
cancelled
Customs 5k 24 March
Colin Farlow 18:52
Peter Thomson 21:55
Craig Wurtz 24:05
Ewen Thompson 30:17
17 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #255 25 March
18 Andrew Simpson 21:12 M45
23 Brendan Belcher 21:38 M30
52 Bron Sparkes 24:26 W40
72 Jacob Miller 26:00 M11
74 Kevin Miller 26:07 M35
121 Ruth Baussmann 29:42 W65
141 Gary Moss 31:53 M70
147 Stephanie Sabadas 33:10 W25
208 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #180 25 March
17 Giles Lamb 20:22 M40
55 Amanda Cook 23:44 W35
253 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #42 25 March
32 Craig Wurtz 21:50 M50
121 Jennie Blake 27:59 W55 **New PB**
232 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #214 25 March
2 David Clarke 19:21 M55
8 Peter Thomson 20:26 M55
16 David Webster 21:23 M65
46 Bronwyn Calver 23:20 W45
66 Ewen Thompson 24:24 M55
83 Pieta Smith 25:26 W40
324 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #47 25 March
52 finishers
ACTVAC Handicap Stromlo Forest Park 8.0k 26 March
9 David Webster M65 35:05 82.6%
28 Ruth Baussmann W65 48:36 72.6
31 Peter Thomson M55 35:23 76.4
37 Craig Wurtz M50 40:10 65.2
43 Jennie Blake W55 48:26 66.5
52 finishers
ACTVAC Handicap Stromlo Forest Park 4.0k 26 March
32 finishers
Celebrating Isaac's 13th birthday
Peter Thomson 3:58.29
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 21 March
3. Peter Thomson 31:31
6 finishers
AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 21 March
6 Craig Wurtz 18.07
8 finishers
YCRC Summer Series #8 Stromlo Forest Park 5k 21 March
cancelled
ACTVAC Track 23 March
cancelled
Customs 5k 24 March
Colin Farlow 18:52
Peter Thomson 21:55
Craig Wurtz 24:05
Ewen Thompson 30:17
17 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #255 25 March
18 Andrew Simpson 21:12 M45
23 Brendan Belcher 21:38 M30
52 Bron Sparkes 24:26 W40
72 Jacob Miller 26:00 M11
74 Kevin Miller 26:07 M35
121 Ruth Baussmann 29:42 W65
141 Gary Moss 31:53 M70
147 Stephanie Sabadas 33:10 W25
208 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #180 25 March
17 Giles Lamb 20:22 M40
55 Amanda Cook 23:44 W35
253 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #42 25 March
32 Craig Wurtz 21:50 M50
121 Jennie Blake 27:59 W55 **New PB**
232 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #214 25 March
2 David Clarke 19:21 M55
8 Peter Thomson 20:26 M55
16 David Webster 21:23 M65
46 Bronwyn Calver 23:20 W45
66 Ewen Thompson 24:24 M55
83 Pieta Smith 25:26 W40
324 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #47 25 March
52 finishers
ACTVAC Handicap Stromlo Forest Park 8.0k 26 March
9 David Webster M65 35:05 82.6%
28 Ruth Baussmann W65 48:36 72.6
31 Peter Thomson M55 35:23 76.4
37 Craig Wurtz M50 40:10 65.2
43 Jennie Blake W55 48:26 66.5
52 finishers
ACTVAC Handicap Stromlo Forest Park 4.0k 26 March
32 finishers
Celebrating Isaac's 13th birthday
Monday, 27 March 2017
Song of the week: Power and the Passion, by Midnight Oil
From https://youtu.be/6pKPNnk-JhE
http://www.midnightoil.com/midnight-oil-announce-the-great-circle-2017-world-tour/
From https://youtu.be/6pKPNnk-JhE
http://www.midnightoil.com/midnight-oil-announce-the-great-circle-2017-world-tour/
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Friday, 24 March 2017
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Thursday 16 March Parliament House Giles/Brendan/Jen/Isaac/Jennie/me Rose Garden 200s
Sunday 19 March Stromlo Forest Park Andrew, me, Gavin (new), Matt (new) ran laps
Sunday 19 March Long distance group from Parliament House. Dave reports: "A tough long run with Speedy Geese this morning - 21k warmup around LBG west and central basin from Parliament House starting at 5.35am, plus 17k with the Speedy Geese crew around Red Hill and 7k around LBG central basin (after losing sight of the others) to make 45k all up. Second last long run before the Canberra Ultra (50k). Felt like crap at the end after a big week (140k). Too tired to take any more pics. Susan and Jen did 16k, Bronwyn 18k, Giles 20k, Warrick 22k, Narelle 24k, Sandeep 25k and Jacob did 26k. Sandeep was bouncing around at the end like he could do another 10k. We regrouped for coffee in Acton, where Ruth joined us after her 34k solo and Richard met us with Mr D. Thanks for shouting the coffee and fruit toast Richard ;-) Perfect weather again.
Monday 20 March Parliament House in light rain we ran 25 minutes of relays on the longer loop from the Rose Gardens. Participating were Cookie, Andy, Colin, Dave, David, Emma, Ewen, Garry, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Pieta, Ruth, Tom, Warrick; and I supervised.
After training, 15 of us enjoyed a dinner and drinks at the Yacht Club.
The speedygeese gathering for their long sunday run
Sunday 19 March Stromlo Forest Park Andrew, me, Gavin (new), Matt (new) ran laps
Sunday 19 March Long distance group from Parliament House. Dave reports: "A tough long run with Speedy Geese this morning - 21k warmup around LBG west and central basin from Parliament House starting at 5.35am, plus 17k with the Speedy Geese crew around Red Hill and 7k around LBG central basin (after losing sight of the others) to make 45k all up. Second last long run before the Canberra Ultra (50k). Felt like crap at the end after a big week (140k). Too tired to take any more pics. Susan and Jen did 16k, Bronwyn 18k, Giles 20k, Warrick 22k, Narelle 24k, Sandeep 25k and Jacob did 26k. Sandeep was bouncing around at the end like he could do another 10k. We regrouped for coffee in Acton, where Ruth joined us after her 34k solo and Richard met us with Mr D. Thanks for shouting the coffee and fruit toast Richard ;-) Perfect weather again.
Monday 20 March Parliament House in light rain we ran 25 minutes of relays on the longer loop from the Rose Gardens. Participating were Cookie, Andy, Colin, Dave, David, Emma, Ewen, Garry, Isaac, Jen, Jennie, Pieta, Ruth, Tom, Warrick; and I supervised.
After training, 15 of us enjoyed a dinner and drinks at the Yacht Club.
The speedygeese gathering for their long sunday run
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 14 March
3. Craig Wurtz 28:37
15. Peter Thomson 29:01
17. Ewen Thompson 35:25
17 finishers
YCRC Summer Series #7 Stirling Ridge 4.8k 14 March
8. Jennifer Bright W40 22:28
9. Isaac Muscat M14 22:29
11. Peter Thomson M55 22:58
15. Craig Wurtz M50 23:56
19. Ewen Thompson M55 26:46
29 finishers
ACTVAC Track 16 March
3000m
M55 Colin Farlow 10:40.45 81.8%
M50 Craig Wurtz 12:40.86 67.2
M55 Ewen Thompson 14:51.21 60.9
W65 Ruth Baussmann 16:38.34 74.0
800m
M55 Colin Farlow 2:26.57 82.8%
M50 Craig Wurtz 2:58.29 66.3
Spiral 7
10 Ruth Baussmann W65 16:23
11 Craig Wurtz M50 13:08
13 Ewen Thompson M55 16:46
15 finishers
Customs 5k 17 March
7 Colin Farlow 19:02
10 Ewen Thompson 30:11
12 Craig Wurtz 24:23
13 Giles Lamb 24:14
17 Peter Thomson 30:41
17 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #254 18 March
20 Brendan Belcher 21:15 M30
117 Ruth Baussmann 28:51 W65 *100th parkrun*
118 Geoff Moore 28:52 M65
193 Bron Sparkes 39:59 W40
234 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #179 18 March
22 Giles Lamb 21:25 M40
255 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #41 18 March
22 Craig Wurtz 21:25 M50
209 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #213 18 March
44 Bronwyn Calver 23:02 W45
59 Ewen Thompson 24:07 M55
157 Thomas Howieson 29:32 M11 **New PB**
202 Jessica Howieson 32:09 W10 **New PB**
203 Warrick Howieson 32:11 M45
338 Peter Thomson 70:47 M55
339 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #46 18 March
31 finishers
Albert 5k parkrun #278 18 March
74 Amanda Cook 22:38 W35
360 finishers
St Peters 5k parkrun #268 18 March
16 David Clarke 20:20
184 finishers
Thommo running his 48th marathon - round and round the athletic track at the AIS, Friday night.
3. Craig Wurtz 28:37
15. Peter Thomson 29:01
17. Ewen Thompson 35:25
17 finishers
YCRC Summer Series #7 Stirling Ridge 4.8k 14 March
8. Jennifer Bright W40 22:28
9. Isaac Muscat M14 22:29
11. Peter Thomson M55 22:58
15. Craig Wurtz M50 23:56
19. Ewen Thompson M55 26:46
29 finishers
ACTVAC Track 16 March
3000m
M55 Colin Farlow 10:40.45 81.8%
M50 Craig Wurtz 12:40.86 67.2
M55 Ewen Thompson 14:51.21 60.9
W65 Ruth Baussmann 16:38.34 74.0
800m
M55 Colin Farlow 2:26.57 82.8%
M50 Craig Wurtz 2:58.29 66.3
Spiral 7
10 Ruth Baussmann W65 16:23
11 Craig Wurtz M50 13:08
13 Ewen Thompson M55 16:46
15 finishers
Customs 5k 17 March
7 Colin Farlow 19:02
10 Ewen Thompson 30:11
12 Craig Wurtz 24:23
13 Giles Lamb 24:14
17 Peter Thomson 30:41
17 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #254 18 March
20 Brendan Belcher 21:15 M30
117 Ruth Baussmann 28:51 W65 *100th parkrun*
118 Geoff Moore 28:52 M65
193 Bron Sparkes 39:59 W40
234 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #179 18 March
22 Giles Lamb 21:25 M40
255 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #41 18 March
22 Craig Wurtz 21:25 M50
209 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #213 18 March
44 Bronwyn Calver 23:02 W45
59 Ewen Thompson 24:07 M55
157 Thomas Howieson 29:32 M11 **New PB**
202 Jessica Howieson 32:09 W10 **New PB**
203 Warrick Howieson 32:11 M45
338 Peter Thomson 70:47 M55
339 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #46 18 March
31 finishers
Albert 5k parkrun #278 18 March
74 Amanda Cook 22:38 W35
360 finishers
St Peters 5k parkrun #268 18 March
16 David Clarke 20:20
184 finishers
Thommo running his 48th marathon - round and round the athletic track at the AIS, Friday night.
Sunday, 19 March 2017
I usually give the following advice for people running their first marathon:
(a) Long term preparation. You probably need more time than you think to prepare for your first marathon. Deek said ten years; I ran my first after 13 years of running, the last two or three years more specific long slow distance then cross country racing. I think the problem is that people get sucked into seeing the marathon as an early goal in their running career, when it should probably be the culmination of a long and successful career racing shorter distances. As I often say, train for the marathon, but don't even think about racing one.
(b) Short term preparation. I advise that four months before any marathon, you should be comfortable already having built up to your longest training distances. Then in the last four months you can be more specific, doing shorter tempo runs and speed work while maintaining those long training weeks, doing a half marathon dress rehearsal 3-5 weeks before the marathon, and staying well.
(c) How many marathons? Once or maybe twice a year, maximum.
(d) Recovery. Don't stop dead after the marathon, jog! Get the body moving again as soon as practicable, and you will experience a better recovery. And don't ever race or do speed work the week after the marathon, however good you feel.
(e) The race itself. Pacing: My advice to first time marathoners is simply to aim to finish. Not too slowly, you don't want to be out there all day. Not too fast early, there's nothing worse than blowing up and having hundreds pass you in the second half. The best advice is to start off slow and steady and relaxed. After about 15k look at moving up in the field, still relaxed but with an increased perceived effort. After 30k, running with a determination to run strong for 5k. After 35k, throwing caution to the winds and charging towards the finish.
(f) Race plan: know the course; ignore the opposition, stay focused on your own performance, and quietly move as quickly and efficiently as your preparation allows. Despite what I said about aiming "just to finish", have a plan, and be flexible. Don't sprint to catch up if you fall behind; just revert to your planned pace as best you can.
(g) Time predictor: Everyone is different. You probably don't know how to adjust projected times for your circumstances until after you have run a few marathons. If you have established what your "time predictor curve" is, then the predictor becomes useful. For example I could subtract about 7 minutes from my marathon predicted time based on my 5k/10k/half times to get a more accurate prediction. And it is true that, knocking a minute off your 5k times, say, means an 8 minute faster marathon, if you are doing marathon training. So predictors are useful, but don't believe them!
In my early marathon days my plan contained: mnemonics for each segment of the race (All my races, whatever distances, I partitioned so that I could concentrate on one segment at a time); a few options in mind for race tactics (I was trying to win; such considerations you may not find necessary, or do you have a bitter rival you have to beat?); a checklist for the morning of the race (no attempt to sleep for very long; spaghetti breakfast 5 hours before start time, items to take, etc), and time goals for each segment, taking course and conditions into account.
It might be useful to say that for the last 7k I added times to what was on my watch, to calculate a finish time to strike for, I did that every kilometre until the end. Not worrying about what might have happened; looking ahead to what was to come.
But the first marathon had minimal preparation; after that there were real goals.
OK, I typed this off the top of my head. later I might review things I wrote years ago, and update this. Happy marathoning!
Margaret and I at yesterday's parkrun. Not even thinking about marathons any more.
(a) Long term preparation. You probably need more time than you think to prepare for your first marathon. Deek said ten years; I ran my first after 13 years of running, the last two or three years more specific long slow distance then cross country racing. I think the problem is that people get sucked into seeing the marathon as an early goal in their running career, when it should probably be the culmination of a long and successful career racing shorter distances. As I often say, train for the marathon, but don't even think about racing one.
(b) Short term preparation. I advise that four months before any marathon, you should be comfortable already having built up to your longest training distances. Then in the last four months you can be more specific, doing shorter tempo runs and speed work while maintaining those long training weeks, doing a half marathon dress rehearsal 3-5 weeks before the marathon, and staying well.
(c) How many marathons? Once or maybe twice a year, maximum.
(d) Recovery. Don't stop dead after the marathon, jog! Get the body moving again as soon as practicable, and you will experience a better recovery. And don't ever race or do speed work the week after the marathon, however good you feel.
(e) The race itself. Pacing: My advice to first time marathoners is simply to aim to finish. Not too slowly, you don't want to be out there all day. Not too fast early, there's nothing worse than blowing up and having hundreds pass you in the second half. The best advice is to start off slow and steady and relaxed. After about 15k look at moving up in the field, still relaxed but with an increased perceived effort. After 30k, running with a determination to run strong for 5k. After 35k, throwing caution to the winds and charging towards the finish.
(f) Race plan: know the course; ignore the opposition, stay focused on your own performance, and quietly move as quickly and efficiently as your preparation allows. Despite what I said about aiming "just to finish", have a plan, and be flexible. Don't sprint to catch up if you fall behind; just revert to your planned pace as best you can.
(g) Time predictor: Everyone is different. You probably don't know how to adjust projected times for your circumstances until after you have run a few marathons. If you have established what your "time predictor curve" is, then the predictor becomes useful. For example I could subtract about 7 minutes from my marathon predicted time based on my 5k/10k/half times to get a more accurate prediction. And it is true that, knocking a minute off your 5k times, say, means an 8 minute faster marathon, if you are doing marathon training. So predictors are useful, but don't believe them!
In my early marathon days my plan contained: mnemonics for each segment of the race (All my races, whatever distances, I partitioned so that I could concentrate on one segment at a time); a few options in mind for race tactics (I was trying to win; such considerations you may not find necessary, or do you have a bitter rival you have to beat?); a checklist for the morning of the race (no attempt to sleep for very long; spaghetti breakfast 5 hours before start time, items to take, etc), and time goals for each segment, taking course and conditions into account.
It might be useful to say that for the last 7k I added times to what was on my watch, to calculate a finish time to strike for, I did that every kilometre until the end. Not worrying about what might have happened; looking ahead to what was to come.
But the first marathon had minimal preparation; after that there were real goals.
OK, I typed this off the top of my head. later I might review things I wrote years ago, and update this. Happy marathoning!
Margaret and I at yesterday's parkrun. Not even thinking about marathons any more.
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Friday, 17 March 2017
With the Canberra Marathon coming up, here is a picture of the leaders in the Canberra marathon on 5th November 1978.
Garry Hand (on the left) ended up 7th that day, and I ended up winning in what is still my PB.
Note that this was the last time Garry finished behind me in any marathon.
If I am ever to do a new PB it will be out of an airplane.
Garry Hand (on the left) ended up 7th that day, and I ended up winning in what is still my PB.
Note that this was the last time Garry finished behind me in any marathon.
If I am ever to do a new PB it will be out of an airplane.
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Monday will be Garry's last day for a while ... so we are having our next speedygeese dinner on Monday 20 March at Snapper on the lake... 7:00pm straight after training. Those who attended last time enjoyed the venue!
A reminder about training:
>Every Monday 5:30pm at Parliament House
>Every Thursday at 5:30pm at Parliament House
>Every Sunday at 7:30am at Stromlo Forest Park, grass intervals, and
>On Sundays also at 7:30am, a large group of speedygeese are running very long distances. Different venues. Check "The Speedygeese Calendar of events" post at the head of the blog if you are interested.
and all welcome to Snapper, whether you get to training or not!
Some speedygeese who won't be at Monday's dinner...
They'd sooner stay at the ski resort in Breckenridge, Colorado
A reminder about training:
>Every Monday 5:30pm at Parliament House
>Every Thursday at 5:30pm at Parliament House
>Every Sunday at 7:30am at Stromlo Forest Park, grass intervals, and
>On Sundays also at 7:30am, a large group of speedygeese are running very long distances. Different venues. Check "The Speedygeese Calendar of events" post at the head of the blog if you are interested.
and all welcome to Snapper, whether you get to training or not!
Some speedygeese who won't be at Monday's dinner...
They'd sooner stay at the ski resort in Breckenridge, Colorado
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Thursday 9 March at Parliament House we ran Rose Garden 200s: Jen, Isaac, Giles, Sandeep running 12 on 2:30; Jennie, Steph 10 on 3:00; me supervising.
On Sunday 12 March at Stromlo Forest Park Andrew and I trained on the grass track as usual, while elsewhere the distance group report follows [thanks Dave]:
Every Sunday morning has been perfect for running at this time of year. Today’s Speedy Geese long run saw 8 starters, with 4 doing the 14k short course (Ewen, Susan, Bron, and Isaac) and 4 doing the 24k long course (Mhairi, Jen, Sandeep and me [Dave]). The long course was actually supposed to be 22k but we missed a turnoff that I didn’t know we were supposed to be looking for – the benefits of old age ;-). Sandeep and Dave did a warmup on the grass track, with Sandeep doing a total of 34k and looking strong at the end, and Dave added a lap of the short course to total 44k at 5:09 pace (happy with that). The practice run with Jen on Wednesday proved fruitful and we adjusted the course to avoid the bull and the construction sites and fences, although we still had a few surprises along the way, including cows that acted like bulls and an entire field covered completely in cow poo. Stromlo café had the pleasure of our company for the usual post run banter, although I was a bit miffed when they locked the door while we sat outside on the balcony… something to do with the wind apparently (not Jen’s). I thought maybe it was what was on the soles of our shoes.
Monday 13 March Parliament House Dave and Sandeep ran around in the distance, recovering from their Sunday by doing more of the same; I supervised; running Parliament House Rose Garden relays were Andrew, Garry, Colin; Ruth, Jennie, Jessica; Warrick, Andy, Ewen; and Tom.
Our group dinner after Monday training will be at Snapper: next Monday, 20 March.
Sunday runners ready for action
On Sunday 12 March at Stromlo Forest Park Andrew and I trained on the grass track as usual, while elsewhere the distance group report follows [thanks Dave]:
Every Sunday morning has been perfect for running at this time of year. Today’s Speedy Geese long run saw 8 starters, with 4 doing the 14k short course (Ewen, Susan, Bron, and Isaac) and 4 doing the 24k long course (Mhairi, Jen, Sandeep and me [Dave]). The long course was actually supposed to be 22k but we missed a turnoff that I didn’t know we were supposed to be looking for – the benefits of old age ;-). Sandeep and Dave did a warmup on the grass track, with Sandeep doing a total of 34k and looking strong at the end, and Dave added a lap of the short course to total 44k at 5:09 pace (happy with that). The practice run with Jen on Wednesday proved fruitful and we adjusted the course to avoid the bull and the construction sites and fences, although we still had a few surprises along the way, including cows that acted like bulls and an entire field covered completely in cow poo. Stromlo café had the pleasure of our company for the usual post run banter, although I was a bit miffed when they locked the door while we sat outside on the balcony… something to do with the wind apparently (not Jen’s). I thought maybe it was what was on the soles of our shoes.
Monday 13 March Parliament House Dave and Sandeep ran around in the distance, recovering from their Sunday by doing more of the same; I supervised; running Parliament House Rose Garden relays were Andrew, Garry, Colin; Ruth, Jennie, Jessica; Warrick, Andy, Ewen; and Tom.
Our group dinner after Monday training will be at Snapper: next Monday, 20 March.
Sunday runners ready for action
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