I am having a short break from posting - will catch up later - so here are a few advance posts.
So this is Christmas
1 year ago
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Monday, 30 April 2018
Sunday, 29 April 2018
Saturday, 28 April 2018
Friday, 27 April 2018
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
First up we have the Kingston Physio West Basin 10 mile (16.1 km) event at 7.30 am on Saturday 28 April. This is a great lead up race for those aiming for the YCRC Half Marathon, as well as a good opportunity to run an iconic distance along a scenic course. In addition, Craig Wisdom from Kingston Physio provides a great range of prizes for this event, including barrel draws. So make sure you come along to have a run for a chance to win, and to get your first points in the winter pointscore series.
Our winter series events need volunteers to help with jobs like timing, marshaling and recording. These roles are not complicated or arduous, but our events can't happen without them. If you can help out at any of our winter series races, please contact Dave Osmond at davo.osmond@gmail.com.
Early bird entries for the Half Marathon close on 30 April, so get in now to save yourself $20! Registration is at https://www.registernow.com.
We also need volunteers for the Half Marathon weekend (26 and 27 May). A variety of roles are available, including setup, pack up, drink stations and marshaling. Experienced runners of any speed can volunteer to be a pacer and get free entry.
Timeslots are:
- Saturday set-up - from 10am for a couple of hours
- Saturday races- from 1pm for a couple of hours
- Sunday half- from 7.30 onwards until the race finishes
We will have free snacks and free coffee for volunteers on the Sunday, and there are some gift vouchers just for volunteers who work on either day that will be drawn on the Sunday.
If you can help out, please contact the volunteer co-ordinator, Kat Knope (kat.knope@gmail.com) and mention what time/day you are available, and what you would like to do, if you have a preference. If you’re volunteering as pacer, mention know what time you’re interested in doing.
The Women and Girls’ Jogalong will continue on Sunday 6 May starting at 9.00am.There will be a slight change of check in procedures, to ensure all runners are registered correctly before the event. All members running in the 3k and 6k events will need to get their names checked off the lists at the registration tables. Then 3k runners, and new or returning runners who need a handicap will then go to the respective tables for these activities. If you think you are a member and your name is not on the list we will ask you to complete a one-day registration form, but not charge you the registration fee (we have had a few cases where names have been incorrectly recorded on the membership system).
A reminder that we are still looking for someone to take on the role of preparing the Jogalong Jottings. If we can’t fill this position, we may have to move to an electronic only version. If you are able to help out, contact Lucy Jones at Lucy.Jones@abs.gov.au or Annemarie Calnan at annemariecalnan@icloud.com.
And finally, please take the time to register your vote for the YCRC’s Dave Osmond in the ACT Volunteer of the Year awards. Dave is the quiet achiever behind most of our Club events (and has been for many years) as well as being our Treasurer and taking on several other roles. A lot of Club operations wouldn’t happen without his many hours of effort. So say thank you to Dave and go to http://vc-act.org.au/ before voting closes on 29 April (click on the ‘Vote Here’ button at the top of the page).
Upcoming events
- 7.30 am Saturday 28 April – Kingston Physio West Basin 10 mile at Black Mountain Peninsula
- 12.45 pm Saturday 5 May – North Lyneham 2/3.1/6.2 km at Salkaukus Cr, North Lyneham
- 9.00 am Sunday 6 May – Jogalong 1.6/3/6km at Weston Park
- 12.45 pm Saturday 19 May - Stromlo Forest Park 2/4/6 km
- 2.00 pm Saturday 26 May - YMCA Canberra Half Marathon Eve 2/5 km, Lennox Gardens, Flynn Drive, Yarralumla
- 8.00 am Sunday 27 May - YMCA Canberra Half Marathon, Lennox Gardens, Flynn Drive, Yarralumla
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
YCRC Women's 6k Jogalong 1 April
20. Kathy Sims W65 30:04
29. Caroline Campbell W75 36:54
43. Nadine Morrison W45 30:14
55 finishers
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 17 April
3. Ewen Thompson 37:33
5. Carolyne Kramar 48:12
6. Roger Pilkington 41:16
10. Ricky Somerville 33:07
11. Michael Thomson 31:43
12. Peter Thomson 31:14
13 finishers
AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 17 April
11 Craig Wurtz 18.28
11 finishers
Customs Joggers 5k 20 April
1 James O'Neill 24:37
2 Peter Thomson 23:49
3 Roger Pilkington 29:24
11 Craig Wurtz 24:34
12 Ewen Thompson 33:24
14 Giles Lamb 21:49
16 Yili Zhu 23:48
17 Bill Arthur 30:25
20 Carolyne Kramar 53:03
20 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #310 21 April
19 Gavin Mongan 21:18 M35
27 William Barlow 21:56 M35
54 Kevin Miller 24:39 M40
55 Chloe Miller 24:40 W11
65 Jacob Miller 25:13 M11
66 Celina Miller 25:14 W35
68 David Baussmann 25:20 M65
84 Brendan Belcher 26:36 M35
88 Geoff Moore 27:00 M65
107 Roger Pilkington 28:11 M55
109 Jack Simpson 28:19 M10 **New PB**
110 Andrew Simpson 28:19 M45
204 Yelena Pearson 36:02 W35
214 Alyssa Quarmby 37:42 W11 **First Timer**
215 Jennie Blake 37:42 W60
269 Cathy Newman 50:34 W55
297 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #269 21 April
30 James O'Neill 22:55 M50
60 Jason Lewis 24:07 M40
102 Chris Gammon 26:00 M55
120 Bronwyn Calver 27:11 W45
158 Ewen Thompson 29:27 M60
354 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #238 21 April
13 Giles Lamb 20:30 M40
35 Nadine Morrison 22:37 W45
90 Lisa McDonald 26:44 W40 **New PB**
147 William Arthur 30:10 M65
172 Margaret McSpadden 31:46 W70
330 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #98 21 April
30 Craig Wurtz 22:00 M50
56 Kelley Horan 23:49 W55
242 Carolyne Kramar 47:37 W50
251 finishers
Coombs 5k parkrun #6 21 April
35 Pieta Smith 24:52 W40
95 Andrew Smith 31:33 M45
137 finishers
Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #51 21 April
1 Bernardo Palma 19:15 M30
14 Amanda Cook 26:10 W40
15 Helen Northey 27:09 W40 **New PB**
87 finishers
Goulburn 5k parkrun #111 21 April
154 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #103 21 April
42 Victoria Hennig 28:20 W55
68 finishers
Cooks River 5k parkrun #171 21 April
7 David Clarke 20:53 M55
123 finishers
I assume this is not part of the new Mount Ainslie parkrun course?!
20. Kathy Sims W65 30:04
29. Caroline Campbell W75 36:54
43. Nadine Morrison W45 30:14
55 finishers
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 17 April
3. Ewen Thompson 37:33
5. Carolyne Kramar 48:12
6. Roger Pilkington 41:16
10. Ricky Somerville 33:07
11. Michael Thomson 31:43
12. Peter Thomson 31:14
13 finishers
AMRA Black Mountain Run-up 2.6k 17 April
11 Craig Wurtz 18.28
11 finishers
Customs Joggers 5k 20 April
1 James O'Neill 24:37
2 Peter Thomson 23:49
3 Roger Pilkington 29:24
11 Craig Wurtz 24:34
12 Ewen Thompson 33:24
14 Giles Lamb 21:49
16 Yili Zhu 23:48
17 Bill Arthur 30:25
20 Carolyne Kramar 53:03
20 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #310 21 April
19 Gavin Mongan 21:18 M35
27 William Barlow 21:56 M35
54 Kevin Miller 24:39 M40
55 Chloe Miller 24:40 W11
65 Jacob Miller 25:13 M11
66 Celina Miller 25:14 W35
68 David Baussmann 25:20 M65
84 Brendan Belcher 26:36 M35
88 Geoff Moore 27:00 M65
107 Roger Pilkington 28:11 M55
109 Jack Simpson 28:19 M10 **New PB**
110 Andrew Simpson 28:19 M45
204 Yelena Pearson 36:02 W35
214 Alyssa Quarmby 37:42 W11 **First Timer**
215 Jennie Blake 37:42 W60
269 Cathy Newman 50:34 W55
297 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #269 21 April
30 James O'Neill 22:55 M50
60 Jason Lewis 24:07 M40
102 Chris Gammon 26:00 M55
120 Bronwyn Calver 27:11 W45
158 Ewen Thompson 29:27 M60
354 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #238 21 April
13 Giles Lamb 20:30 M40
35 Nadine Morrison 22:37 W45
90 Lisa McDonald 26:44 W40 **New PB**
147 William Arthur 30:10 M65
172 Margaret McSpadden 31:46 W70
330 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #98 21 April
30 Craig Wurtz 22:00 M50
56 Kelley Horan 23:49 W55
242 Carolyne Kramar 47:37 W50
251 finishers
Coombs 5k parkrun #6 21 April
35 Pieta Smith 24:52 W40
95 Andrew Smith 31:33 M45
137 finishers
Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #51 21 April
1 Bernardo Palma 19:15 M30
14 Amanda Cook 26:10 W40
15 Helen Northey 27:09 W40 **New PB**
87 finishers
Goulburn 5k parkrun #111 21 April
154 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #103 21 April
42 Victoria Hennig 28:20 W55
68 finishers
Cooks River 5k parkrun #171 21 April
7 David Clarke 20:53 M55
123 finishers
I assume this is not part of the new Mount Ainslie parkrun course?!
Monday, 23 April 2018
There is something about this videoclip that I find very haunting.
Song of the Week "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen.
From https://youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A
Song of the Week "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen.
From https://youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Priorities
Goal setting
All-of-life changes not only physically but also spiritually, mentally, emotionally, relationally.
Establishing priority and organising time are part and parcel of the life of a runner.
The importance of dreaming, planning, committing, and doing.
Dreaming – what do you want to be doing in 5, 10, 20 years’ time?
Set some long term goals.
Be excited about getting up each day and doing something to progress.
Planning - A long “list of things to do” which will never run out, so...
Spend a little time planning to make sure the important things get done.
Committing – consistency, communication, commitment are the three “Cs”, on the path to fulfilling our dreams.
Recently “common sense” was a "C" when I couldn’t remember that “Communication” was one of them.
Doing – Involve other people, act as a group.
Team-work is the secret behind accomplishing our goals.
When it’s not just you but many others participating in your activity, you will bound out of bed in the morning looking forward to your day.
Goal setting
All-of-life changes not only physically but also spiritually, mentally, emotionally, relationally.
Establishing priority and organising time are part and parcel of the life of a runner.
The importance of dreaming, planning, committing, and doing.
Dreaming – what do you want to be doing in 5, 10, 20 years’ time?
Set some long term goals.
Be excited about getting up each day and doing something to progress.
Planning - A long “list of things to do” which will never run out, so...
Spend a little time planning to make sure the important things get done.
Committing – consistency, communication, commitment are the three “Cs”, on the path to fulfilling our dreams.
Recently “common sense” was a "C" when I couldn’t remember that “Communication” was one of them.
Doing – Involve other people, act as a group.
Team-work is the secret behind accomplishing our goals.
When it’s not just you but many others participating in your activity, you will bound out of bed in the morning looking forward to your day.
Friday, 20 April 2018
Sunday 15 April long run report [Jen] On a miserable windy cold Sunday morning - it was of course the Canberra marathon weekend.
A few of us gathered for an unofficial run at 7am at Cooleman ridge.
(While many geese had already set off in flight in their various races at the Australian running festival)
The night before it had been established that a mysterious person had infiltrated our running discussion message group.
Other than discovering she had been impersonating a well-known runner in Canberra we haven’t yet discovered how she came to be there.
With this mystery still in the air we arrived with a big shock - it was 7am and where was Helen!!
She said she was coming??? So we searched high and low - literally in the bushes, under the car... with no success 😟.
It was becoming more and more like an Agatha Christie novel - eerie weather.... strange people appearing in weird places. And other people disappearing in thin air!
We were just about to set off when someone cried “where is Dave!!!!”
Apparently Thach had just found Dave in his car with his head hunched over the steering wheel. Thach declared that Dave looked like he was dead 😱 😱... oh no now we have a body 😳 😳.
They say runners always find the body 😬 😬.
Luckily for us, it was discovered that Thach just didn’t care enough about Dave to investigate any further and that Dave was just have a rather early nanna nap (wonder if this has anything to do with impending 60th birthday next month?)
Finally to continue the theme of missing or weird behaviour - we set off 5 minutes late after coaxing Dave from his cosy nook in his car to discover that he went AWOL after only one kilometre.
He stated later that 3.8 kilometres was a befitting long run for his poor old, sore, tired, cold body.
Anyhow after that rather long introduction here are the facts and stats:
Sarah, Shiree, Thach did around 30ks around Cooleman and beyond
Warrick, Pieta, Isaac and I did 10k. (With Warrick doing a further 9k, Pieta and I another 12k - supporting people at the run festival)
[Edit: for running festival results see last Tuesday's post]
Monday 16 April at Parliament House: 10 x 100m hills, leg speed emphasised, then followed by 10 x 200m top>bottom>top of hill. Pretty much exhausted by the session were Bernado, Jen, Isaac, Bron, Dom, Pieta, Ricky, Tori, Craig, Warrick, Dave, someone else as I was sure there were 12? I supervised and Christopher was seen in the vicinity. Who lost their parking ticket? What other person rode their bicycle through the entry gates? Did he manage to get a new parking ticket?
Thursday 19 April: Speedygeese at Parliament house tonight doing 5x 600 (300) + 300 were Jen, Isaac, Dave, Brendan, Craig, Ricky and me supervising after an early 5k jog.
Everyone was puffin after Monday night's exhausting hill session.
A few of us gathered for an unofficial run at 7am at Cooleman ridge.
(While many geese had already set off in flight in their various races at the Australian running festival)
The night before it had been established that a mysterious person had infiltrated our running discussion message group.
Other than discovering she had been impersonating a well-known runner in Canberra we haven’t yet discovered how she came to be there.
With this mystery still in the air we arrived with a big shock - it was 7am and where was Helen!!
She said she was coming??? So we searched high and low - literally in the bushes, under the car... with no success 😟.
It was becoming more and more like an Agatha Christie novel - eerie weather.... strange people appearing in weird places. And other people disappearing in thin air!
We were just about to set off when someone cried “where is Dave!!!!”
Apparently Thach had just found Dave in his car with his head hunched over the steering wheel. Thach declared that Dave looked like he was dead 😱 😱... oh no now we have a body 😳 😳.
They say runners always find the body 😬 😬.
Luckily for us, it was discovered that Thach just didn’t care enough about Dave to investigate any further and that Dave was just have a rather early nanna nap (wonder if this has anything to do with impending 60th birthday next month?)
Finally to continue the theme of missing or weird behaviour - we set off 5 minutes late after coaxing Dave from his cosy nook in his car to discover that he went AWOL after only one kilometre.
He stated later that 3.8 kilometres was a befitting long run for his poor old, sore, tired, cold body.
Anyhow after that rather long introduction here are the facts and stats:
Sarah, Shiree, Thach did around 30ks around Cooleman and beyond
Warrick, Pieta, Isaac and I did 10k. (With Warrick doing a further 9k, Pieta and I another 12k - supporting people at the run festival)
[Edit: for running festival results see last Tuesday's post]
Monday 16 April at Parliament House: 10 x 100m hills, leg speed emphasised, then followed by 10 x 200m top>bottom>top of hill. Pretty much exhausted by the session were Bernado, Jen, Isaac, Bron, Dom, Pieta, Ricky, Tori, Craig, Warrick, Dave, someone else as I was sure there were 12? I supervised and Christopher was seen in the vicinity. Who lost their parking ticket? What other person rode their bicycle through the entry gates? Did he manage to get a new parking ticket?
Thursday 19 April: Speedygeese at Parliament house tonight doing 5x 600 (300) + 300 were Jen, Isaac, Dave, Brendan, Craig, Ricky and me supervising after an early 5k jog.
Everyone was puffin after Monday night's exhausting hill session.
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 10 April
2. Ricky Somerville 32:57
4. James O'Neill 32:48
7. Ewen Thompson 42:48
10. Roger Pilkington 39:37
12. Nicole Bruce 36:29
13. Sandeep Chandra 36:31
14. Michael Thompson 29:52
19. Carolyne Kramar 67:06
19 finishers
Customs Joggers 5k 13 April
2 Ricky Somerville 35:19
4 Jacob Grooby 21:17
7 Ewen Thompson 32:47
10 Craig Wurtz 24:23
14 Colin Farlow 19:42
15 Roger Pilkington 31:25
18 Peter Thomson 26:19
20 Carolyne Kramar 49:50
20 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #309 14 April
11 Andrew Simpson 21:24 M45
22 Jane Lilley 22:36 W45
35 David Baussmann 24:04 M65
39 William Barlow 24:25 M35
57 Janene Kingston 25:58 W50
71 Molly Lilley 26:53 W11
119 Brendan Belcher 30:39 M35
164 Yelena Pearson 36:46 W35
173 Ruth Baussmann 38:02 W65
199 Carolyne Kramar 43:35 W50
236 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #268 14 April
5 Nigel England 20:49 M55
7 David Clarke 21:25 M55
85 Kerron Clare 29:00 W50
129 Ewen Thompson 32:42 M60
236 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #237 14 April
25 Nadine Morrison 23:03 W45
171 Margaret McSpadden 35:37 W70
243 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #97 14 April
23 Craig Wurtz 21:54 M50
74 Elizabeth Bennett 25:34 W55
186 Helen Way 34:50 W50
244 finishers
Coombs 5k parkrun #5 14 April
88 finishers
Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #50 14 April
1 Bernardo Palma 20:00 M30
62 finishers
Goulburn parkrun #10 14 April
111 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #102 14 April
35 finishers
Australian Running Festival 5k 14 April
25 Kylie Malone 21:10
192 Lisa McDonald 27:27
1,190 other finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival 10k 14 April
1,544 finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival Half Marathon 15 April
226 David Webster 1:37:28
699 Peter Simpfendorfer 1:50:58
871 Liz Simpfendorfer 1:55:48
1,935 Margaret McSpadden 2:32:41 **winner W70**
William Barlow 1:28+, not in the results
2,154 other finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival Marathon 15 April
125 Shuji Iwasaki 3:22:02
192 Giles Lamb 3:31:29
245 Brendan Belcher 3:38:58
248 Amanda Cook 3:40:21
519 Jinny Lay 4:04:31
537 James O’Neill 4:06:34
557 Michael Thompson 4:09.40
587 Sandeep Chandra 4:12:59
670 Shane Wright 4:25:58
723 Peter Thompson 4:31:25
724 Roger Pilkington 4:32:42
742 Ruth Baussmann 4:37:48
862 Jennie Blake 5:00:36
942 Bill Arthur 5:39:27
986 finishers
Australian Running Festival 50k Ultra Marathon 15 April
8 Jeff Grey 3:59:14
86 Chris Gammon 5:06:01
181 finishers
Some ran further than 50k!
Australian Running Festival 15 April
Full results http://live.tiktok.biz/results/canberramarathon/2018
And finally
This weekend just gone saw an epic Buffalo Stampede, where the weather is usually reserved for baking sunshine and sticky temperatures. Instead, it was almost sub zero conditions, river bed like creeks flowing down mountains and even snow. In short, it was crazy out there by all accounts, so much so that the decision was made to halt the ultra event on the Saturday around 3:30pm because conditions were becoming so hazardous.
In the two main races, the ultra and the marathon (reduced by 4kms), Lucy Bartholomew (10hrs 37mins) and Steph Auston (4hrs 16mins) won their ladies races respectively. While in the men’s race, Martin Kern continued his awesome form with a win in the ultra in 8hrs 55mins and Dominic Perry a win in the marathon in 3hrs 44mins.
For the rest of the podiums:
Female ultra
2nd – Christine Hopkins in 11hrs 44mins
3rd – Maureen Stachowicz in 12hrs 3mins
Men’s ultra
2nd – Ryan Lowe in 9hrs 45mins
3rd – Ross Hopkins in 9hrs 56mins
Female Marathon
2nd – Sarah-Jayne Miller in 4hrs 25mins
3rd – Jessica Collins in 4hrs 34mins
Sarah-Jayne at the Buffalo Stampede **2nd place**
2. Ricky Somerville 32:57
4. James O'Neill 32:48
7. Ewen Thompson 42:48
10. Roger Pilkington 39:37
12. Nicole Bruce 36:29
13. Sandeep Chandra 36:31
14. Michael Thompson 29:52
19. Carolyne Kramar 67:06
19 finishers
Customs Joggers 5k 13 April
2 Ricky Somerville 35:19
4 Jacob Grooby 21:17
7 Ewen Thompson 32:47
10 Craig Wurtz 24:23
14 Colin Farlow 19:42
15 Roger Pilkington 31:25
18 Peter Thomson 26:19
20 Carolyne Kramar 49:50
20 finishers
Ginninderra 5k parkrun #309 14 April
11 Andrew Simpson 21:24 M45
22 Jane Lilley 22:36 W45
35 David Baussmann 24:04 M65
39 William Barlow 24:25 M35
57 Janene Kingston 25:58 W50
71 Molly Lilley 26:53 W11
119 Brendan Belcher 30:39 M35
164 Yelena Pearson 36:46 W35
173 Ruth Baussmann 38:02 W65
199 Carolyne Kramar 43:35 W50
236 finishers
Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #268 14 April
5 Nigel England 20:49 M55
7 David Clarke 21:25 M55
85 Kerron Clare 29:00 W50
129 Ewen Thompson 32:42 M60
236 finishers
Gungahlin 5k parkrun #237 14 April
25 Nadine Morrison 23:03 W45
171 Margaret McSpadden 35:37 W70
243 finishers
Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #97 14 April
23 Craig Wurtz 21:54 M50
74 Elizabeth Bennett 25:34 W55
186 Helen Way 34:50 W50
244 finishers
Coombs 5k parkrun #5 14 April
88 finishers
Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #50 14 April
1 Bernardo Palma 20:00 M30
62 finishers
Goulburn parkrun #10 14 April
111 finishers
Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #102 14 April
35 finishers
Australian Running Festival 5k 14 April
25 Kylie Malone 21:10
192 Lisa McDonald 27:27
1,190 other finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival 10k 14 April
1,544 finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival Half Marathon 15 April
226 David Webster 1:37:28
699 Peter Simpfendorfer 1:50:58
871 Liz Simpfendorfer 1:55:48
1,935 Margaret McSpadden 2:32:41 **winner W70**
William Barlow 1:28+, not in the results
2,154 other finishers, I didn’t go through all the results!
Australian Running Festival Marathon 15 April
125 Shuji Iwasaki 3:22:02
192 Giles Lamb 3:31:29
245 Brendan Belcher 3:38:58
248 Amanda Cook 3:40:21
519 Jinny Lay 4:04:31
537 James O’Neill 4:06:34
557 Michael Thompson 4:09.40
587 Sandeep Chandra 4:12:59
670 Shane Wright 4:25:58
723 Peter Thompson 4:31:25
724 Roger Pilkington 4:32:42
742 Ruth Baussmann 4:37:48
862 Jennie Blake 5:00:36
942 Bill Arthur 5:39:27
986 finishers
Australian Running Festival 50k Ultra Marathon 15 April
8 Jeff Grey 3:59:14
86 Chris Gammon 5:06:01
181 finishers
Some ran further than 50k!
Australian Running Festival 15 April
Full results http://live.tiktok.biz/results/canberramarathon/2018
And finally
This weekend just gone saw an epic Buffalo Stampede, where the weather is usually reserved for baking sunshine and sticky temperatures. Instead, it was almost sub zero conditions, river bed like creeks flowing down mountains and even snow. In short, it was crazy out there by all accounts, so much so that the decision was made to halt the ultra event on the Saturday around 3:30pm because conditions were becoming so hazardous.
In the two main races, the ultra and the marathon (reduced by 4kms), Lucy Bartholomew (10hrs 37mins) and Steph Auston (4hrs 16mins) won their ladies races respectively. While in the men’s race, Martin Kern continued his awesome form with a win in the ultra in 8hrs 55mins and Dominic Perry a win in the marathon in 3hrs 44mins.
For the rest of the podiums:
Female ultra
2nd – Christine Hopkins in 11hrs 44mins
3rd – Maureen Stachowicz in 12hrs 3mins
Men’s ultra
2nd – Ryan Lowe in 9hrs 45mins
3rd – Ross Hopkins in 9hrs 56mins
Female Marathon
2nd – Sarah-Jayne Miller in 4hrs 25mins
3rd – Jessica Collins in 4hrs 34mins
Sarah-Jayne at the Buffalo Stampede **2nd place**
Monday, 16 April 2018
Song of the week: An acoustic version of “Ghosts That We Knew” by Mumford & Sons
From https://youtu.be/799IuXs1qqo
From https://youtu.be/799IuXs1qqo
Sunday, 15 April 2018
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Friday, 13 April 2018
Sunday 08 April long run report [William]: - Aranda Painter Pinnacle
17 runners and 2 dogs went up then kept going up. Then went down and down, and up a little under the road. Then they went up and up. There was some fog. End of super short, 2 went back. Others went down and down then left at horse sign (except 2 that didn’t). Then there was some up a bit of down and a tree filled with rocks. At this point many went back except for 4, the many went down a bit, then went up and up and finally went down. The 4 continued on going up to the fire station, then back to where they came from. They then went up down up down up down down down up up up down up up down down.
Other things to note:
A dog yelled at Jen, Jen yelled back at the dog, and then yelled at the dog owner.
Giles had an important date, and had to leave.
Helen was awesome, so was Jane.
Jen took a shortcut, then approached from the bushes and ambushed at the top of a hill with talking to people who couldn’t talk.
Sunday 08 April Alternative long run report [Helen] -- Aranda 2 Before 10 to Mt Painter
After a short battle with the snooze button I made a pot of tea and got myself to Aranda shops before 7am. There were quite a lot of cars in the carpark; a popular place on a sunday morning. I set off up the concrete path to top of Aranda hill, marveling at the number of runners out early. At least they were all friendly. Very friendly. Some of them acted as if they knew me!
At the top of the hill a nice man called William took a photo and waved, I have a feeling I've seen him around somewhere. I ran down the powerline fire trail in a westerly direction and crossed under a bitumen coated vehicular carriageway (shudder) to find some lovely dirt trails on the other side (swoon). The mist got thicker which made me feel more alone, enhanced by my slower pace than all these runners about.
I was following a Bronze Wren who flew up past some giant water tanks then disappeared into the mist which made me sad because following her made me feel less lost. Yet the climb up mt Painter was so beautiful that my spirits lifted, my heart soared, my legs ached so I stopped to take this photo.
At the top there were an awful lot of people just milling around so I was mistaken in thinking they were runners. More like talkers. Met a nice friendly sheep who promised to show me the way back to 2B10 so I followed him like a sheep except that I'm not. Baaaaaa! I boldly suggested a single track short cut through Aranda bushlands. Soon we were back at 2B10; a little too soon as I would have liked more time inserted between each step.
The Sheep promptly left to pick up his little Lamb. Yes it's not just Mary who has one. It's the 21st century. Having nothing better to do I went for a pleasing nature hike back up to top of Aranda then down to the snow gums, photographed a confused tree, took a selfie, texted a family member then decided it was time for breakfast. Unfortunately there was a hill between me and breakfast. Ow, aaooow, eeeooow, done.
Sat down to poached eggs with avocado and chili sauce-with-fancy-name and a few beans plucked from the 2B10 trellis, to the dismay of a flirting couple who I had to lean over and squeeze around, which was absolutely delicious. There must have been a table shortage because a whole lot of people joined me without so much as a by-your-leave. They were very friendly so I didn't make a point of it. I sat next to a very Shiny One who was on day release from Answering Children's Questions, and the Tacky One who was on day release from Sunday Cleaning. They entertained me with many anecdotes of how to make your child into a champion and other interesting topics. The Tacky One stole a strawberry and ate it with succulent abandon. I think they liked me, although whether that will still hold by the end of this report is uncertain.
Addendum: The Talkers (Runners) wish to advise that they reached the Pinnacle of achievement this morning. I couldn't see it myself but that could have been the obscuring effect of the mist.
Monday 09 April at Parliament House: I supervised after an early run; Ruth jogged around in preparation for Sunday’s marathon, and took the photo below; Christopher was rumoured to have made an appearance, but there is no photographic evidence; while running 20 by 100m hill sprints on 90 seconds were Dom, Isaac, Jacob M, Kevin, Celina, Bron, Jen, Susan, Warrick, Pieta, Craig, Tori, Lisa, and also Jinny despite having entered this Sunday’s marathon as far as I know.
This photo was by Ruth (oh, you can tell) of Monday's participants at Parliament House. The good looking man on the right, unexpectedly supporting a very white beard, is wearing his TGIM (Thank God It's Monday) tee shirt.
Thursday 12 April at Parliament House: Running 600m intervals were Ricky (new), Jen, Isaac, Dave, Tori, Craig, Colin, with me watching after a short early jog. Then I went home.
p.s. Half the runners walked back to their cars after training and avoided the cool-down jog. As bad as this is, it is significantly better than Monday the 9th when 100% of the runners walked back after their hill sprints.
I must learn to write reports like the fabled Helen (see above).
17 runners and 2 dogs went up then kept going up. Then went down and down, and up a little under the road. Then they went up and up. There was some fog. End of super short, 2 went back. Others went down and down then left at horse sign (except 2 that didn’t). Then there was some up a bit of down and a tree filled with rocks. At this point many went back except for 4, the many went down a bit, then went up and up and finally went down. The 4 continued on going up to the fire station, then back to where they came from. They then went up down up down up down down down up up up down up up down down.
Other things to note:
A dog yelled at Jen, Jen yelled back at the dog, and then yelled at the dog owner.
Giles had an important date, and had to leave.
Helen was awesome, so was Jane.
Jen took a shortcut, then approached from the bushes and ambushed at the top of a hill with talking to people who couldn’t talk.
Sunday 08 April Alternative long run report [Helen] -- Aranda 2 Before 10 to Mt Painter
After a short battle with the snooze button I made a pot of tea and got myself to Aranda shops before 7am. There were quite a lot of cars in the carpark; a popular place on a sunday morning. I set off up the concrete path to top of Aranda hill, marveling at the number of runners out early. At least they were all friendly. Very friendly. Some of them acted as if they knew me!
At the top of the hill a nice man called William took a photo and waved, I have a feeling I've seen him around somewhere. I ran down the powerline fire trail in a westerly direction and crossed under a bitumen coated vehicular carriageway (shudder) to find some lovely dirt trails on the other side (swoon). The mist got thicker which made me feel more alone, enhanced by my slower pace than all these runners about.
I was following a Bronze Wren who flew up past some giant water tanks then disappeared into the mist which made me sad because following her made me feel less lost. Yet the climb up mt Painter was so beautiful that my spirits lifted, my heart soared, my legs ached so I stopped to take this photo.
At the top there were an awful lot of people just milling around so I was mistaken in thinking they were runners. More like talkers. Met a nice friendly sheep who promised to show me the way back to 2B10 so I followed him like a sheep except that I'm not. Baaaaaa! I boldly suggested a single track short cut through Aranda bushlands. Soon we were back at 2B10; a little too soon as I would have liked more time inserted between each step.
The Sheep promptly left to pick up his little Lamb. Yes it's not just Mary who has one. It's the 21st century. Having nothing better to do I went for a pleasing nature hike back up to top of Aranda then down to the snow gums, photographed a confused tree, took a selfie, texted a family member then decided it was time for breakfast. Unfortunately there was a hill between me and breakfast. Ow, aaooow, eeeooow, done.
Sat down to poached eggs with avocado and chili sauce-with-fancy-name and a few beans plucked from the 2B10 trellis, to the dismay of a flirting couple who I had to lean over and squeeze around, which was absolutely delicious. There must have been a table shortage because a whole lot of people joined me without so much as a by-your-leave. They were very friendly so I didn't make a point of it. I sat next to a very Shiny One who was on day release from Answering Children's Questions, and the Tacky One who was on day release from Sunday Cleaning. They entertained me with many anecdotes of how to make your child into a champion and other interesting topics. The Tacky One stole a strawberry and ate it with succulent abandon. I think they liked me, although whether that will still hold by the end of this report is uncertain.
Addendum: The Talkers (Runners) wish to advise that they reached the Pinnacle of achievement this morning. I couldn't see it myself but that could have been the obscuring effect of the mist.
Monday 09 April at Parliament House: I supervised after an early run; Ruth jogged around in preparation for Sunday’s marathon, and took the photo below; Christopher was rumoured to have made an appearance, but there is no photographic evidence; while running 20 by 100m hill sprints on 90 seconds were Dom, Isaac, Jacob M, Kevin, Celina, Bron, Jen, Susan, Warrick, Pieta, Craig, Tori, Lisa, and also Jinny despite having entered this Sunday’s marathon as far as I know.
Thursday 12 April at Parliament House: Running 600m intervals were Ricky (new), Jen, Isaac, Dave, Tori, Craig, Colin, with me watching after a short early jog. Then I went home.
p.s. Half the runners walked back to their cars after training and avoided the cool-down jog. As bad as this is, it is significantly better than Monday the 9th when 100% of the runners walked back after their hill sprints.
I must learn to write reports like the fabled Helen (see above).
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