My running streak day 100

This morning - it was a bit hot - I ran a quickish 6k from home.

Christmas speedygeese, by Vanessa (of course)

Ninety-nine

My running streak day 99: Did a one hour "Active" exercise class in the morning; that is the most intense exercise class I do. Then at 4:30pm I ran 8k with Ewen and "new" Deb, hot (the weather that is), after which tried to stay upright and supervise speedygeese, 3k while I was doing that. Running fun relays at the Rose Gardens were Richard, Gwen, Bernardo; Michael as chirpy as ever, Pieta, and George; the ever reliable Ruth, Vanessa and Deb#1, and Rae too.  Afterwards Michael had champagne and nibblies to celebrate the last Monday training (Thursdays and Sundays will keep going!), until 7 January when it will all start again.



Merry Christmas!

Five in a row

Song of the Week. D Generation - 23FM five in a row
At https://youtu.be/JJYcx9-xdlE

My running streak day 98

It was a 10.2k run at Stromlo Forest Park this morning, with Andrew and Warrick. Just under the hour, par for a recovery session.

On Thursday Jen and Lisa braved the elements to go to Stromlo for the speedygeese session - which they cut short, the weather was crazy!

On Friday evening Bron successfully defended her title as wonen's beer mile champion.
A tough lady, Bron!

speedygeese tshirts and singlet orders

Jen Bright is taking orders for new speedygeese tshirts and singlets. Please let her know asap if you are interested in getting a speedy geese tshirt or singlet - they are approximately $44 for tshirts and $40 for singlets. Once she has enough people interested she will put an order in. Either message her in facebook or email her at bricat@ymail.com. Singlets are true Australian sizing, and tshirts are more generous so she recommends going one size less than you normally wear.

My running streak day 97

And it was parkrun day today so I went to Gungahlin and raced 5k. Good for 4k and OK at the end, but I must try and run that last OK 5k much faster! Anyway the time was 23:29, second best this year. Total distance for the day, 14k.

My running streak days 94, 95, 96

Wednesday at Bundanoon I ran 3k negotiating some seriously unrunnable trails and some runnable ones. We'll be back!
Thursday at Bundanoon I ran 4k in rain. The storms at Bundanoon were extensive, probably 60mm of rain falling there, or more. The paths north of the railway line are most runnable.
Friday back home I discovered we had had heavy rain and flooding, but I managed to eke out another 3k between the raindrops.

Hopefully I will be back into a normal routine again tomorrow.


speedygeese debating and not debating. Situation normal.

speedygeese race results

AMRA Black Mountain run-up 20 November
11 Caroline Campbell 27.00
12 finishers.

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 04 December
1. Gary Bowen 31:08
4. James O'Neill 34:55
5. Sandeep Chandra 34:56
10. Carolyne Kramar 40:48
12. Michael Thompson 29:18
13. Ewen Thompson 33:30
17. Roger Pilkington 34:37
18 finishers

YCRC Christmas Relays 04 December
Speedgeese teams 9, 11, & 15th out of 22 teams
Results link.

AMRA Mt Ainslie 2.3k run-up 04 December
8 Peter Brown 16.46
17 Bill Arthur 22.59
19 Caroline Campbell F 25.15
19 finishers

ACTMA Track and Field 06 December
400m
M55 Nigel England 1:17.08 66.4%

800m - Higgins
4. M55 Rod Lynch 4:33.88 net time 2:38
5. W65 Kathy Sims 4:36.84 net time 3:24
6. M55 Nigel England 4:45.12 net time 2:50
12. M50 Craig Wurtz 5:06.21 net time 3:08
13. M50 Michael Smith 5:20.27 net time 3:22
15. M55 Dale Moore 5:30.01 net time 3:35
17. M55 Roger Pilkington 5:34.03 net time 3:39
19 finishers

1500m
M50 Craig Wurtz 6:06.51 68.1%
M50 Michael Smith 6:36.55 62.4
M55 Nigel England 5:54.00 71.1
M55 Dale Moore 6:27.95 66.0
M55 Roger Pilkington 6:55.98 62.6

3000m
M50 Craig Wurtz 13:08.97 65.9%
M55 Nigel England 12:28.41 70.0
M55 Dale Moore 13:16.47 66.9
M55 Roger Pilkington 14:23.44 62.8
M60 Ewen Thompson 15:57.69 57.6

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #343 08 December
27 Brendan BELCHER 22:32 M35
33 Kevin MILLER 22:48 M40
51 David BAUSSMANN 24:07 M65
53 Andrew SIMPSON 24:09 M45
64 Chloe MILLER 24:51 W11
69 Jane LILLEY 25:12 W45
95 Celina MILLER 26:50 W40
142 Jack SIMPSON 31:27 M11
149 Ruth BAUSSMANN 32:38 W65
150 Cathy NEWMAN 32:38 W55
162 Archie SIMPSON 34:33 M11
169 Carolyne KRAMAR 35:49 W50
207 Daniel SIMPSON 42:08 M10
242 William BARLOW 57:46 M35
258 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #302 08 December
5 Jeff GREY 19:27 M50
10 Nigel ENGLAND 20:45 M55
30 David CLARKE 22:55 M60
32 Jen BRIGHT 22:56 W40
43 Shane WRIGHT 23:55 M45
56 Chris GAMMON 24:52 M55
68 Ewen THOMPSON 25:48 M60
289 Bronwyn CALVER 1:02:04 W45
289 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #271 08 December
74 Geoff MOORE 25:45 M70
187 Margaret MCSPADDEN 33:35 W70
308 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #131 08 December
22 James O'NEILL 21:50 M50
23 Craig WURTZ 22:02 M50
25 Gavin MONGAN 22:21 M35
141 Peter THOMSON 32:49 M55
212 finishers

Coombs parkrun # 39 08 December
17 Marcus MARKOVIC 23:49 M45
86 finishers

Mount Ainslie 5k parkrun #31 08 December
73 William ARTHUR 31:54 M65
120 Yuan Yuan LIU 46:16 W45
136 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #84 08 December
77 finishers

Goulburn 5k parkrun #44 08 December
18 Dale MOORE 25:05 M55
88 finishers

Braidwood Showground 5k parkrun #11 08 December
1 Bernardo PALMA 17:25 M35
8 Gary BOWEN 25:25 M60
38 finishers

Jindabyne 5k parkrun #26 08 December
33 finishers

Bowral 5k parkrun #220 08 December
54 Norma WALLETT 39:51 W85
71 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #136 08 December
31 Victoria HENNIG 29:02 W60
76 finishers

My running streak day 93

It was overcast this morning so I enjoyed a 5 mile run from Kippax to Macgregor, Charnwood, and back to Kippax. Strava, as well as Garmin Connect, has details of all my runs!

My running streak day 92

Monday again and a speedygeese training session. Weather could have been hot, cold, wet, dry, lightning, hail, anything, so I went with 4 different training plans contingent on how it looked. But plan A was to go down to Reconciliation Place and do 15 x ramp 150m runs on two minutes and that is what we did. First of all I ran 7k with Miranda when it was hot, muggy, and a strong westerly wind. Then a surprisingly large group (given the weather outlook) turned up and down to the lake we went. And with a strong easterly wind now, participating in 15 x 150m ramp runs on two minutes (in addition to me supervising) were Vanessa, Rae, Sandeep, Ruth (who thought we were doing 10 but of course kept going), Richard, Gwen, Allie, Bernardo, Colin, Michael, Giles, Brownie, Bron and Deborah. And Peach the dog.

We like our trails. Join us Sundays. Or if not, join Andrew and me for a recovery jog at Stromlo Sunday mornings 7:30am thru Summer.

Forever Now

Song of the Week. Forever Now, by Cold Chisel.
From https://youtu.be/Hhnp3td-UHU

My running streak day 91

Today at Stromlo Forest Park, I completed a 10k run with Andrew, Warrick, and two kamikaze plovers.

A good picture of Ewen at Tuggeranong parkrun on 2/12

My running streak day 90

It was parkrun day today, but not feeling quite up to it in the heat, I started off at 5 min kms and ended up with around 25:45.
Not the most flash of times, but everyone was struggling today.
Total with the short warm-up, just 6.3k

Here's a pic of Lisa from last week's parkrun, she was smart enough to avoid today's heat. Unless she ran elsewhere!

My running streak day 89

This morning before it got too hot I ran a comfortable 5k and did a pretty good 60 minute gym circuit.

Here's Margaret running last Saturday.

My running streak day 88

It was hot at speedygeese tonight and I took the opportunity to jog slowly - just 4.5k in all.
There were 7 of us in attendance, and in the heat the session was 5x200m, 5x100m, which was more than enough. As well as myself, present were Jen, Isaac, Andrew, Bron, Tori and Brownie.

Here's a pic from a faster run from last Saturday. 23.24 for the Gungahlin parkrun.

My running streak day 87

Today I attended my usual Wednesday one hour gym session, lots of different exercises today, and ran 8.1k around Lake Ginninderra, all before lunch in case the day warms up.

speedygeese race results and AMRA catch-up

ARMA Black Mountain run-up 21 August
14 Caroline Campbell 25.37
14 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie 2.3k run-up 04 September
6 Peter Brown 16.37
8 Craig Wurtz 18.18
11 finishers

ARMA Black Mountain run-up 18 September
4 Louise Sharp 17.04
11 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie 2.3k run-up 02 October
4 Bill Arthur 22.55
6 Caroline Campbell 25.42
8 finishers

ARMA Black Mountain run-up 16 October
12 Caroline Campbell 26.06
15 finishers

AMRA Mt Ainslie 2.3k run-up 06 November
6 Caroline Campbell 24.32
8 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 21 November
3. Peter Thomson 46:12
5. Chris Gammon 33:47
16. Caroline Campbell 42:13
19. Andrew Simpson 30:09
20. Craig Wurtz 31:53
24. Carolyne Kramar 46:39
30. Roger Pilkington 34:49
34. Ewen Thompson 36:40
35. Gary Bowen 34:57
41. William Barlow 31:06
42 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 27 November
4. James O'Neill 30:54
5. Sandeep Chandra 30:55
6. Peter Thomson 46:21
7. Gary Bowen 30:19
14. Cameron Curry 28:33
15. Michael Thompson 30:26
16. Ewen Thompson 34:47
17. Roger Pilkington 34:48
18. Jerry Markovic 28:59
20 finishers

Ginninderra 7k Handicap 27 November
5 Jeff Grey 28:26
11 finishers

YCRC Spring Series #5 Stromlo Forest Park 5k 27 November
14. Paul Trumble M30 20:41
22. Craig Wurtz M50 23:29
25. Geoff Moore M70 24:25
26. Ewen Thompson M60 25:11
28. Sarah Pau W45 27:01
30. Tori Hennig W60 27:16
31. Kathy Sims W65 27:39
36. Vanessa Palmer W45 30:28
39 finishers

BBQ Stakes 6k 28 November
6. Caroline Campbell 49:27
8. Peter Thomson 47:24
11. Gary Bowen 31:58
20. Craig Wurtz 31:29
25. Roger Pilkington 34:35
27. William Barlow 28:15
28. Ewen Thompson 36:51
31. Jason Lewis 36:04
35 finishers

ACTMA Track and Field 29 November
3000m
M30 Jacob Grooby 9:54.40 75.2%
M50 Anthony Perry 11:38.98 74.4
M50 Craig Wurtz 12:57.63 66.8
M55 Peter Brown 11:36.15 76.6
M55 Rod Lynch 11:42.43 76.5
M55 Nigel England 12:10.50 71.7
M55 Dale Moore 13:37.19 65.2
M55 Roger Pilkington 14:23.35 62.8
M60 Ewen Thompson 15:00.11 61.3
W65 Kathy Sims 14:40.06 85.3
W65 Ruth Baussmann 17:12.31 73.9
W70 Margaret McSpadden 18:53.74 70.8

400m
M30 Jacob Grooby 1:03.06 70.0%
M50 Craig Wurtz 1:21.34 62.5
M55 Rod Lynch 1:09.87 74.7
M55 Nigel England 1:15.97 67.4

Spiral 7
2 Michael Smith M50 13:58
3 Nigel England M55 12:45
9 Craig Wurtz M50 13:18
11 Ruth Baussmann W65 16:57
12 Rod Lynch M55 12:12
13 Roger Pilkington M55 15:29
15 Ewen Thompson M60 15:55
17 Margaret McSpadden W70 20:27
19 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 30 November
1 Paul Trumble 20:15
4 Colin Farlow 19:47
5 James O'Neill 22:50
7 Gary Bowen 25:38
9 Caroline Campbell 32:18
10 Carolyne Kramar 35:11
15 Peter Thomson 34:31
16 Ewen Thompson 29:10
20 Bronwyn Calver 55:23
20 finishers

Ginninderra 5k parkrun #342 01 December
25 Gavin MONGAN 22:18 M35
36 David BAUSSMANN 23:45 M65
53 Gary BOWEN 24:59 M60
115 Ruth BAUSSMANN 30:36 W65
125 Archie SIMPSON 31:08 M11
133 William BARLOW 31:28 M35
197 Daniel SIMPSON 42:58 M10
198 Samantha EDMONDS 43:42 W45
230 finishers

Tuggeranong 5k parkrun #301 01 December
11 Nigel ENGLAND 20:41 M55
74 Ewen THOMPSON 26:34 M60
106 Suzie GYE 29:39 W40
150 Maya SMITH 33:34 W10
151 Pieta SMITH 33:35 W45
152 Andrew SMITH 33:36 M45
289 finishers

Gungahlin 5k parkrun #270 01 December
53 Geoff MOORE 23:24 M70
79 Lisa MCDONALD 24:51 W40
197 Margaret MCSPADDEN 31:51 W70
312 finishers

Burley Griffin 5k parkrun #130 01 December
8 David CLARKE 20:16 M60
23 Brendan BELCHER 22:35 M35
34 Bron SPARKES 23:40 W40
35 Jen BRIGHT 23:40 W40
55 Michael HORAN 25:11 M55 **New PB**
109 Caroline CAMPBELL 28:52 W75
114 Kelley HORAN 29:05 W55
133 Elizabeth BENNETT 30:08 W55
228 Shareen UNDERWOOD 42:06 W35
248 finishers

Coombs parkrun #38 01 December
14 Craig WURTZ 23:51 M50
47 Peter THOMSON 32:18 M55
75 finishers

Mount Ainslie 5k parkrun #30 01 December
73 William ARTHUR 32:30 M65
110 finishers

Queanbeyan 5k parkrun #83 01 December
1 Bernardo PALMA 18:37 M35
23 Vanessa PALMER 30:26 W45
68 finishers

Goulburn 5k parkrun #43 01 December
19 Dale MOORE 24:19 M55
77 finishers

Braidwood Showground 5k parkrun #10 01 December
41 finishers

Bowral 5k parkrun #219 01 December
57 Norma WALLETT 38:08 W85
65 finishers

Batemans Bay 5k parkrun #135 01 December
65 finishers

YCRC Women’s Jogalong 02 December
31. Nadine Morrison W45 28:35
43. Kathy Sims W65 34:11
45. Caroline Campbell W75 40:35
58 finishers

AMRA Deep Space Half Marathon 02 December
Male
10. Paul McGeachie 35 2:06:22 06:00
12. Giles Lamb 45 2:08:42 06:06
18. James O'Neill 51 2:18:11 06:33
19. Chris Gammon 58 2:18:17 06:34
20. Richard Nethersole 38 2:21:43 06:43
23. Sandeep Chandra 45 2:23:38 06:49
33. Jason Lewis 44 2:44:03 07:47
34. Cameron Curry 36 2:46:52 07:55
39 male finishers

AMRA Deep Space Half Marathon 02 December
Female
9. Kerron Clare 51 2:31:40 07:12
10. Bron Sparkes 42 2:33:05 07:16
23 female finishers

I ran a 2018 5k PB at Gungahlin, but is there life in the old man yet for more improvement?

My running streak day 86

This Tuesday's run was 10k in the morning from home at a good pace - but a 9:00am start was too late, it already felt too hot!

Sunday trail running:

My running streak day 85

Today we restarted the 4:30pm "early run" before the main training session at 5:30pm. Ewen, Miranda and I did the early run (7k) and were joined for varying lengths of time by Sandeep, Rae, Christopher, Bernardo, Tori, George, Gwen, Michael and Susan. The last five listed did the whole main session, 30 minutes of the 930m western loop including an exercise station of their choice each lap.

With the earlier warm-up plus the main session, I completed 14k.


No Jennie today but she did manage an early morning walk yesterday, looking after her hamstring.

42

Song of the week - Mumford & Sons – 42
From https://youtu.be/cSAlKS7oot8