Grammar Pirates

speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 17 July
13. Craig Wurtz 31:56
21. Caroline Campbell 41:52
23. Bronwyn Calver 33:57
25. Ewen Thompson 37:57
34. William Barlow 29:03
35. Peter Thomson 55:38
43 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 23 July
3. James O'Neill 40:35
4. Rajeev Bajania 40:38
5. Sandeep Chandra 40:39
6. Ewen Thompson 43:08
14. Ricky Somerville 38:18
17. Peter Thomson 57:15
17 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 26 July
1 Caroline Campbell 32:22
8 James O'Neill 24:13
10 Ewen Thompson 29:31
13 Giles Lamb 22:27
15 finishers

Link for speedygeese parkruns: http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights :at Ginninderra, Yelena ran 35:25. Vianne’s first parkrun, 54:02 with her Gran, Jill.
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

Australian Outback Marathon 27 July
83 Liz SIMPFENDORFER 4:51:25
87 Peter SIMPFENDORFER 4:52:04
170 Bill ARTHUR 6:22:42
212 finishers

Bush Capital 16k 27 July
1. Matthew Robbie m34 0:59:27
6. Narelle Smyth f47 1:19:27
15. Graeme Smyth m55 1:34:57
18. Gabrielle Brown f55 1:37:04
21. David Baussmann m69 1:38:55
24. Maria O'Reilly f64 1:40:14
40. Ruth Baussmann f69 1:58:19
43 finishers

Bush Capital 10.6k 27 July
4. Kym Chisholm f38 52:59
10. Ewen Thompson m62 1:01:38
21 finishers

Bush Capital under 13 2k 27 July
1. Ryan Huynh m11 9:30
2. Emily Huynh f7 10:57
10 finishers

Bush Capital marathon 28 July
5. Rowan Lewis m35 3:25:46
8. Rajeev Bajania m41 3:41:27
14. Jonathan Miller m54 3:56:53
27 finishers

Bush Capital half marathon 28 July
10. Natalie Budd f36 1:47:53
11. Giles Lamb m46 1:48:31
18. Amanda McCormack f37 1:53:44
22. Markus Mannheim m43 1:56:46
29. James O'Neill m51 2:02:06
31. Jossie Maree Seisun f55 2:04:24
43. Cameron Curry m37 2:11:15
44. Shane Wright m48 2:12:06
51. Victoria Hennig f60 2:18:04
59. Jennie Blake f62 2:37:08
60. George Quarmby m64 2:37:08
61. Sandeep Chandra m46 2:37:08
67 finishers

Bush Capital 12.5k 28 July
2. Isaac Muscat m15 55:21
4. David Clarke m61 59:08
7. Gwen McCormack f31 1:04:59
27. Bronwyn Calver f49 1:28:03
36 finishers

ACTMA Little Black Mountain 9k 28 July
3 Jenny May W60 1:06:40
4 Peter Brown M55 40:18 **gold**
11 Rae Palmer W70 1:01:50
12 Nadine Morrison W45 47:58
18 Craig Wurtz M50 51:54
24 Gabrielle Brown W55 56:45
25 Margaret McSpadden W70 1:15:46
26 David Baussmann M65 53:36
31 Ruth Baussmann W65 1:06:21
43 finishers

ACTMA Little Black Mountain 4.5k 28 July
8 Jill Pearson W60 28:59
9 Gary Bowen M60 24:11
15 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 30 July
1. Ricky Somerville 32:12
2. Peter Thomson 44:57
4. James O'Neill 36:36
6. Peter Brown 26:41
8. Peter Daly 29:29
9. Kylie Wood 34:30
11. Ewen Thompson 37:00
17. Cameron Curry 56:23
17 finishers


Isaac & Jen at Runners Shop 5/10k.

How Monday training went last night

A big turn-out on a damp night. Present, not running, but there for the photo were Joel with Maya and Vianne; I blew the whistle each 80 seconds for the runners to take off up the NE hill at Parliament House; training there and doing 15 intervals were Rebecca (new), Sév (new), and Allie with Peach, Tiffany, Gwen, Richard, Bernardo, Deborah D, Jenny M, Jennie, Ruth, Rae, Yelena, Michael, and Paul Q.

Song of the Week

Snow Patrol - A Dark Switch. At http://youtu.be/QCZH-QRKzcM

Injured!

So on Tuesday I was limping during a run I cut short, and on Wednesday even walking was difficult. It was painful just to move. Thursday I saw a physio, and today (Sunday) I walked/jogged "around the block" (about 1.1k) to see how long it would take in case I get some consistent gradual improvement, so I can compare future runs of this loop, and as a warm-up for some exercising (later). Walking has become slightly easier over the last couple of days. What the injury is has not yet been diagnosed. But I will be having an X-ray tomorrow, which will tell us if it's something serious.

I will keep enjoying my activities, whatever they turn out to be, and make a point of getting out to others' races when I can,

This is at the turn of the Torrens parkrun yesterday.



And here's our very own Lisa celebrating a fast time at Ginninderra.

A Saturday out and about.

Not I though.


The lake at dawn


Narelle running second in the Bush Capital 16k


Andrew getting back under 21 minutes for parkrun

Mad as ...

Smaller numbers on a cold Thursday night

On Thursday I had a Physio appointment, then I turned up late to speedygeese training in time for the post-run-photo, then I visited friends and ate a small non-runner's dinner and got home late. Hopefully I will resume jogging on Sunday.

Photo and words by Ruth:



We welcomed Megan to our Speedygeese session tonight. A small happy Thursday group for our 200m intervals on a pleasant evening. — with Lisa, [me], Paul Q, Brownie, Jennie, Dave, Megan and Ruth.

דיה לצרה בשעתה One Problem At A Time.

It's strange how a bit of Hebrew in the heading of an otherwise insignificant post has resulted in that post being consistently the most popular. Is there curiosity about its meaning? It's a 2014 post! So I have included the Hebrew quote again today to see what will happen.

Today I will organise some treatment on my leg, which has become quite sore, and postpone any running to another day.

Meanwhile, at the circus:
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you.

My winter running streak day 23

I was very sore today, presumably the result of a race on Saturday and hill sprints on Monday. So I will take it pretty easy for the rest of the week. Today I limped 3k and that was enough.

A finishing sprint on Saturday, one of my best runs in recent memory:

Latest speedygeese race results

BBQ Stakes 6k 10 July
1. Craig Wurtz 33:53
6. Peter Daly 30:18
10. Bronwyn Calver 32:47
16. Caroline Campbell 41:06
21. Ewen Thompson 37:11
28. James O'Neill 38:18
34. Gary Bowen 33:56
36. Peter Thomson 53:07
40. William Barlow 28:33
42. Natty Beck 33:33
45 finishers

AMRA Black Mountain 2.6k run-up 16 July
12. Helen Way 22.57
13. Caroline Campbell 25.14
14 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 16 July
1. Peter Brown 28:25
2. Sandeep Chandra 38:25
4. Roger Pilkington 39:14
5. James O'Neill 39:15
8. Ewen Thompson 38:44
10. Cameron Curry 31:49
11. Gary Bowen 33:17
15. Michael Thompson 55:37
16. Peter Thomson 55:37
16 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 19 July
2 Sandeep Chandra 30:12
4 Caroline Campbell 33:35
7 Peter Daly 24:43
8 Roger Pilkington 30:59
13 Ewen Thompson 30:00
15 Colin Farlow 18:00 20:54
17 Gary Bowen 11:30 28:09
19 James O'Neill 13:00 30:12
20 Peter Thomson 44:06

YCRC Runners Shop 5k 20 July
10. Isaac Muscat U16 17:52
23. James Swann M45 20:22
35. Jodie Barker W40 21:43
42. Geoff Moore M70 23:22
44. Craig Wurtz M50 23:27
49. Ewen Thompson M60 24:51
62 finishers

YCRC Runners Shop 10k 20 July
2. Matthew Robbie M30 33:23
14. Stuart Doyle M50 37:47
24. Jeff Grey M55 39:28
25. Louise Sharp W35 39:35
26. Zain Upton M45 39:41
27. Will Brady M30 39:53
30. Paul Trumble M30 41:15
36. Amanda Mccormack W35 43:10
41. Jerry Markovic M30 45:06
50. Roger Pilkington M60 54:04
58 finishers

Link for speedygeese parkruns: http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
Highlights – Bronwyn and Lisa both back under 25 minutes.
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.

Gungahlin Gallop 10k 21 July
13. Narelle Smyth 50:46
16. Andrew Simpson 52:57
41. Jodie Barker 59:19
52. Graeme Smyth 1:01:23
56. David Baussmann 1:02:35
79. Helen Northey 1:08:59
88. Ewen Thompson 1:11:07
130. Ruth Baussmann 1:23:29
138. Jenny May 1:27:47
145. Margaret McSpadden 1:42:40
153 finishers

Gungahlin Gallop 30k 21 July
28. Brendan Belcher 3:04:14
29. Jonathan Miller 3:04:50
38. Amanda McCormack 3:17:02
48. Giles Lamb 3:26:48
53. Sandeep Chandra 3:34:10
60. James O'Neil 3:35:58
64. Gavin Mongan 3:39:27
67. Kerron Clare 3:43:03
76. Markus Mannheim 3:53:03
84. Nei-Kiewa Close 4:04:17
90. Michael Thompson 4:09:41
91. Sue Bowden 4:11:55
98 finishers

And also on 21 July - some ran long at Stromlo.

My winter running streak day 22

Speedygeese training consisted of 12 hilly sprints; participating were Matthew (new), Erica, Vanessa H, Warrick, Paul Q, Jennie, Richard, Mick, Bernardo, Jenny M, Deborah D, Rachel, Kahlia (29 today), Michael, Bill, and me. Miranda ran early, and Dave was seen jogging nearby. I ran every second hill sprint and totalled 6k for the session.

The speedy faces of Monday night:

Choir

Song of the week: Choir, by Guy Sebastian, at https://youtu.be/G9xXMGzW8NY

My winter running streak day 21

It was winter when I got up this morning. Minus 5 degrees early on, minus 3 when I arrived at Stromlo. I ran 6k. At Stromlo Forest Park there was sun, moon, ice, hundreds of kangaroos frozen to the spot, me with beanie, gloves, tracky dacks, long sleeve top.

The speedygeese found the fog, too.

My winter running streak day 20

I ran the Runners Shop 5k today: I had a choice of a parkrun with a forecast temperature of 0 degrees, or the 1pm run at 12 degrees, I chose the latter. Total 9k, the 5k was a good 23:22. Km splits were all over the place, an indicator of how hard I was pushing.

My running streak day 19

Today was gym circuit day, and I jogged just 5k while attending the gym for an hour. It was a bit chilly to run very far, again, for me.

Here are yesterday's happy speedygeese at Parliament House.

My running streak day 18

This time I managed to do the training session with the speedygeese, running 6 x 400m on 5 minutes including jogging back. I ran 7k in total. Others participating were Lisa, James, Jennie, Ruth, Jenny M, Isaac, Brownie, and Allie with Peach.

That's all for today, goodnight.

My winter running streak day 17

Only 4k today, I was a bit sore, plus an hour where I did some different gym training (shoulders!)

Canberra can look good this time of year! Photos by Lisa.

The latest speedygeese results

YCRC Women’s Jogalong 07 July
14. Carol Ey 32:19
18. Kathy Sims 30:30
30. Cathy Montalto 33:50
36. Nadine Morrison 29:14
40. Caroline Campbell 39:14
41. Natasha Beck 29:53
48 finishers

Lake Tuggeranong Stakes 6k 09 July
2. Peter Daly 29:50
3. Jerry Markovic 25:53
5. Cameron Curry 29:20
11. Michael Thompson 35:26
12 finishers

Customs 5k handicap 12 July
2 James O'Neill 24:26
4 Peter Daly 24:30
4 Jacob Grooby 21:36
6 Peter Brown 22:40
7 Caroline Campbell 33:59
8 Kerron Clare 27:46
12 Ewen Thompson 29:50
14 Gary Bowen 27:37
16 Peter Thomson 39:10
17 finishers

Parkrun: While I enjoy looking up parkrun times, it has becoming too big a job to edit them, and more local parkruns are in the pipeline. From this week I will simply provide this link: http://www.parkrun.com/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=23606
If you wish to appear in the speedygeese parkrun report, it is very easy to set your home club to speedygeese.
Today’s highlight: Isaac ran at Queanbeyan for the first time, with a respectable 22:49.

Sandeep in the cold!

My winter running streak day 16

Today I jogged 4k from the Kippax shops. Despite getting away for a couple of days around the weekend, I still haven't got my mojo back.

Celina and Chloe looking relaxed.



Very relaxed!



That's what I need, another holiday already.