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Strider takes out Toowoomba Marathon

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Striders club members get ready to hit the road

A group of 9 Striders travelled up to Toowoomba on the weekend to compete in the various distances on offer.

Julie Turner is awarded silver for the 10km

In tough conditions, Julie Turner took out silver in the Women’s 10km, with Wendy Clark just missing out on a podium finish.

Stan and Mary took on the Marathon, which took in 4 loops of the course based around the Uni.

Stan Fetting welcomed home

Stan held on in the lead group and then moved to the front at 15km.

He shared the lead with another runner until the 33km mark when he moved

out far in front to eventually finish well ahead of second for his first ever marathon win.

Stan is presented the marathon trophies

‘Spirit of the Marathon’ Film showing in Brisbane

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We are ordering 20 tickets.  Contact us to reserve yours:The film “Spirit of the Marathon”, opens in Brisbane on Thursday 30th October 2008.

The Brisbane River City Runners have secured a private screening, at a special price, which all S-E QLD running clubs can use as a Fund Raiser for their club on opening night, at:

The Dendy Cinema complex, Portside, Hamilton (Southern end of Nudgee Rd).

This deal is not just for runners, you can also use it for any social club which you are associated with.

This is the Deal:

We have negotiated the following:

-Tickets at $10-00/person

-Free Nibblies before the screening
-A small discount on drinks(Which you can take into the cinema, if you wish).

Toowoomba Race Preview

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9 Striders will be heading up to Toowoomba this weekend to contest various distances on Sunday at the St George Bank Marathon [10km, Half, Marathon].

Stan and Mary will tackle the marathon, Greg and Gavin will take on the Half, and Julie, Wendy and Emily, Gabriel and Michael will take on the 10km.  Emily will be running her first ever 10km race, and she has been working hard in training.  Running is her third sport but she has been learning a lot and putting in a big effort on the hill sessions during winter.

Julie and Wendy will have another close contest, with not a lot seperating them.  They will be looking to crack the 42 minute barrier. Stan has put in a big effort to get back to standard after a long post-Comrades lay off but a late bout of bronchitis has added some doubt to his bid to a crack a sub 3 on the tough course.  Being a big sook doesn’t help.

The team heads up on Saturday, and they will enjoy a carbo loading session at an Italian restraunt in town before heading for an early bed.

For those runners heading up, check here for a link to print out a pacing chart.

Toowoomba Marathon, Half & 10km entries now online

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For entry forms for any of the distances at the Toowoomba Marathon visit the Toowoomba Road Runners site here to enter online.

To find a map of how to get to the start at the University click here.

To find out more about accommodation click on the ‘Accommodation Suggestions’ link on the entry page to download a spreadsheet with plenty of options.

More reasons to run

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News reports today carry bad news for Australia’s twentysomethings:

THE health of the average 20-something Australian has slipped steadily in the past two decades, according to a report showing a fatter, more depressed young population.

A leading population health expert has challenged the official government view that young people today are much healthier than previous generations.

Read the full report here .  All the more reason to encourage your family and friends to come along and get involved in Striders.  Most people could walk, and many can run.  By encouraging someone to come along to Striders you may just change their life!

Team Members Needed for Endeavour 500 Challenge

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The Endeavour 500 Summer Challenge is a team fund-raising epic held on November 21-23rd.  A team of between 18-22 runners take it in turns to run 500km in legs starting on Friday morning 4:30am in Beenleigh and work its way through Warwick, Toowoomba and eventually ending in Gatton.

Striders are looking to put a team in to this epic race.  It will be a great weekend.  Lots of hard work but lots of cameraderie between runners and a great sense of achievement.  We will be helping to support the valuable work of the Endeavour Foundation.

Our team bid coordinator is Wendy Clark.  The logistics will involve a bus, a ute and a support car so we do need some non-runners, injured runners, or runners who would like to be involved but not run.

Please check out the links and then let us know if you are interested.  Use the contact form to register your interest.