The odds seemed stacked against me getting to the 2012 Comrades Marathon. Running Comrades is easy for me, getting permission from your wife to travel to South Africa and run it is the hard bit. Having pulled off that miracle I registered only to be diagnosed with a serious tear of my peroneal tendon (ankle). I remember clearly having an argument with my doctor in December 2011. He said “4 months off”, I said “but I’m going to Comrades”, he said “4 months”, and so the square off continued. My physio gave me hope, “2 and a half months” he said. That’s what I settled on and in early February I completed my first hour long run, 2 months behind Comrades schedule. I was out of shape and overweight after nearly 3 months of no training. Just what shape I would be in on race day was anyone’s guess. Continue reading “Indiana’s Run – Comrades Marathon 2012”
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Striders Shine In The Noosa Sun
The Noosa Winter Festival was held in ideal conditions with a fresh start followed by golden sunshine. The Striders contingent shone as well showing the fruit of lots of hard training since the start of the year and promising more to come at the Gold Coast on the first weekend of July. There were a swag of PB’s and some inspirational stories with first timers and comebacks from surgery. etc. Continue reading “Striders Shine In The Noosa Sun”
Twilight Half Marathon Training Plan
Your club coaches for morning and evening have a full plan including intervals & hills worked out for beginner, intermediate and advanced runners leading up to the Twilight Half Marathon on Sunday night March 18. The plan includes a 5km and 10km time trial which is ESSENTIAL so that we can work out your pacing for the Half. The 10km time trial will be run by Striders out at Sandgate on a Saturday night to help acclimatise you to night running (which is VERY different). Continue reading “Twilight Half Marathon Training Plan”
Striders Club Championship Races for 2012
Each year we have a Cub Championship competition based on points accumulated in our 8 listed club runs. These 8 runs have been chosen across a number of distances and race types. First place in a distance category gets the winner 10 points, second place 8, and so forth. Last year’s inaugural winner was Stan Fetting and in 2012 the challenge is out to topple Stan from the championship. Women dominated the leaderboard last year: Continue reading “Striders Club Championship Races for 2012”
Striders Annual Awards Report
A record 86 people joined our annual night of nights held for the first time on Saturday November 5, 2011. Proceedings started with finger foods and live musician Simon Kennedy who proved to be a big hit all night with the punters. After main course our awards were announced. Gabriel Petrie’s contribution as a founding member was recognised with a presentation. He was given ‘Zinn & the art of bycycle maintenance’ to mark his transition from running to bike riding which he now excels at. Continue reading “Striders Annual Awards Report”
Time Running Out For Awards Dinner Tickets
Time is running out to book your tickets for our inaugural Awards Dinner, so make sure you register asap below: Continue reading “Time Running Out For Awards Dinner Tickets”
Striders Simmer in Toowoomba
A good number of Striders gathered at the Toowoomba Golf Club on Saturday night for a big carbo loading session followed by some late evening ice cream runs and more than a few packets of chocolate and snakes. It was great to have Dino along with his beautiful family. Paul Dack and Jerrod failed to give Stan proper navigational support and they all ended up at the Walloon Saloon where there was one particular bearded lady who made us get out of town quick smart. Continue reading “Striders Simmer in Toowoomba”
New Active Wear Shirt Available
The new Striders active wear shirt was designed through a competition held on 99designs.com, and the outcome of the vote of our club members is a great new front and back design. Continue reading “New Active Wear Shirt Available”
Inaugural Annual Awards Dinner – 5 November
You are warmly invited to the Inaugural Striders Annual Awards presentation night and dinner on Saturday night November 5. It has been a historic year for Striders as we grew up and became an adult, gaining incorporated status in May. It’s been another year of effort for all our walkers, runners and riders and we are looking to celebrate in style with a big feed, live music and lots of fun. Continue reading “Inaugural Annual Awards Dinner – 5 November”
Striders partnership with Redcliffe Tri club
Striders has been privileged to enter into a Reciprocal Membership Agreement with Redcliffe Tri Club. RTC is the premier triathlon club of Brisbane and one of the longest running. Quite a few Striders are part of RTC and vic versa. Most belong to both clubs but for some people connecting with the other club is infrequent. This agreement allows for a crossover of membership benefits and will hopefully mutually promote both clubs. Continue reading “Striders partnership with Redcliffe Tri club”
South Pine Striders 