Category: Races

What an enjoyable event! I had to compete for a cab with the late night or early morning youth out clubbing and returning to wherever at 4:30am on a Sunday morning! There were a total of 190 Runners running either the solo 25km, relay 25km x 2 or solo 50km and the starting ‘pistol’ comprising of an ‘Ok, go’. The race is from Broadbeach to Danger Point Coolangatta. There are no km marker boards, you know you’ve done 25km’s when you get to the turning point for the 50km event.

I met some interesting people. One 67 year old who ran 25km’s in 2hrs and is apparently a bit of a legend as far as running goes, Goes by the name of the ‘Sylva Fox’. Julie and Wendy, Margaret of Toowoomba Road Runners asked after you but was overjoyed that neither of you were present. Continue reading “Kurrawa to Duranbah 13 Dec 2009” →

For the second year a Striders team headed up the range to Toowoomba to participate in the Toowoomba Road Runners 10km, Half and Marathon. Last year was a successful year with me taking out the marathon, and the pressure was on to retain the title. We also had a few contenders for the 10km and Half race amongst our women. Continue reading “Striders In Toowoomba” →

A group of 5 Striders entered the Active Stride 6km Trail Run which was part of the In 2 Adventure Dirtfest, featuring MTB racing, of road triathlon and trail running in the beautiful and rugged Slickers property deep in Kurwongbah, one of Brisbane hidden jewels.  Julie Turner, Wendy Clark and Jo-anne Filmalter contested the women’s race whilst young buck Greg Hall renewed his ongoing battle with sly old fox Stan Fetting in the men’s race.

The field wasn’t too big but the sight of legendary runner Don Wallace [4th in this weekend’s Six Foot Track] and top marathon female champion Helen Stanton made us all nervous.  The field started slowly and the race leaders took the first km easy until the first climb at the back of the dam.  The field spread out after that with only a few runners changing placeat the pointy end of the race.   ‘Greg Dog’ sat right behind the Old Fox breathing down his neck until just before the 4km mark when he drew level and passed.  This didn’t last too long as the blazing late afternoon sun took its toll on the young upstart and the old fox pulled away.  Not too far back Julie Turner was putting in a determined effort and ran a fast race.  Stan got an unexpected bonus when the runner in front of him in 4th place planted his right foot in a mud crossing and left without his trainer whcih he then had to dig out.  Stan ran over the line in 4th behind Helen Stanton. Greg followed in 6th position.  Julie took out second female and 8th overall.  Wendy crossed in 13th and Jo-anne in 24th. Check out the full results below [click to enlarge]. Continue reading “Active Stride 6km Trail Run Race Report” →