This weekend I found myself in an unusual and unexpected situation in a race: in the lead bunch. Instead of running against my watch I found myself in a situation where if I raced wisely I could win. Here’s the anatomy of a race as it unfolded and the strategic thinking involved: Continue reading “The Anatomy Of A Race”
Category: Races
Ironman Hawai 2008 – Be Inspired!
Toowoomba Results Released
The results for the Toowoomba 10km, Half, & Marathon have been released, helping to solve a mystery on the day. The category results were called out during the prize giving and much to our surprise Wendy Clark was called out as the winner of the 50-59 year old age group. after an initial squeal of delight and a rousing cheer from other Striders, we all realise that Wendy was nowhere near 50-59 years old.
The presenter also realised this after looking at her and doing a double take. It turns out Wendy got the award for the 30-39 year old age group and another Clark won the 50-59 year old age group. Now that we have that little mystery sorted out we can stop calling her Granny?
Check out the results here.
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Strider takes out Toowoomba Marathon
A group of 9 Striders travelled up to Toowoomba on the weekend to compete in the various distances on offer.
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 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.
Striders in Toowoomba
This weekend 9 Striders clubbies travelled up to Toowoomba to compete in the 10km, Half and Marathon. Here’s some memories: [click on the speaker icon on the top of the slideshow if you want to mute the music]
Toowoomba Race Preview
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
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.
Toowoomba Marathon Route
For those preparing for Toowoomba here’s a map showing you the loop route with the water points as well.
Toowoomba Marathon 2008 Loop Course.
You can also view this in [3D], of Google Maps [Streetview].
Race Preview
Calling all Striders to come along for the ride to Toowoomba. A group is heading up on the weekend of 18, 19 October to run various distances at the St. George Bank Charity Marathon, including 10km, Half and Marathon. Continue reading “Race Preview”
Striders Ironman Trio
Last weekend 3 Striders travelled to Yeppoon north of Rocky to compete in the gruelling Half Ironman. Fabian Gonzales, Joey Filed and Mary Jackson completed months of hard training and had a good day out.
The distances were 1.9km for the swim, 90km for the ride and a 21.1km run. Continue reading “Striders Ironman Trio”
South Pine Striders 