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Toowoomba Race Preview

October 14, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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

September 26, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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

September 26, 2008September 26, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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

September 25, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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” →

More reasons to run

September 25, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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!

Endeavour Challenge Update

September 25, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

We have not been able to get the required amount of people needed to field a team for the Endeavour Challenge so we’ll have another look at that next year well in advance.

Team Members Needed for Endeavour 500 Challenge

September 2, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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.

Striders Ironman Trio

August 25, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

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” →

Bridge to Brisbane

August 6, 2008August 20, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

Bridge to Brisbane is coming up soon on September 7th. If you need training advice make sure you speak to Stan, Gabriel or Mary. Unfortunately we cannot take our club tent there, but we will nominate a gathering point closer to the time for post race celebration. The bus to take you from the RNA showgrounds to the start is already sold out so if you are planning on attending the event be sure to let Gabriel know so we can discuss transport options to get you to the start line with adequate preparation time.

Striders Half Marathon Championships Medalists

July 25, 2008 SPStridersLeave a comment

On Tuesday night a presentation ceremony was held before the weekly p.m. run session to present our Inaugural Half Marathon Championship medals. Club coordinator Stan Fetting presented the hard earned medals whilst other clubbies cheered on. Special mentions were made of other clubbies who have excelled recetnly: Julie Turner first in age group at Jetty 2 Jetty 10km, Tom Donnet, first in age group at the Jetty 5km, and others who have made their first tilt at the Half.

Click on the images to enlarge.

Gold – Wendy Clarke Silver – Jenny Cawood Bronze – Mary Jackson