The SAAC 2016 cross country season officially kicked up last weekend (2nd April). We were in Melbourne, visiting family (and of course visiting Wyndham Vale Parkrun), so we were unable to attend the opening race. This week however we got to participate in the inaugural Hunter Gardens & Landscaping 5km Handicap. Located just outside of […]
So last week I mentioned that this weeks club run would be the Steve Baird Handicap. Er well I was mistaken. I forgot that there was a change in the syllabus and 2 races had to have a swap. The distance was still 5km, but there was no uphill finish. Instead of Steve’s run, it […]
I’m really enjoying the change in run club times from afternoon’s to mornings. It’s also great to see new members, and returning members. The weather was spectacular! Perfect running temperature, cool but not cold (unless you were standing around), and the sun was out and shining. The wind was icy, but dropped by the time […]
This week’s handicap run was the 8km Stawell Toyota handicap held out in the Stawell Ironbarks. The sub juniors were off first. The course for the subbies was different to that of last years event. This year it was a downhill start with an uphill finish. I ran with Miles just so I could monitor […]
This race was on, off, on again for me. First it was on because I was working a 2-10pm shift. Then it was off because someone had called in sick, and I was needed to do the opening shift 6:30-2:30pm. Then it was back on again because my shift got moved back to the original […]
This race review is late. The Sealed Dooen Engineering handicap happened on 28th March 2015. However due to working full time over the Easter break, I was unable to get a review in earlier. The SAAC race season has officially kicked off with the Dooen Engineering Sealed Handicap. It was a 5km course set […]
Name: Hyperno Melbourne Marathon Warm up Distance: 16km Location: Stawell Ironbarks Hyperno was a race horse who won the Melbourne cup in 1979. The Melbourne Marathon will be running on the 12th October. I’m telling you this random information because I simply can. This particular club run use to be the Charlie Jones Handicap. However Charlie […]
You can learn alot from a run, and let me tell you I learned a lot from this weeks club run the Stawell Youngs Sportspower 10km handicap. Only 7 runners turned up to run the senior event, with 5 of those runners being females. It’s sad that it was such a small group, as it […]
Spring was definitely in the air in the last week of winter, and it was just divine. For this weeks club run, I had to dust off the running shorts and singlet because it was warm and sunny. The sun was out and it was just glorious. The kids were off first. Miles had a […]
The last time I did a SAAC race recap was the Gary Rice Championship run. We have had a race since then, but Tom was busy building fence posts so I didn’t have any pictures for a race recap, so I decided to skip the Steve Baird Handicap race recap. I had also to planned to […]