2015 saw the inaugural Wonderland Run in my home turf, The Grampians National Park. Now because I’m a local I decided to volunteer for the event, as I can run the tracks at any time. Sure I might not get a medal, but that’s ok with me. The Wonderland Run has 3 events on offer, which ran […]
“Jack’s Track” specialist Keith Lofthouse returned to the scene of his first race success with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and staged a form reversal to post an easy win in the eight kilometre Tyler’s Hardware Handicap at Rupanyup last Saturday. The inaugural winner of the race in 2009, the veteran has finished second, two […]
Ultra-marathoner Kieran Ryan returned to the roots of his running career with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club to outclass club-mates in the Stawell Toyota and Kia Handicap last Saturday. Fresh from a “life changing” trek along the 96 kilometres of Papua-New Guinea’s iconic Kokoda Trail, Ryan “shook out the cobwebs” for the Ironbarks race by […]
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 […]
Dave Hunter’s rush to get to Melbourne for the Kangaroos clash with the Demons at Etihad last Saturday helped propel him to a fighting win in the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap, his second of the season. “It wasn’t much of a game as it turned out but the (two) girls hadn’t been down to […]
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 […]
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club rookie Narelle Bubb was the forgotten runner in the eight kilometre Tyler’s Hardware race at Rupanyup last Saturday and, boy, did she make the chasers pay! After six runs with the club, finishing no closer than ninth, the running mum was a rank outsider – in racing parlance a 50-1 shot […]
Hunter Swoops for Easy Kill Too late getting home from work to enjoy a round of golf last Saturday enabled Stawell landscaper Dave Hunter to venture west for the eight kilometre Horsham Little Athletics Handicap and return with the spoils of victory. The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most improved runner has moved from a front mark […]
In the car driving to Horsham, I felt all sleepy and warm, and really had little enthusiasm to run the club race. I went in with ZERO expectations. I just wanted to run and survive. Run and survive I did. Horsham is flat, and having run and won this course last year, I knew what […]
Club rookie Kate Collins who in 28 years had never been involved in organised sport was the first female winner in four races this year at only her fourth start. Kate became a member almost on a whim after meeting club stalwart and other club runners for a regular Monday night training session at Stawell’s […]