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 […]
Greybearded runner Gary Saunders likes to lead in his races and gets plenty of chances to do so as he is usually first to start in handicap races with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club. But he is entitled; at 72 years of age he is the club’s most senior member. With his large frame, flowing […]
It was a fine Autumn day for run club. The sun was out and it was shining, and it was lovely and warm, perfect temperature for this weeks run, which was the Barham Insurance handicap. Unlike last weeks race, our handicap’s were revealed prior to the run. Slower runners starting first and the faster runners […]
The Stawell Running Club seasons opens with the Dooen Engineering Sealed Handicap. I missed this race in 2013 as I was in Geelong to run the Geelong Half Marathon. I’m glad the running season is open for the year, it keeps me motivated and pushes me to get faster. The first race for the year […]
I woke up in the morning and looked out the window – Sunny. I thought to myself, ok well this is promising, forecast does predict rain, so we will see. The clouds came over after breakfast. It was still reasonably ok. I mean it wasn’t raining or anything. After a clean up and some light […]
A friend of mine told me the other day, it’s only 3 weeks until Spring. I thought about it, and yes, she is quite right. Mind you this was on a day where it was like 10c | 50f and it was cold, wet and windy. So yes even though spring might only be a […]
Motley Crue had a hit with Girls, Girls, Girls in 1987 and the girls of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club were singing that song after embarrassing the boys with another all-girl trifecta in the five kilometre Stan and Karen Watson Handicap last Saturday. Not content with smashing the males in nine of the 17 races […]
Let me tell you as I write this I’m pooped. Yep exhausted. The SAAC club handicap this week, was the Charlie Jones Sealed Handicap. This particular race is 16km. I was hoping it was going to be the same as last years course (as it’s been this particular track I’ve been told for many years), […]