The 16km SAAC running event is the event of the season. This event is always a good foundation of how well you will perform in a half marathon. I remember the very first time I ran this event back in 2012 (it was a different course back then). It was my furthest event, but it […]
My parents came up to visit on the Mothers Day weekend. It was nice to see them, as due to change in my work circumstances it makes it difficult to go to visit them. What I love about Autumn is the colours, so we took advantage of the autumn light and took some family photos. […]
It got to the end of the week, and I realised I had not taken a photo. So I took a photo of me on the couch, just of my legs, nothing special. But it was a photo of what my life had been like that week. Well as my computer is dying a slow […]
This week saw the SAAC club run back out in the Ironbarks for the 6.5km Advanced Bricks & Pavers Handicap. Having looked at the weather report, I decided to don the shorts and singlet. I’m glad I did as it got hot out on the track. I wasn’t too sure how I was going to […]
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 […]
Event: Lindsey Kent Memorial Fun Run Date: 27th March 2016 Distance: 5km or 3km Type: There & back loop. Where: Stawell Racecourse, Stawell Event Partners/Sponsors: Stawell & Ararat Cross Country Club The sister club to SAAC is SACCC, which holds the Stawell Easter Fun Run, which is also known as the Lindsey Kent Memorial Fun Run. While the town […]
After we stumbled upon our first Geocache the kids wanted to do it again. Looking at the geocache map, we discovered that there are a few in our home town. We decided that our first official Geocaching adventure would be one called “The Nature of the Bark”. Funnily enough this particular cache was on a track […]
Summer holidays are officially over and the kids are back at school. While they had a wonderful holiday with trips to Melbourne, Warrnambool and Camping in our own back yard. They were very much ready to go back to school. Back to School is always an indicator of how much they have grown. Check out […]
Sisters Rocks is located just off the Western Highway, Stawell. The huge granite tor’s were named after the Levi Sisters, who camped there in the early gold days. Sisters Rocks doesn’t look like it use to but, is a graffiti artists heaven, with the graffiti changing with the times.
Veteran athlete Stephen Baird, once a regular winner on the region’s track and cross country circuits but almost crippled by injury 18 months ago, ended a five year drought when he won the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s three kilometre Chris Blake Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Baird tore his hamstring from the bone, “heard […]