In 2012 I won this race and set a new 5km PB (personal best) with a time of 23:43. Then in 2013 I went and did it again winning this race with a new 5km PB in a time of 22:44. Each week Tom & I discuss who we think is going to win. Tom said
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The last race for the 2013 SAAC season was the Ivan McDonald Big Hill 5km Race, held on the 14th September. I know I’m very late with my race recap, but after the club presentations that evening, we went on a 2.5-week holiday. So this blog post got put on hold. It was weird not
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After a bye last week, it was nice to have the regularity of a club run. This week’s race was held up in Horsham along the river. The course was not the same as last year, due to work on the bridge. Either way, the course was flat, which means fast, but you never know
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A friend of mine told me the other day, that 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
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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
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Oh dear oh dear oh dear. (And I don’t mean the scary image 😛 ) This post is like 6 days overdue. Whoops. That was not intentional, but it happens. So here is my recap for Sat 22nd of June SAAC race. Which I will also incorporate into FFL! We have been seriously blessed with
Steve Baird Handicap Read More »
I’m Fully aware that it’s Thursday the 16th, and that this race was 5 days ago on the 11th. I have felt really bland with a cold, and well the thought of writing up a post has been least on my mind (more so of I can’t be bothered). So I have been resting up.
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Matilda Iglesias and Sharon Howden added to the misery of male performance this season when they fought out the finish of the Stan and Karen Watson five kilometre handicap at Stawell last Saturday. The Iglesias-Howden quinella was the second by females in 2012 but there has also been a brace of “fairer sex” trifectas. The
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