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SAAC Race Recap: Hyperno Melb Mara Warm up
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 …
SAAC Race Recap: Youngs SportsPower
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 …
SAAC Race Recap: Stawell Toyota
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 nice …
SAAC Race Recap – S&K Watson
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 …
SAAC Race Recap: Run For Ray
Run for Ray is a run dedicated to Ray Scott, a local runner, and member of SAAC, who tragically died from a heart attack while on a training run. While I never met or knew Ray, those who knew him, spoke highly of him, and his memory is strong within the club. Last year the …
SAAC Race Recap: Advanced Bricks
This weeks club run was back in Stawell. It feels like we haven’t run on home turf in like forever. Cold, rainy, & misty, quite fitting for the shortest day of the year. I laced up my new running shoes. I haven’t broken them in yet, and this run was as good as any to …
Working Bee
Most schools offer a working bee for teachers, family, friends and anyone in the community to help assist in the up keeping of the school. Some schools have a grounds keeper. However there is only so much that the grounds keeper can do. The problem with working bee’s though is that not everyone can make …
Barham Insurance Handicap
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 …
Dooen Engineering Sealed Handicap
The Stawell Running Club season 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 …