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
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Miss K is a pro when it comes to school. She’s been at it for 2 years now. She’s totally going to rock grade 2. Master M, he’s my baby, he’s a mummies boy and well I knew that his first day of school was going to be a lot different from that of his
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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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The fine spring weather is upon us, and I’m totally loving it and enjoying it. For the 2nd the last club run for the season – Young Sports Power 10km Sealed Championship, the spring weather was out in full force, and we were totally soaking it up. This club run was also extra special for
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Today marked the 2nd Wimmera/Grampians Heart Challenge. Jackie created this event as her dad died of a heart attack back in 1996. The leading cause of death in our region is related to heart disease. Which is quite sad. All the monies raised from this event will go back into the community to help our
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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I remember the days when I thought 3km of running was long and far. Now I find them just too short. Yes, you heard me, too short. I never thought I would say that, but alas it is true. When I do my long runs, I find it usually takes me about 3km to warm
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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
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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 year’s course (as it’s been this particular track I’ve been told for many years),
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My first club run win with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club aka SAAC happened to be this particular race last year. The 6.5km Gary Rice Vineyard Handicap run is set in Gary’s vineyard. We weaved in and out through the vineyards, and then up through Ironbark scrub land, before doing the loop again. The course
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