Some more track results , upcoming events calendar and social news (with photos)
First up, let's congratulate two of our runners who were awarded Merit badges at the recent AGM.These are not issued often or lightly .The club has prescribed achievement criteria as set out in the Constitution.
Margot Gibson's fine win in the 2010 World Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs was an indisputable case .Congratulations from your club Margot.
John Gamblin was already on the Merit board for past deeds , so he earned a merit bar for his win in the Canterbury Steeplechase Champs (2010) . In his acceptance speech John said he had been trying to nab this title for many years and had come second before .Well done on your victory this time John .
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First up, let's congratulate two of our runners who were awarded Merit badges at the recent AGM.These are not issued often or lightly .The club has prescribed achievement criteria as set out in the Constitution.
Margot Gibson's fine win in the 2010 World Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs was an indisputable case .Congratulations from your club Margot.
John Gamblin was already on the Merit board for past deeds , so he earned a merit bar for his win in the Canterbury Steeplechase Champs (2010) . In his acceptance speech John said he had been trying to nab this title for many years and had come second before .Well done on your victory this time John .
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Sunday 18 th December we had our Christmas end of year club run.Instead of convening back at the Gamblins we had a BBQ at the plantation HQ . A large group (~50) of all ages ran for about 80 minutes in the forest while Andrew and Rae Reese /Jones cooked sausages and bacon . Chris F was the only one to trip on the track : but he sprang up unhurt .Chris D overestimated his fitness and had to be escorted out (he's only 12 ).
Being in the shelter of the HQ was welcome as the weather got coldish and it even drizzled for a while . Typical Christchurch summer pattern . Several photos of people eating were taken by John. There were also a few group shots .
Being in the shelter of the HQ was welcome as the weather got coldish and it even drizzled for a while . Typical Christchurch summer pattern . Several photos of people eating were taken by John. There were also a few group shots .
Good to see Greg Wilson running .Robyn ran in a Santa suit she got from the Santa run a few days back.This was a ladies suit featuring a stylish skirt rather than trousers . Robyn said it was a bit warm even in the overcast conditions .
Chris , Lorna , Jacob , Anna , Harry (?) and others.
Margot was the only older teen there and commented "the demographic isn't very well spread " . It wasn't so bad talking to the oldies .
Margot relaxing after the run.
Speaking of older runners , three of them hit 60 this year : John Palmer , John Ingles and Denis Christmas .Happy birthdays guys . Richie M and Juliet grazed 50 as well .
James Rogal ran in the Nelson Gutbuster last weekend. This was three laps of a hilly circuit near the town center and James got 8th out of 46 and only 3 minutes behind the leader ..
Jane Pairman took up cycling recently to enter the Terra Firma duathlon in Pegasus township . She ran 2.5 km , biked 15 km in very windy conditions , then finished off with a 5 km run . She was second in her age grade on debut and was 3 rd female (17 th overall ). Jane said her running legs weren't very strong on the bike .Yes, you need muscles to bike Jane.
A wee tip for online shoe buyers : Wiggle is waiving postage from the UK over xmas (but the NZ dollar has dropped 10 cents, so ....
Nick Merrett is being coached by Craig Motley now. Nick ran a 9.28 3000m on Sat 17 Dec on a rough grass track in blustery conditions .If anyone can get the best out of Nick it will be Craig.
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Opinion piece :
There was some discussion about the pros of training for downhill races by actually doing some downhill training. Richard said he won the Crater Rim race in October , but his quads were very sore for four days afterwards. John believed that it's pointless trying to prepare and you should just accept the damage as part of the event. I disagree because I know that if I do a good hill run at least once a week I dont get sore quads from it. Of course if I do a hard downhill race on this background I get some quad soreness - but not as bad as if I had been doing nothing. Its a sort of inoculation effect : a weak dose prevents a full dose from killing you. Comments ?
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A wee tip for online shoe buyers : Wiggle is waiving postage from the UK over xmas (but the NZ dollar has dropped 10 cents, so ....
Nick Merrett is being coached by Craig Motley now. Nick ran a 9.28 3000m on Sat 17 Dec on a rough grass track in blustery conditions .If anyone can get the best out of Nick it will be Craig.
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Opinion piece :
There was some discussion about the pros of training for downhill races by actually doing some downhill training. Richard said he won the Crater Rim race in October , but his quads were very sore for four days afterwards. John believed that it's pointless trying to prepare and you should just accept the damage as part of the event. I disagree because I know that if I do a good hill run at least once a week I dont get sore quads from it. Of course if I do a hard downhill race on this background I get some quad soreness - but not as bad as if I had been doing nothing. Its a sort of inoculation effect : a weak dose prevents a full dose from killing you. Comments ?
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Robyn ,Iain and Andrew (on the tongs)
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reproducing a message from John :
" Hope to see you all at the five Shoe Clinic 5k series races starting on
Tuesday January 3rd and then 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st.
Following these five races will be three more 5k's, exactly the same as the
Shoe Clinic events co-ordinated by Athletics Canterbury.
Dates Tuesday 7th, 14th and 21st February.
Christchurch Avon will actually be organising the first one on the 7th with
us keeping all the proceeds, so get your friends down for that one at least.
More info can be found at
http://www.athletics.org.nz/CANTERBURY/Article.aspx?ID=8344
The Cashmere Downs Twilight 10k on Tuesday 28th of February will be the
final event in a 9 week Tuesday night series of events.
The 10k is based at Halswell Quarry and run on a new exciting undulating out
and back course. 6.30pm start now.
This is the replacement for the Rovers 10k which has been taken over by
Athletics Canterbury.
More info can be found at
http://www.athletics.org.nz/CANTERBURY/Article.aspx?ID=8343
The Summer Road Programme can be found at
http://www.athletics.org.nz/CANTERBURY/Article.aspx?ID=2219
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Cheers John " (Gamblin)
Our esteemed chefs Andrew and Rae (anything to get out of a run !)
December 4th at Burnside Track .
bear in mind these times are on a track with quite long grass and a few lumps and hollows in it .
Georgia Surie (15) 13.68 -100m
Laura Smith (15) 28.82 -200m
63.98 -400 m
Kate Meynell (14 ) 64.95 -400m
Laura Beckett (15 ) 67.45 -400m
Charles Simpson (15) 15.25 -100m
32.87 - 200 m
Brodie Thomas ( 15 ) 26.5 -200 m
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Matt Prest (14 ) 17.4 -100m Hurdles
Josh Kokich (15) 16.47 -3000m Walk
Tannock Blair (15 ) 2.09.1 - 800m , 1st place
Matt Dryden (16) 2.12 .6 - 800m , 2nd place
Scott Bridgman (19 ) 2.18.8 -800m
Lydia Marshall (17) 5.11.8 - 1500m
Rodger Ward (V55) 5.35.5 -1500m
Alex Manton (19 ) 4.35 .9 -1500m
Wellington big inter Secondary Schools meeting on Dec 10 th .
This was a very big meeting with lots of heats and large fields .Some of our runners posted very good times . Tannock missed qualifying even with a 2.03 800m heat !
Lauren Beckett- 16.54 -4 km
Natalie Dryden -11.54 -3 km
Ben Henderson - 14.55 -4km
Jake Marryatt- 15.20 - 4km
Lydia Marshall - 14.43 -4 km (2nd place )
Matt Dryden - 20.16 -6 km (13 th out of 86)
Jack Brownie - 22.35 - 6 km (59 th )
Kate Meynell - 1.00.73 -400 m
Sabine Keenan- 1.00.96 - 400m
Laura Smith -2.17 - 800m (2nd place )
Tannock Blair - 2.03 .32 -800m
Lydia Marshall - 4.53 -1500m
Sean Eustace - 4.13 -1500m final (5th out of 14 )
Matt Dryden - 6.39 -2 km Steeples final ( 7 th out of 12 )
Courteney Ruske - won her walks race final.
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Richard and Greg rehydrating (alcohol prohibited at HQ)
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| I can eat anything after 16 km |
Richard and Greg rehydrating (alcohol prohibited at HQ)
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Here's a message from Athletics NZ.
Action in 2012
There’s a lot of high quality Athletics action coming up in the first few months of 2012, so good luck
to all those athletes, coaches, officials and administrators preparing for events in January and
February.
Click in the events for details or go to the Athletics NZ website
Athletics New Zealand Track & Field Champs and Olympic Trials 23-25 March 2012
Watch out for the next big Aurora Series event, the Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Champs,
doubling this year as the Olympic Trials. The venue will be Douglas Track & Field in Waitakere,
Auckland. We're making a big effort to make this a special event in the 125th year of Athletics New
Zealand.
International Track Meet 2012 Saturday 4 February 2012
Christ’s College and central Christchurch will play host to the 2012 International Track Meet,
Coaching Seminar and the Sir Peter Snell Luncheon and Athletics Charity Auction. The weekend
will celebrate 50 years since Snell ran world records over 800m / 880yds on grass in Christchurch
at Lancaster Park. Wanganui will celebrate his mile record run the week prior.
With an expected crowd of over 3000 spectators the atmosphere and surroundings of one of the
best grass tracks in New Zealand will make the competition electric and will be an event to be
remembered.
New Zealand’s best athletes are showing their support for the ITM. Key track events will be the
Brian Taylor Memorial Women’s 3000m and New Balance Men’s 2 mile handicap, 800m and
4x400m. The main field events will be Shot Put, Discus and Long Jump.
Athlete Entries are open now and will close Monday 23 January.
Tickets are on sale now.
3 Jan ANZ 10,000m Champs Tauranga
6–8 Jan North Island Colgate Games Tauranga
7 Jan Lovelock Classic Timaru
13-15 Jan South Island Colgate Games Nelson
20-28 Jan Young Olympian Classic Tour
21 Jan Sylvia Potts Classic Hastings
21 Jan ANZ M20 & W20 3000m Champs Hastings
21 Jan South Island 14-15 Interprovincial Timaru
23 Jan Capital Classic Wellington
27 Jan Cooks Classic Whanganui
29 Jan North Island 14-17 Interprovincial Palmerston North
4 Feb International Track Meeting Christchurch
4-5 Feb ANZ Combined Event Championships Palmerston North
5-12 Feb Oceania Masters Championships Tauranga
11 Feb Porritt Classic Hamilton
18 Feb ANZ SM & SW 3000m Championships Dunedin
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