Just a general update and a few event stories . Hagley Trial report . Feature article on the Arrowsmith Marathon by Robyn Perkins. And some impressive Junior results from Invercargill
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REGISTRATIONS & UNIFORMS
If you missed Opening Day you can still download a registration form from our Blog Site – http://chchavon.wordpress.com/
Once you have completed the form you can either:
1. bring it to the next Club Run (6 April)
2. scan it and email it back to Andrew (reese-jones@clear.net.nz)
3. post it to the address at the bottom of the form
You can pay the money either by:
1. bringing the correct cash with the form to the next Club Run.
2. bringing a cheque with the form to the Club Run.
3. completing an internet banking transfer into the club’s account listed on the bottom of the form.
4. posting a cheque with the form to the address at the bottom of the form.
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CLUB RUNS :
Remember that Rodger is leading Club runs at 5 .45 pm on Wednesday evenings from the Harewood Tavern Clocktower .
We are currently working on re-instating Sunday morning runs .
"Starting from Sunday 28th April all adult members and parents of runners are invited to join our club runs. These will leave the Sign of the TAKAHE at 8:30am. The aim is to run with like -minded people for about 90 minutes. We anticipate a couple of groups so there will be a pace which suits you! We will adjourn to Zeroes Cafe (bottom of Hackthorne Road) from 10:15am. Non-runners and cyclists can join us there for social interaction. "
- (CHCH Avon Exec )
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It's interesting to see the stats for readership of these blogs .The highest so far has been Jan 28 th's article which recorded 178 hits . When this was related to a recent club Exec meeting , Robyn Perkins owned up to most of them : )
ps - Marilyn's post detailing the Junior Club Programme received 143 hits, but that was an info sheet viewed mainly by parents .
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Some background from Greg and Richie's Ironman experience in March was learned when several club members gathered at Smash Palace after the Hagley Trial. Smash Palace is a makeshift watering hole opposite where the old Carlton hotel used to be .Basically it is a rough piece of ground with an old bus parked in the middle , surrounded by tables and scattered motorcycle artefacts , everything enclosed by building mesh and canvas . The bus is a bar and grille .
Greg told us he had a great swim and first 90 km on the bike where took time out of Richie and daughter Annabell .He passed Bella with polite encouragement little knowing he was to be re-passed by her soon after with corresponding disdain .
Greg got a back muscle spasm and his pace dropped .At the bike /run transition the medics prescribed a "concrete pill" so Greg had to run 26 miles feeling less than optimal. Still, he finished it in well under 13 hours .
He and Richie ran well in the Trial and are apparently back into full training after their big event.
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The New Brighton Olympic Athletic Club is proud to announce the 2013 date for the New Balance 15k Road Race and 10k social walk. It will be held on Saturday May 11th, once more out at Greenpark starting at the Domain and offering a safe, loop course. Note the change of day from Sunday to Saturday.
This event is a great warm up for those of you targeting the Christchurch Marathon in early June.
Full details including online entry are available on the race website." (message from organisers )
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April 13 saw the holding of the Hagley relay trial race . Weather was overcast and coolish with dry hard ground underfoot and thick with acorns in places .The Start / Finish area was in the traditional place but slightly west due to a fenced enclosure which hadn't been removed from the Ellerslie flower show (?)
University club requested to join and several of their runners took the opportunity to run. Notably, CHA runners took out fastest Mens and Womens times overall (Sean E and Margot G ) . Some photos were taken :
Sean E - 12.42 ....fastest SM
Cameron A - 12.54
Matt D - 13.22
Matt P - 13.25
Matt P - 13.25
Dan Coats - 1328
Jacob R/J - 13.44
Tannock B -14.03
Nick F - 14.06
Andrew R/J - 14.07...fastest VM
Angus Baily -14.08
Thomas H - 14.15
Margot G -14.29.........fastest SW
Joey D - 14.49
Richie M - 15.14
Chris D -15.29
John Gam -15.50
Greg B -16.02
Craig E - 16.09
Rodger W - 16.11
Ant R - 16.28
Robt H -16.36
Natalie D-16.50
Mike V -17.20
Emma C -17.34
Robyn P- 17.41
Gary P -19.01
Anne K - 20.42
Iain C -20.42 *
Andrea S- 22.43
Bob P - 29.58
Have a look at these GREAT photos that Sarah took during the races. Hagley Trial Photos 13-Apr-2013
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Robyn Perkins is a regular competitor in tough off -road runs . She has supplied this account of her latest .
" I ran this ....Arrowsmith Mountain Marathon Race (a novel ?)I have 11 road marathon medals hanging off my mirror. I needed a new challenge. My imaginary friends were venturing into the worlds of ultra-running and Ironman. Neither appealed right now.Playing around on Google last November I found the link for The Arrowsmith. http://www.multisportevents.co.nz/arrowsmith-races-marathon-xidc86909.html A day on the high country Mt Arrowsmith station with a variety of events - short run, mountain bike, multisport with kayaking on Lake Heron, and a triathlon. But there it was - a mountain marathon. There was my next challenge!I had slowly been getting faster - now there's an oxymoron - and I wondered just what I was actually capable of achieving. I convinced Santa to give me a man for Christmas, a running coach.Simon (from Complete Performance) and I met in December. I told him my goals were Arrowsmith, that I wanted to be on the top spot of the podium, that I really wanted to break 4:30 but that my B goal was 4:40 and my C goal was 4:50. The winning time in my age group last year was 4:35 and I think the course record for women is 4:11 - I knew it was a tough marathon. Simon had run it. He agreed it is tough. Told me the first ascent was really tough. Like four times tougher and longer than Rapaki. I looked at the elevation profile. I finally decided it was the equivalent of Takaka Hill. OMG!! Actually I kept coming back to the image to see if it had lessened. It never did. Even today I wonder how I did it.My other little goal was to break 21minutes in the 5k.Simon went away and two days later "ping" into my inbox arrived his plan. Filled with dreaded things like Yasso 800s and hill repeats and things I had avoided for years. I sucked it all up and went out and did almost all of it. Perversely I loved and hated it! Felt like shit doing it but the feeling of nailing something was great!I fitted it in around holidays. I actually just concentrated on running trails whilst away getting in a good 40k long the Abel Tasman coast track, and lots of hill repeats!! I fitted it in around Jantastic - a three month motivation global challenge I was doing in a team with my imaginary BI friends. I fitted it in around kids, housework, work. Nah, that's bullshit. The kids look after themselves, the house is a pigsty and work? That's what I used to do when I had a job!!In February my running club ran a 5k series. I lined up at the start and set off. I hate 5k. For an endurance runner it can take 5k just to warm up. But this time I attacked it from the hooter. Hell! Smashed my PB by 20 seconds - 20:48. First goal achieved. I went on to smash my 10k PB as well and to get my 5k down to 20:34 by the end of February.March was long runs, lots of hills. Big hills. Endless hills. Rapaki. Halswell Quarry/Kennedy's Bush. Greta Valley. Worsely Spur. Up and down, round and round. I experimented with nutrition. After one awful hot day in the Greta Valley when I hit the wall head on 8k from my car, I realised that I just wasn't eating enough for this sort of running. I read a lot of what my friends were doing, I talked to people in the stores. I tried all sorts of things.Meanwhile April 6th was getting closer. And that damned elevation profile was not looking flatter!The week before and I am tapering. It is Easter. We are in the Sounds. I took it easy. Desperate not to twist an ankle on the rooted (literally covered in roots) tracks. The only damage I did was fall off my mountain bike and bruise my shin on a rock. And catch a cold!A cold! A stupid little cold. I haven't had a cold since before the earthquakes. I have had the odd scratchy throat or sniffle that I thought might become a cold, but my immune system kills it off. This time the cold settled in for a long visit. Brought its suitcase filled with coughs, snot, headaches, sneezes, watery eyes, more snot in case it ran out.I decided not to make a decision until Friday. Friday I still felt thick and the cold decided to start moving into my chest. I knew the rules - okay to run above the neck, but not if below.We drove down to Mt Somers anyway. Stopped at a chemist and got some drugs. Stopped at Rakaia to get diesel and it was pouring with rain. A really cold southerly was blasting up the island. A hot pie looked so good! But I was on pre-race rations. Good clean food. No meat. No sugary treats. We had pumpkin/feta/spinach risotto for dinner. No pies. No peanut slabs.I had booked a cabin at the Mt Somers holiday park. They had not wanted a deposit. I checked twice because this year we have had three occasions when our bookings have not been there when we have arrived to check in!! But this time it was. And what a lovely, clean, well run camp. Our cabin was $80 for two and had a double bed with linen and towels supplied. An ensuite toilet and shower. Toaster and kettle, tea and coffee. Pretty much everything a motel has bar the kitchen. We used the camp kitchen. Met another runner there heating up her dinner - roast lamb and all the trimmings. No Robyn, you know meat does not work before a marathon. We ate our risotto. And I went to bed.It had stopped raining. My alarm was set for 6am.The room's clock alarm went off at midnight. It was on Andrew's side of the bed. He turned it off. I went back to sleep. About an hour later he kicked me and told me to get up. He thought the alarm had been at 6 and wondered why I hadn't got up. At 5am Andrew's phone rings. Who the hell rings at 5am? Your daughter who is in America and having money problems. Andrew tries to sort it out. I get up. I feel okay. I like these drugs. It is cold. And very dark. But dry.I make coffee and refresh my hottie. At 6am I make more coffee and get dressed. Compression shorts, running shorts, merino tee, arm sleeves, icebreaker socks, shoes and gaiters. I put some more layers over that topping it off with a down jacket and beanie. Toast. Poopy stop one. And two. I fill my travel cup with the third coffee - the other cups were little! We get in the truck and head somewhere west. Into Middle Earth. This is Lord of the Rings country.The sky is lightening and there is a light covering of high cloud. We follow a steady stream of red tail lights, cars and trucks with kayaks, mountain bikes, Coast to Coast stickers. A thick blanket of fog buries Lake Heron. But there are the mountains. Sharp, jagged, magnificent and sprinkled with fresh snow.We were there. I lined up and got my number and transponder. Even though they had said there would be gear checks, there weren't. I decided to carry my stuff anyway. I knew that the drugs were just masking my symptoms. I was still sick. I carried emergency blanket, jacket, beanie, merino long sleeve top and merino pants. I wore my gloves. I also had a first aid which had to have a triangular bandage, a crepe bandage and strapping tape. I had two litres of hydration drink, a sports waffle, a pouch of baby food (fruit and yoghurt), five gus, one roctane gu (rocket fuel) and some gu chomps which I would use one every k to get me home through the last 8k.This was the first time Andrew had been my support person, and focussed on my needs and my needs only - not sidetracked by being a Dad. He really could not understand why I needed to go to the toilet so often. "But you have just been!" Whatever. I was a good 2kg lighter when I lined up at the start!!I had decided that I was not going to go for any of my goals. I would run and enjoy and soak up the glorious views. It was 0 degrees.When the gun went off I set off. Immediately I knew I was not well. What would normally feel like a walk in the park already felt hard. I would just keep it at this pace and not worry about anything.We ran alongside the lake for the first three k. It was a shingle road. Have I mentioned the mountains. There. Big. Massive. And touched with the glow of early morning light. People were passing me. Whatever, the mountains were good.We headed up the up. It was a farm track so easy to pass people. And I did. I wasn't pushing my pace but the hill training had paid off. It was a long climb. I knew to power walk if the effort got tough. And I did that too. The ground was frozen. We arrived at the first of 13 streams. People were picking their way through. It wasn't deep. I splashed straight across. It was amazing how much distance I put on people by doing that. I mean, guys, your feet are going to be wet eventually! Sometimes the track become mud and that was tough but I ran on the side where the mud was still frozen. I picked up a "friend" here. He was trying to convince me that I needed to find another source of energy and run the uphills like he was. I was power walking at the same speed. He was an arrogant git who raged about race fees, rules, safety, Americans, Clinton. Whatever. He distracted me for a while. I left him talking to my butt as I shot off down the other side. Yes! We had mastered the uphill. It was long but not horrendous. I think the views made it so much better.I was being really strict about my eating, and drinking. Every 6k I took a gu. At 14k and 28k I was to have "real food". My rocket fuel was ear-marked for 30k. Methven Search and Rescue marshalled the event. We were ticked off as we went through. There was only one drink station. My friend complained about that too.Mountain bikers were coming through now. We shared the road happily. They would call out as they came, but I could usually hear them. Occasionally another runner would pass me, but always a man. I was just cruising along. I still felt ok, certainly not springing with energy but my legs were holding up. I think the walking was helping.
We traversed two shingle screes. Even though the sun was up we were running in the shadow of a hill. The rocks were sharp and angular and ranged in size from a rock melon through to a large basketball. And they were frozen. And very slippery. I got across without falling or twisting an ankle. Or being hit by rocks sliding down the scree.
I could smell something. Not much because my nose and sense of smell were affected by the cold, but there was toast or coffee or meat cooking. Bloody Search and Rescue having a fry-up! Now that is mean. I had another gu.
We had a couple more big climbs. And a couple of deep rivers - knee deep. The water was cold. I had taken my gloves off ages ago but at one stage I wondered if I should put my beanie on. Then we turned a corner and ran in the sun. I took my arm warmers off.
I had been running and taking note of distance but not really pace or time. I was still just cruising. I figured I was in the top three of my age group but the runners were so spread out I really had no idea. And I didn't care. But I did work out my time was not too bad and I might hit my C goal. I decided to push it a bit harder.
But I really didn't have it there. I could tell the drugs had worn off and my chest felt sore. I wondered if I would end up in hospital with pneumonia. I just kept running. Right behind a guy. I watched his feet and ran about a metre behind him. He stopped to pick his way through a stream. Really? You still want to keep your feet dry after wading through two or three rivers? He ended up finishing about five minutes behind me.
I could see Lake Heron now. A helicopter was giving scenic rides and there was a photographer on board. It buzzed me so she could get some shots. It is quite hard to run in helicopter wind!
I was counting down the final ks, eating my gu chomps.
My Garmin ticked over to 40k. 41k and a sign said 2k to go. Whatever. Five times around a 400m track. I just wanted to be there now. I felt good that I had run it. I loved the course. But I was sick. And wanted to be there. Now.
Finally I could see people. And Andrew. Wow! I am there. Down the final hill, round a few corners and there was the finish. 4:50:30. My C goal!
Apart from my cold I felt good. Tired. But okay.
I could not believe that I won my age group. That was just a huge bonus. But my biggest thrill was out running and coming across bits of the trail that were just like terrain on which I had trained. I had trained well. I had trained hard. And it paid off. I am fairly certain that without a cold I could have run each kilometre 30seconds faster and hit my A goal. But I was sick and still did my best.
Today I still have a cold, but not pneumonia. I have one small blister on the top of my foot which does not bother me at all. My glutes and hamstrings are tight but not too sore. And I feel really pleased with myself. "
Well done Robyn. It seems the longer and tougher the event the more tricky it is to get the 'ducks all lined up' for a perfect race -and all the training seems squandered if something goes wrong .Still , as a prominent runner once said ," If you keep turning up for races you'll eventually win something " ~ed .
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Well done Robyn. It seems the longer and tougher the event the more tricky it is to get the 'ducks all lined up' for a perfect race -and all the training seems squandered if something goes wrong .Still , as a prominent runner once said ," If you keep turning up for races you'll eventually win something " ~ed .
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Hanmer Four Square Half Marathon, 10km & 5km Run
4th May 2013
Entries are coming in fast for the Hanmer Springs Four Square Half Marathon and 10 km Run.
All new 5km introduced for the first time this year.
Also new for 2013 a Discounted Entry Fee for Groups. Emailgraham@hanmerevents.co.nz for details.
The race, which is organised by Hanmer Springs Multi Sport Club as a community fundraiser, takes competitors on a unique journey through Hanmer Forest amongst some amazing mountain scenery.
Bivouac Outdoor Mount Isobel Challenge
25th May 2013
Run 8km with a 1000m ascent
Mountain bike 23 km,
Two person team or as an Individual.
Will it be your personal Fitness or the weather that is the challenge in 2013.
All NEW “Fastest to Top” & “Fastest MTB Leg” Trophies
See http://www.first-training.co.nz/ for details.
For more info, check Hanmer Events
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FOR SOME HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS OF SEVERAL OF THESE RACES GO TO YOU TUBE UNDER " SISS ATHLETICS " and check out any posts from Craig Eustace.The U16 Boys 1500 m is a good place to start.
CHAV Athletes Shine in the Invercargill Sun
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Under 14 Girls
Harriet Bush
800m
2nd
Megan Austin
800m
2:35.97
10th
Harriet Bush
1500m
4:53.95
2nd
Charlotte Blair
1500m
5:01.56
3rd
Charlotte Blair
3000m
10:33.92
1st
Lorna Pairman
3000m
11:30.46
5th
Megan Eustace
80m Hurdles
13.0
4th
Megan Eustace
High Jump
1.50
1st
Megan Austin
High Jump
1.45
3rd
Megan Eustace
Long Jump
4.83
2nd
Martha Lolohea
Shot Put
9.13
9th
Martha Lolohea
Discus
27.69
2nd
Izzy Hurley
Discus
25.59
8th
Under 15 Girls
Georgia Wilson
100m
13.82
heat
Scarlett Norton
100m
13.90
heat
Georgia Freeman
100m
13.02
4th
Scarlett Norton
200m
28.54
heat
Georgia Freeman
200m
26.49
3rd
Georgia Wilson
200m
27.69 (heat)
Rebecca Gillett
80m Hurdles
12.5
2nd
Laura Thomas
80m Hurdles
13.9
6th
Sami Kokich
80m Hurdles
14.5
8th
Sami Kokich
High Jump
1.45
7th=
Georgia Freeman
Long Jump
5.18
2nd
Sami Kokich
Triple Jump
10.67
2nd
Rebecca Gillett
Triple Jump
10.61
3rd
Under 16 Girls
Natalie Dryden
1500m
5:14.24
4th
Natalie Dryden
3000m
11:25.16
4th
Georgia Sherlock
80m Hurdles
15.01
heat
Georgia Sherlock
Long Jump
4.76
6th
Georgia Sherlock
Triple Jump
9.30
11th
Under 19 Girls
Wallis Marshall
1500m
5:22.16
9th
Open Girls
Rebecca Gillett
300m Hurdles
47.42
1st
Scarlett Norton
Pole Vault
2.10
6th
Under 14 Boys
Jake Nicholls
400m
55.66
2nd
Hamish Findlay
800m
2:15.04
4th
Jake Nicholls
800m
2:17.41
7th
Christopher Dryden
800m
2:18.63
8th
Hamish Findlay
1500m
4:35.37
1st
Christopher Dryden
3000m
10:06.17
1st
Lwamba Chileshe
3000m
10:32.90
6th
Lwamba Chileshe
High Jump
1.44
5th=
Jake Nicholls
Triple Jump
10.58
2nd
Christopher Dryden
Discus
30.86
10th
Under 15 Boys
Jace Donnelly
400m
55.00
5th
Angus Bailey
800m
2:06.13
3rd
Angus Bailey
1500m
4:22.84
3rd
Latham Fairhall
1500m
4:39.79
5th
Latham Fairhall
3000m
9:44.0
3rd
Jace Donnelly
80m Hurdles
12.89
3rd
Jace Donnelly
Long Jump
4.97
9th
Under 16 Boys
Jacob Reese-Jones
400m
53.02
1st
Matt Prest
800m
2:01.86
2nd
Jacob Reese-Jones
800m
2:05.52
4th
Sean Eustace
1500m
4:12.51
1st
Matt Prest
1500m
4:16.47
3rd
Cameron Avery
1500m
4:17.06
4th
Sean Eustace
3000m
9:01.49
1st
Cameron Avery
3000m
9:05.41
2nd
Chris Starr
100m Hurdles
14.98
2nd
Chris Starr
Long Jump
5.24
7th
Dylan Lolohea
Triple Jump
11.98
2nd
Dylan Lolohea
Javelin
45.35
2nd
Under 19 Boys
Tannock Blair
800m
1:56.69
1st
Tannock Blair
1500m
4:02.21
3rd
Matthew Dryden
1500m
4:09.78
7th
Nick Findlay
3000m
9:39.04
4th
Brodie Thomas
Long Jump
5.97
3rd
Open Boys
Brodie Thomas
300m Hurdles
42.81
3rd
Matthew Dryden
2000m Steeples
6:20.30
1st
Nick Findlay
2000m Steeples
6:35.94
3rd
Joey Dwyer
2000m Steeples
7:08.33
6th
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