- John Connor University 4km NOT being run this Saturday (6 July ) - maybe later in season .
see below for our REPLACEMENT shingle handicap race !!
- Places still left for Club Dinner (July 13 th ) -contact Robyn Perkins (see below )
- Marathon report from Robyn at Wellington.
- Message to runners intending to race at National Cross and Road Champs .
Because University Club isn't running the John Connor handicap let's have a wee practice run for Canty Champs instead .
No Entry Form for this one - just turn up - your handicaps have been calculated ( fairly ! )
THIS SATURDAY - 6 JULY - CHAV OFF-ROAD CHALLENGE -
ROTO KOHATU RESERVE (airport end of Sawyers Arms Rd.)
- the course follows the gravel road around Lake Roto Kohatu - no spikes needed.
Collect your handicap from 1:45pm - First runners start at 2:30pm.
Grades 14 and Under - 1 lap - 2.4km
Grades 15 and Above - 2 laps - 4.8km
PLEASE PARK OUTSIDE THE GATE FOR SAFETY REASONS (and because the gate might be locked : )
Results /Report (thanks Craig ) :
"You could be forgiven for thinking spring had arrived early with another lovely mild afternoon making conditions almost perfect for running. There was a bit of breeze which was helpful running away from the start line, but less helpful running back on the other side of the lake toward the finish. Workers have been very busy at the reserve and most of the potholes along the road have been filled in.
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Richard Seigne popped over to the Gold Coast Marathon (Sunday 7 july) and claimed first 50 year old placing. Richard's time of 2:45:03 was 9 minutes clear of the second place getter. They say a prominent Canterbury female runner was 4 minutes ahead of him though : )
See the link below which has 5km splits etc
Richard Seigne popped over to the Gold Coast Marathon (Sunday 7 july) and claimed first 50 year old placing. Richard's time of 2:45:03 was 9 minutes clear of the second place getter. They say a prominent Canterbury female runner was 4 minutes ahead of him though : )
See the link below which has 5km splits etc
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http://www.goldcoast.com.au/gold-coast-marathon-results-2013.html
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Attention : places are filling fast for this ! approx 15 seats left
CHAV CLUB DINNER - SATURDAY 13 JULY - WINNIE BAGOES, FERRYMEAD - 6PM
Celebrate Mid-Winter and Dine with CHAV after the Canterbury Cross Country Champs. This is the first Saturday of the School Holidays.
RSVP here -> CHAV Club Dinner 13.7.2013 Please Note: - We are limited to 80 diners max. (and 60 min.) - so get your name on the list early.
When: Saturday 13 July, 6pm
Where: Winnie Bagoes, 2 Waterman Place (off Ferry Rd), Ferrymead
We have opted for a $20 set menu for the adults. Kids can order from the kids menu or choose the $20 set menu. Drinks and Desserts are available at extra cost.
$20 Set Menu
Starters:Garlic Bread
Chilli Pesto Bread
Wedges
Mains:Fresh Green Salad
A selection of Gourmet and Traditional Pizzas
If you are Gluten free please specify (G/F) on your entry and your price may be a little higher .
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A clear sunny day for our Kennett Cup on June 29 th .
A hard frost gave way to a blue cloudless sky all day . The midwinter sun was hard/ put to get the temperature above 10 degrees though . The course needed slight modification from last year as there was quite a bit of earthmoving activity all round the area . There were only two hurdles per lap but also a couple of pipe jumps elsewhere on the course .Only one mud puddle .The entire QE 2 stadium complex was nowhere to be seen - it was hard to imagine it had ever been there . The pavilion was still an earthquake risk , so all the admin functions were centered in a rental caravan.
Racing got underway on time at 12.40 pm . All grades were run within five races .There were a few out of towners in the fields and some figured prominently. Overall numbers were good .
Highlights :
1- Watching Chris D giving it everything in his champion run .
2- Seeing five CHCH Avon women running well (Margot, Elise, Jessica, Annabelle and Natalie )
3 - Sean Eustace in his winning run .
4- Matt D's expression as he came down into the finish straight (a grim smile !) Later he was really smiling walking around with a cup under his arm.
5- Nick's smooth power as he lapped me on his way to 3rd placed Senior man . Nick returns to the USA early August : (
Robyn , Margot , Richard S, Andrew R/J and Rodger all had good runs too .
Looking at the results there must have been a battle between Richie , Greg and John as they finished within 4 seconds of each other .Richie reported that the correct pecking order had been restored : )
Full results from today racing can be found here -> South Island XC Results
Today we congratulate our 5 new South Island Champs and 23 Medal Winners.
CONGRATULATIONS to our South Island Champions:
Sean Eustace - Youth Men Under 18
Matthew Dryden - Junior Men Under 20
Christopher Dryden - Boys 14
Margot Gibson - Junior Women Under 20
Richard Seigne - Master's Men 50+
(Jessica coming off same hill as above )
We had medal winners in nearly every grade:
Junior Men Under 20 - Matthew Dryden - 1st
Youth Men Under 18 - Sean Eustace - 1st, Cameron Avery - 2nd, Jacob Reese-Jones - 3rd
Girls 14 - Harriet Bush - 2nd, Charlotte Blair - 3rd
Girls 12 - Brynlea Pain - 2nd
Girls 11 - Bella Belcher - 2nd
Boys 14 - Chris Dryden - 1st
Boys 11 - Laurence Pithie - 2nd, Chanel Muir - 3rd
Girls 9 - Paige Avery - 3rd
Girls 8 and Under - Madi Thomas - 2nd, Lucy Vance - 3rd
Boys 10 - Thomas Clare - 2nd
Boys 9 - Riley Richards - 3rd
Boys 8 and Under - Matthew Fairhall - 2nd
Open Women - Margot Gibson - 3rd
Junior Women Under 20 - Margot Gibson - 1st, Elise Sutherland - 2nd
Senior Women - Annabelle Bramwell - 3rd
Senior Men - Nick Merrett - 3rd
Master's Men 50+ - Richard Seigne - 1st
(Natalie off the hill )
(Chris with finish line in sight )
(Angus in full flight )
(Jacob checking out the gradient )
(Sean leading with 60 m to run )
(Tannock leads Latham early in the race )
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The COTY results from the Kennett Cup are -
1. Christchurch Avon
2. Sumner
3. Port Hills
So after six events (though everyone scored 0 for Anglican Block) the overall points are:
1. Christchurch Avon on 100 points
2. Sumner on 80 points and
3. Port Hills on 78 points
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Wellington Marathon Race report -June 22nd 2013 (From Robyn )
" So I won a marathon entry- value $85. Six days to prepare. Didn't seem hard to me?
I booked flights to Wellington - $250 return! Who needs to go to Africa for their 50th anyway. I decided against staying in a hostel. For an extra $30 bucks I could have my own bathroom and hopefully a quiet night. Accommodation $120. Mental note - next time don't book at the top of the Plimmer Steps.
The weather leading into Wellington was foul. For those in NZ storms are measured by the Wahine Storm in 1968. I was four years old at the time and I remember the storm. It blew over a big tree in Fendalton Park which we heard fall from our house. And of course the tragic Wahine disaster.
This was on a par.
The forecast was positive and race news said it was all go. I flew, sideways, into Wellington - gales and torrential rain. Whatever.
The morning of the race dawned with no more falling rain. There was still a stiff breeze and a wind chill of bloody cold. I ate my bagel and drank two cups of coffee. This was the second time I had run the Wellington marathon and I had a few tricks from last year. Breakfast from the Wholly Bagel - takeaway. Those bagels can fuel you for ever!
A 1.2km walk to the stadium. Plenty of time to get sorted. The stadium is a great venue. Loads of toilets, no queues. Indoor waiting area. Seats. Warmth. Cover. Wellington also sends everyone off at different times so it was just the couple of hundred marathoners hanging around, jogging indoors, stretching. I dumped my bag and donned my bin liner. It was time to go to the start.
Mein Gott!! Bloody cold. It was the first time I had worn a long-sleeve thermal under my race singlet. This race doubled as NZ marathon champs and all registered runners needed to wear club colours. I also wore gloves and a beanie but compression shorts and normal shorts.
I had a plan. Not a goal, just a plan. I had used an online pace calculator aiming for a 3:25 finishing time. I was not sure I could run 3:25. But as my running mate, Rodger says, never say never! It was windy. I had not trained specifically for this race. I had run a full marathon only three weeks ago. Today I was aiming at following a pace chart for as long as I could. This calculator allowed for a negative split. I am good at negative splits, so let's work with that strength.
We set off. I had memorised my splits for every 5k. I can't read pace bands because I don't run with glasses on, and there was no point writing up my arm as it was hidden under a sleeve. So memory it was.
I was aiming to run the first 5k in 25:50. I kept it slow. People were passing me but I kept telling myself "this is good". I went through in 25:06. It was dry and the wind was there but not too much of a bother. We were sheltered around Oriental Parade.
The next 5k was windier. It was supposed to be 51:40 - it was 51:36. Still feeling good. By now we have run past the airport and the planes were approaching over us. There had been a good head wind along here.
I needed to pee and for the first time ever stopped to use the toilets. At 15k I needed to be at 1:17:30 - it was 1:17:01. I had my first gu along here. There were plenty of water stops. We were running to 16k and then turning around, collecting a rubber band marker and running back to 11k, turning back round here, another rubber band and back out to the 16k mark. Third rubber band and time to head home. This was to replace the portion of road closed because of storm damage. It was quite cool as we saw the leaders. I counted that I was the 31st woman at 16k. But I passed one almost immediately. It was time to pick up the pace. Portions of this out and back were with strong head winds and also tail winds. I took what help I could get.
At the half marathon mark my watch needed to read 1:47:28. It was 1:47:01. It was hard. I was having fun. It was sort of trying to think about rain. I was passing people. I get a lot of confidence from passing people. The lead woman had also been passed by second place at this stage. There was a group of about five guys close leading their race.
25k Goal time 2:05:40. Actual time 2:06:01. Head bloody wind!!
We picked up the half marathon runners. O. M. G. These are the two hour plus runners but compared to the marathon pace we were running they seemed so slow. And they had no idea how to handle drink stations. That was my only gripe.
But that was the end of the head and side winds. It was behind me all the way home now.
30k Goal time 2:29.00 Actual time 2:29:08. I was tired now. But this is doable. Just take one kilometre at a time.
35k Goal time 2:52:20 Actual time 2:53.09. Yep. Really getting tired. Nothing was hurting terribly much but I could see Westpac Stadium and I wanted to be there. Good news was I had picked off a few "targets". We were so tangled up with half marathoners I had no idea who I was passing but I did pass tattooed shoulder man whose bare shoulders I had rubbed to warm him up on the start line. I also passed Rotorua bike shirt man, girl with orange and blue jacket, and girl with blue sleeveless jacket.
Round the actual waterfront now. It is such a pretty place to spend some time but today I had no time to appreciate it. 40k Goal time 3:15:40 Actual time 3:19:38.
With 2k to go I dug in deep. Everything I had. Last kilometre and girl with blue sleeveless jacket passed me. I had nothing left. I think she got 20 seconds on me at the end.
There is a steepish ramp up to the finish in the stadium carpark. I ran as fast as I could and then it was 150m to the finish line. I would like to think I was sprinting. It might not have looked like that.
3:27:33 - PB by 14 seconds. Thank you very much. There was not much left out there. I was very pleased with my pacing efforts, my achievements. And although I am knackered I am not too broken up. We will see tomorrow!
btw- those bloody stairs up and down to the hotel were a bitch!
Whole weekend? Priceless !!
ps- I won the NZ Marathon champs for my age group. "
" So I won a marathon entry- value $85. Six days to prepare. Didn't seem hard to me?
I booked flights to Wellington - $250 return! Who needs to go to Africa for their 50th anyway. I decided against staying in a hostel. For an extra $30 bucks I could have my own bathroom and hopefully a quiet night. Accommodation $120. Mental note - next time don't book at the top of the Plimmer Steps.
The weather leading into Wellington was foul. For those in NZ storms are measured by the Wahine Storm in 1968. I was four years old at the time and I remember the storm. It blew over a big tree in Fendalton Park which we heard fall from our house. And of course the tragic Wahine disaster.
This was on a par.
The forecast was positive and race news said it was all go. I flew, sideways, into Wellington - gales and torrential rain. Whatever.
The morning of the race dawned with no more falling rain. There was still a stiff breeze and a wind chill of bloody cold. I ate my bagel and drank two cups of coffee. This was the second time I had run the Wellington marathon and I had a few tricks from last year. Breakfast from the Wholly Bagel - takeaway. Those bagels can fuel you for ever!
A 1.2km walk to the stadium. Plenty of time to get sorted. The stadium is a great venue. Loads of toilets, no queues. Indoor waiting area. Seats. Warmth. Cover. Wellington also sends everyone off at different times so it was just the couple of hundred marathoners hanging around, jogging indoors, stretching. I dumped my bag and donned my bin liner. It was time to go to the start.
Mein Gott!! Bloody cold. It was the first time I had worn a long-sleeve thermal under my race singlet. This race doubled as NZ marathon champs and all registered runners needed to wear club colours. I also wore gloves and a beanie but compression shorts and normal shorts.
I had a plan. Not a goal, just a plan. I had used an online pace calculator aiming for a 3:25 finishing time. I was not sure I could run 3:25. But as my running mate, Rodger says, never say never! It was windy. I had not trained specifically for this race. I had run a full marathon only three weeks ago. Today I was aiming at following a pace chart for as long as I could. This calculator allowed for a negative split. I am good at negative splits, so let's work with that strength.
We set off. I had memorised my splits for every 5k. I can't read pace bands because I don't run with glasses on, and there was no point writing up my arm as it was hidden under a sleeve. So memory it was.
I was aiming to run the first 5k in 25:50. I kept it slow. People were passing me but I kept telling myself "this is good". I went through in 25:06. It was dry and the wind was there but not too much of a bother. We were sheltered around Oriental Parade.
The next 5k was windier. It was supposed to be 51:40 - it was 51:36. Still feeling good. By now we have run past the airport and the planes were approaching over us. There had been a good head wind along here.
I needed to pee and for the first time ever stopped to use the toilets. At 15k I needed to be at 1:17:30 - it was 1:17:01. I had my first gu along here. There were plenty of water stops. We were running to 16k and then turning around, collecting a rubber band marker and running back to 11k, turning back round here, another rubber band and back out to the 16k mark. Third rubber band and time to head home. This was to replace the portion of road closed because of storm damage. It was quite cool as we saw the leaders. I counted that I was the 31st woman at 16k. But I passed one almost immediately. It was time to pick up the pace. Portions of this out and back were with strong head winds and also tail winds. I took what help I could get.
At the half marathon mark my watch needed to read 1:47:28. It was 1:47:01. It was hard. I was having fun. It was sort of trying to think about rain. I was passing people. I get a lot of confidence from passing people. The lead woman had also been passed by second place at this stage. There was a group of about five guys close leading their race.
25k Goal time 2:05:40. Actual time 2:06:01. Head bloody wind!!
We picked up the half marathon runners. O. M. G. These are the two hour plus runners but compared to the marathon pace we were running they seemed so slow. And they had no idea how to handle drink stations. That was my only gripe.
But that was the end of the head and side winds. It was behind me all the way home now.
30k Goal time 2:29.00 Actual time 2:29:08. I was tired now. But this is doable. Just take one kilometre at a time.
35k Goal time 2:52:20 Actual time 2:53.09. Yep. Really getting tired. Nothing was hurting terribly much but I could see Westpac Stadium and I wanted to be there. Good news was I had picked off a few "targets". We were so tangled up with half marathoners I had no idea who I was passing but I did pass tattooed shoulder man whose bare shoulders I had rubbed to warm him up on the start line. I also passed Rotorua bike shirt man, girl with orange and blue jacket, and girl with blue sleeveless jacket.
Round the actual waterfront now. It is such a pretty place to spend some time but today I had no time to appreciate it. 40k Goal time 3:15:40 Actual time 3:19:38.
With 2k to go I dug in deep. Everything I had. Last kilometre and girl with blue sleeveless jacket passed me. I had nothing left. I think she got 20 seconds on me at the end.
There is a steepish ramp up to the finish in the stadium carpark. I ran as fast as I could and then it was 150m to the finish line. I would like to think I was sprinting. It might not have looked like that.
3:27:33 - PB by 14 seconds. Thank you very much. There was not much left out there. I was very pleased with my pacing efforts, my achievements. And although I am knackered I am not too broken up. We will see tomorrow!
btw- those bloody stairs up and down to the hotel were a bitch!
Whole weekend? Priceless !!
ps- I won the NZ Marathon champs for my age group. "
A ' Capital ' effort Robyn ! -ed .
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" Hi Canterbury athletes,
This is to advise you of what is happening regarding sending Canterbury teams to National Cross Country & Road Champs this year.
We are very keen to have the strongest possible team in all grades at Nationals, so please consider going.
The XC & R Committee has a special focus of encouraging the 13 to 35 age group to stay in the sport by being fully involved in it.
Therefore we are especially keen to see this age group going to Nationals, whether you are selected in the Canterbury Team or not.
National Cross Country Championships are in Hamilton on August 3rd.
The nomination form can be found at http://www.athletics.org.nz/CANTERBURY/Article.aspx?ID=3332
Athletes need to book their own flights to and from Auckland or Hamilton.
Team accommodation has been pencilled in at the event hotel.
Read further information on the nomination form about the XC & R Committee travel and accommodation assistance and subsidy.
Team Managers are Bernie Jago and Lockie Campbell.
National Road Championships are in Wellington on August 31st
Read further information on the nomination form about the XC & R Committee travel and accommodation assistance and subsidy.
Team accommodation has been pencilled in in Dunedin.
Team Managers are Annette Campbell and Peter King.
Cheers
John Gamblin
Chairman
Cross Country & Road Committee
Athletics Canterbury "
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