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Knox Roadrunners

October 2009 newsletter

Melbourne Marathon - 11 October

Our involvement in the Melbourne

Marathon has been growing in the

past few years. This year we filled

the bus with 31 completing the

Marathon and 14 completing the

Half.

KR pre-Marathon trot started with coffee in

Bayswater – with Barista Gav

Ten of us joined the Spartans for their

MCG breakfast on the day prior.

KR punters at the Spartans breakfast with Deeks

The place was full of Marathon

runners with most of the 11 Legends

in attendance. Also Robert de

Castella spoke, that included

spending much time with the KR

folks. He wants us to send the bus

up to his Stromlo running festival.

KR team before boarding the bus at Bayswater

The bus trip is part of the event for

us. Big Dave has a big heart and

he again took care of the troops.

Dave finished his shift at 10.15pm

PO Box 2273, Bayswater Village LPO, Bayswater, 3153

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Saturday then picked up our bus at

4.30am Sunday – we love this guy.

What a day was had. The new

course was fast. Weather was kind

– it was very sunny but cool to start

and the Marathon started at

7.00am which was appreciated.

Doc & Vincey –warriors again

Marathon Time Category top 50

Anna Morgan 4.42.48 rookie

Anthony Boulton 3.48.26

Bret Butler 3.35.47

Bryan Ackerly 2.52.20 PB 7th M45

Debbie Foster 5.00.35 rookie

Derek Dawkins 4.24.34

Gavin Clark 3.36.52

Gavin Morton 4.05.17

Grant Scurry 3.45.43 PB

Helen O’Hagan 3.30.15 21st F30 rookie

John Raskas 3.55.54 18th M60

Kathy Souter 3.44.36 20th F45

Laurie Dalton 4.01.06 rookie

Kerry Wade 4.42.49 rookie

Lesley Bower 4.04.49 PB 16th F55

Louise Arnold 4.42.27 PB

Marie Kavanagh 3.20.05 13th F40

Michelle Tham 3.19.17 14th F40

Mike Bower 3.51.14 31st M55

Milan Stanisic 3.32.31 20th M55

Miranda Price 3.46.28 PB

Neil Woods 4.48.16

Peter Bignell 3.12.24 PB 14th M50

Peter Forrest 4.15.34

Peter Mitchell 3.10.40 28th M45

Peter Vince 4.40.31 36th M60

Sandra Doyle 3.38.33 36th F35

Sarah James 4.28.27 PB

Tom Richardson 4.34.43

Veronica Vandenbroeck

3.28.11 PB 19th F35

Vic Potter 3.16.14 4th M60

Louise heading for the MCG

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There are many stories of this day in

challenging the 42km. At

Bayswater we found the Doc with a

sheepish look and a red number –

he had swapped to the Marathon

from the Half the previous day – it

seemed like a good idea. We

contacted St Johns and had a fleet

of ambo‟s on standby. With Doc,

Vincey & Mike all in the 42km, this

was “Code Red”. They all did well.

Richo moving well near the end – for a PB

Debbie was diligently training and

doing all the long hard runs.

Approx 12km towards Carrum 4

weeks out she tore her calf muscle

– not happy Deb. Physio gave her

a chance and we did not see Deb

again until Marathon day – she was

there, and finished well. Brave.

Tom in focus

Two new runners joined us for

Carrum in Helen O and Veronica –

a couple of very fast young Mums –

just what we already had quite

enough of! These two ran excellent

races. Helen‟s 3.30 rookie run was

sensational. Veronica ran her first

MM 9 years ago, now has a couple

of young children and is getting

back into running – a PB is a great

result.

Our ladies are hard to beat, and

nobody did. We won the Ladies

Marathon team trophy again.

Miranda put in a “break out”

performance whilst running several

Marathons since her debut at

MM2008. GOR, Gold Coast, and

Sydney were all in the low 4 hours.

This day she pushed on for a 17min

PB – “surreal” was how she

explained it. A great year of

distance running to Miranda.

Miranda is happy – a huge PB

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Bret was under the knife last year

and hoping his dicky knee would

allow him some future running. A

long rehab and much angst

culminated in a fantastic return to

form. Much deserved.

Bret on the hard part of the run

Anthony & Neil put in Presidential

like performances with Anthony

unwell at the MCG and Neil

spending much time with a plastic

bag on the bus following his

“Captain Ahab” march around the

„G due to cramping. Both brave.

Overall, there were some great

results, brave results, and it was a

fantastic day for the club.

Half Marathon

It was wonderful to have some

runners doing their first Half and

especially good that all completed

the course well.

Big news is that our ladies won the

Ladies Half Marathon team event.

Kim & Dave in the Half – showing the KR colours

Half Marathon Time Category top 50

Anja Ahale 1.49.14

Ariana Senior 2.30.41

Bronwen Cardy 1.28.42 1st F55

David Rolfe 1.49.37 14th M60

David Souter 2.04.49

Heather White 2.45.50 42nd F55

Helen Stanley 1.48.08 9th F50

Karyn Mitchell 1.51.41

Kim Wright 1.49.32 27th F45

Lisa Santuccione 2.05.39 rookie

Liz Dalton 2.00.05 rookie

Matt Hevern 2.04.52

Peter White 1.50.57 15th M60

Wendy Thomas 2.26.02 rookie

Doc & Liz

At the elite end, Bronwen was our

leader with a fantastic 88m Half.

Bronwen broke her arm recently

and so training was not ideal but

she still won F55 category.

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AGM 2009

Whilst not as exciting as a race, this

is an important club event. The

new committee was voted in:

President: Mike Bower

VP: Bret Butler

Treasurer: Neil Woods

Secretary: Michelle Tham

Committee:

Helen Stanley, John Signorini, Kim

Wright, Karyn Mitchell, Grant Scurry,

Anja Ahale, Marie Kavanagh

It‟s really healthy for KR to have so

many good people offering to

assist in supporting the club.

2009 was a very good year for KR.

Spartans Day

This is our special day the week

before the Marathon. We had

John Dean and other key Spartans

attend. Ian Gainey the #1 wheelie

Spartan attended again. Our

speaker was elite runner Antony

Rickard who explained his

preparation for a big race.

Doc, Spartan President John Dean, Pete &

Blackie. John ran his 32nd consecutive MM the

following week.

“Maate, this is how you should run a Marathon”

Peter Battrick, Spartan Legend has run all 32

MM’s – with “bunnies” Mike, Gav & Richo

Holidays

We seem to have many members

enjoying Europe of late. Helen ran

the World Masters in Finland. John

Signorini has just returned from

Spain. Vic travelled through Asia

and onto Greece and the Middle

East. Jimmy was in Bulgaria!

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Vic under the arch at Olympia in Greece

When you travel to somewhere

exotic, take your KR singlet and get

us a famous photo.

Smokey – BBQ for Prostate Cancer

This year we will combine our

Smokey breakfast run at Wattle

Park with a BBQ for Prostate

Cancer. This nasty illness has hit us

recently with DT having his prostate

removed. Many of us are in the risk

category and this is our way of

raising awareness and contributing

to the cause.

Getting to know members:

Michelle Tham, whilst being one of

our “young Mums”, Shelly is also

one of our longest serving

members. This year Shelly has

started a new career as a teacher

and whilst her training has been

limited, she is running really well.

Joined KR: In 1991with Brian

Mahoney. I also worked with Craig

Rooney (son of Leo) at Knox CC.

Marathon PB: 3:10:33 London 1998

Half: 86.49 Traralgon 2000

10km: 38.53 Eltham 2008

Puffing Billy: 55.20 2009

Which Marathons have you

completed?

Melbourne x 7, Edinburgh x3,

London x4

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Why did you leave KR? I've had

two breaks from KRR. The first was

from 1995-99 when I went over to

the UK for the first time. The Knox

Council Offices had burnt down

and I was in a bit of a rut, so I

decided to go 'for a year'! I joined

the South London Harriers and then

Corstorphine AAC (Edinburgh) and

experienced track for the first time

since school. The second trip was

in 2003, with Anthony and Lachlan.

I was pregnant with Callum when

we left. Anthony wanted to have

a go at living and working in

another country - I knew I'd be

happy returning to the UK. We

spent the first 6 months in Bath and

then moved up to Edinburgh,

where Callum and Aislinn were

born. I joined the Portobello

Running Club in Edinburgh.

Michelle with running mate Shelagh in the

Jedburgh (Scotland) Half, October 2005

At home: I’m married to Anthony

and we have three children,

Lachlan 8, Callum 6, and Aislinn 4.

Without KRR I would never have

met Anthony. He was introduced

to me through Sharyn and Steve

Harris, who did promise to take our

first-born child in return!

Little known fact: I held the

Dumfermline 5000m track record in

1996 - 19.01.95 (Fife, Scotland not

too far from St Andrews).

What do I get out of KRR?

History and friendship. I've got a lot

of friends at Knox that I have known

for a long time. They've been there

when I had my rat-bag boyfriend

(who Gaff and Kel were going to

'sort out’), they got me through my

first marathon and we have shared

more memories than I care to

remember. The Keningtons, Whites

and McGregors have even caught

up with me in the UK! I lived with

the Signorinis for a year back in

1995.

There are so many stories I could

tell about some of the other 'oldies'

that I haven't mentioned by name,

but who have been central to my

affection for KRR. Every time I have

gone away, I have been

comfortable in the certainty that I

would just be able to slip back into

running with KRR again and that

expectation has proven correct.

However, in recent times I've also

met lots of fabulous new people,

from all walks of life (mmm, not all

are teachers!). I'm thrilled that

there are so many women now,

several of whom I would also

number among my very good

friends.

Shelly, you are a KR legend.

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More MCG Marathon Day photos:

Laurie is content – Marathon # 1 done

Neil, Anna & Karyn

Dave & Kathy – a “couple” of good results

Action in the MCG stands – hard to get

between close (greasy) mates

KR Christmas Party:

Our Christmas Party is always a top

night and this year will be the best

yet. We have booked Acorn on

Forest, in The Basin.

We have the whole place booked

and need 70+ so make sure you

come along. Running friends and

family are most welcome. Specific

details closer to the event, but it is

on Saturday 19 December. It will

have good food, great music and

great company (us). Leave the

Asics at home and bring your

dancing shoes and dress up a bit.

Whilst it‟s predominantly an adult

night, if you cannot get a

babysitter, then please bring the

kids along too.

Total cost for the party is $15 per

person plus you buy your own

drinks from the bar.

Election time at the AGM: