Sunday, August 24, 2008
Tan Ultra 54kmMelissa Kirby decided to take on the challenge of the 54km Ultra around the Tan as a training run for the upcoming Melbourne Marathon. Melissa ran for 7 hours and 44minutes in her first attempt at this distance. A great confidence builder for the marathon.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Technique & Performance, August 20th 2008.Hi Tony, this is just a feedback email to say thankyou for passing on your knowledge about running techniques to me! I came and had a running technique assessment done about 2 months ago because i was struggling with injury and couldn't go further in my running because of it. After years of physio, massage and numerous other attempts to figure out what was wrong, i came to you and had my technique videoed and assessed. Well on Sunday i competed in my first half marathon and finished completely injury free and feeling great! I attribute this to my new running technique and want to say a big thankyou for helping me to realise my dream of running a half marathon. Thankyou!!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
AV Sandown Road RelaysJayde Anderson joined Penny Townshend and Emily De Luca from Box Hill in the U18 at the Sandown Road Relays. The team placed third and Jayde ran her 3.2km leg in 11:50. Jayde's was the fastest time in her team.
Friday, August 01, 2008
VSSSA Cross Country State FinalsJayde Anderson lead all the way in her race in the VSSSA State Cross Country Finals at Bundoora. She finished about 10 seconds in front of her next competitor in a time of 10:34
Saturday, July 26, 2008
XCR08 Bundoora 26th July 2008Aaron Heaney, 192nd MOP4, 12000 XC, 48:36
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 26th July 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:41.62
Saturday, July 12, 2008
XCR08 Geelong 12th July 2008Aaron Heaney, 108th MOP1, 16000 XC, 62:07. In 2007 Aaron finished 100th in 62:18. Given that Aaron had pneumonia in the week leading up to this race, to take 11 seconds off his time from last year is a great effort!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 12th July 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:12.98. Another win for Sam.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Gold Coast MarathonMark Collette completed his marathon in 3:15.35. Well done Mark
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Gold Coast Half MarathonNorma Gonzales ran an interrupted 1:47.00 due to a stop and stretch break for her tight calf.
Pat Madden not long back from a bad flu covered the distance in 2:46.00.
Melissa Kirby ran a very comfortable 2:22.00.
Julie Clarke ran 2:05 after an interrupted preparation due to ITB problems
Well done girls.
Look out for results from Mark Collette's marathon.
The Travills and Janet (honorary Travill) showed those Queenslanders a thing or two:
Mark Travill: 6th M50-54, 173rd overall (out of 3661 finishers), 42.2k 3:04:59
Janet Miller: 24th F50-54, 2757 overall (out of 6283 finishers), 21.1k 1:53:48
Alison Travill: 18th in Age Group, 1184 overall (out of 4733 finishers), 10km 00:51:07
Karen Travill also ran but is not currently a Bensons athlete.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Sri Chinmoy Como Landing RunCongratulations to our new squad member Sasha Truong who ran a 17 minute PB for the 21.1km event in 2:02.00
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC Handicap 5th July 2008Sam Wenban, 3rd, Boys U11/12, 2000m. Looks like the handicapper wanted someone else to win for a change. Sam's corrected time was 7:55
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC Championships 28th June 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:15.04
Saturday, June 28, 2008
XCR08 Coliban Relays 28th June 2008Lisa Williams, 6000m (part of relay team) 56:23
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Run Melbourne 22nd June 2008Aaron Heaney, 15th M30-39, 10000 0:38:26. 39th overall. We breed 'em tough at Bensons!
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 21st June 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:05.33
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 14th June 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:21.75
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Frances Lipscombe awarded her Level 3 T&F Coaches CertifcateMonday, June 09, 2008
Queen's Birthday 3 day Tour June 6-8th 2008Queen's Birthday 3 day Tour June 6-8th 2008.
Matt Bailey
-8th overall in a field of quality cyclists.
-1st in Division A2.
-Awarded the "Best Young Rider" trophy.
This shows the value of running to a cyclist.
Running 10 hr/week; Swimming 5-6 sessions & riding twice seriously - a long ride or Saturday race & a medium/hard WT session on Wednesday.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths Division One Open Day XC 7th June 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 8:00.26
Saturday, June 07, 2008
World Triathlon Championships, Vancouver, June 6-8th 2008Rob Raulings, 9th M40-44 750-20-5 1:19:44 See Rob's story below - top 10 finish given those circumstances!
Julie King, 22nd F50-54 1500-40-10 2:31:33. See Julie's description of the event below.
Jeff Beavis, 69th M40-44 1500-40-10 2:01:02.84. See Jeff's story below.
Julie King: Placed 22 out of 71 in her age group (and was the first Aussie in my age Group). Swim was altered 1100m and cancelled the swim after our wave due to rough conditions!
Rob Rawling's detailed account of his race was great and I can only concur with much of what he has said re: weather, organization, state of play on the course etc. Luckily I didn't experience the cold rain but got a choppy, cold swim out of it all! The space blankets & hot soup were most welcome at the finish line.
Jeff Beavis: The race degenerated into a Duathlon in what could only be described as average Melbourne water conditions. That took out what I feel in my strongest leg.
That said did 2:01:02.84 which was fairly happy with, ride about 1:08 and 2nd run around 42 high/ 43 low have found my exact splits yet. Both these times are right up there with my best times so am reasonably happy with them. That finished my 69th this year 30 places better than last year in same age group and with more people behind me so that is a real positive.
Rob Raulings: Epic race. Very bittersweet.
Trained my arse off for this and thought I had potential to do well, just not sure how well ...
Race day fn cold again, 7C air, 11C water. Up at 5am get down to transition and put the gear in, pump the tires on the bike. Ran back to check junior female race start to make sure I had the measure of the procedure. Course starts on the beach in a line and heads pretty hard right, so pays to be in the first few through the entry check in to get possibly up to 50m advantage on the start line. Retreat to hotel room and perform a warmup to AC/DC on the iPod.
Luckily in my previous life as a cross country skiier I had plenty of experience in racing in miserable conditions - it wasn't actually sleeting so I figured it couldn't be that bad! Leave hotel at the latest possible time with race clothing of race singlet under 2 tri suites, plus wetsuit half on and jog to race start tent. Keep jogging on spot in race tent, forgo warmup swim (good decision), realise guys are entering the chute for the start procedure, shit myself and sprint to get in there. Spend 10 minutes waiting in the chute, noticing how the GB'ers seem to favour oversize swim masks that must have the drag of an anchor while racing, not to mention make them look really stoopid. Glad to be living on a large, relatively warm island, amongst a nation of swimmers.
Get through the chute - see name on screen and run down to the start line on the beach - top 6 or 8 guys at the favored end of the course. Dip hands and face into water and hope this suffices to stop shock. Try to stay calm.
Luckily I'd watched earlier waves and the lack of a hooter or horn was evident, some people had been missing the start, there were marshalls standing behind us with red flags raised for the start. Stand watching the marshall over my shoulder to make sure I get some cue to go. Hear something, take 3 steps and a racing dive and go. Swim a bit straight to find clean water and immediately have someone swim over my legs, turn a bit more right and try to ease into the swim thinking cool, calm thoughts while every pore screams murder at the sudden assault of the cold and shuts down. Someone goes out hard and I immediately respond before thinking Oops can I do this pace? Back off just a little but maintain speed. Guys start falling off left and right, 2 guys ahead, 1 to the side. Get round first bouy and find a lane rope pointing off in the direction of bouy 2. Get on it and get into a better rythym, trying to keep breathing calm and stroke strong. Fk, it's cold. Still in touch with the top 2 guys - realise I'm at the front of the swim pack at the worlds and feel pretty good about it. When will this frikking swim end? Supposed to be 750m, must seriously be over 1km (Edit: Google maps says 1.05km) Get another bouy down, still few to go, about 40m behind leader and 20m behind second. Finally hit the beach and manage to stand up - dizzy as buggery and unco as well. 3rd out of the water in 16:46, 51 sec down on the leader, and 4th right on my shoulder. 16:46 for 750m? Gotta be joking - I'd swum 10:25 last Aussi season for 750, and wasn't growing barnacles out there.
Get through transition some how with out falling over - grass is sodden and very slippery. Awesome Aussi support once people can see your race suit - even get some first name calls from a few people, can't see anyone, just keep going hard trying to get brain unfrozen. On bike and get into variable pacing strategy my coach had worked out for me. Because of the hills in the course (including 1.2 km of 4.5% uphill) it is faster to vary effort to apply more power to the hills and less on the downhills. The plan was breaking the course into 6 sections with different watts for each section ranging from a pretty easy 170w to a more nasty 270w climbing. Had painstakingly inscribed this onto the face of the Ergomo with a fine tipped permanent marker. The variable pace plan was 59 seconds faster than riding the course with constant power output, but if you go too hard and blow, well, thanks for coming.
Warm up a bit on the first climb, and get through the rough as guts sections as well. The disc is singing the sweet song of speed on the downhills, and doesn't feel that bad on the ups - I was riding one of the few discs - most people opt for deep rim or even shallow rim wheelsets - I guess the size of the climb freaked them out, even though 75% of the course was flat or downhill. Swoop down the hill passing everyone in site, and line up for lap 2 - when I hear wap, wap, wap coming from the machine. Look down, realise tape covering the valve hole had come unstuck from the wetness, and was making me look like a complete n00bie. Determined not to tarnish the team image of beer and vegemite swilling tri freaks, I wait till the top of the small climb, stop and yank the tape off. Get going again, but 15 seconds lost.
Feel a bit warmer on the second lap, and get higher power out during the climb. Descend like a madman, at over 60kmh, gaining valuable time, and starting to really enjoy proceedings. Approaching the base of the descent, legs pumping in my best Tor Hushovd impersonation to blast by some pommie when the dreaded sound every cyclist fears occurs - pssschht! God, please let it be the other guy. Keep going with the power down and everything still feels OK, maybe it was the other guy, make it round the corner and realise the front has detonated and is going down. Faark! Currently in third, 44 mins in, 6.8km to go on bike, 1:34 down on the leader, with chasers closing hard and no spare (if you have to change a spare in a Sprint race you're done anyway - even if I had a spare, my hands were so cold it would have taken a week to change it). Luckily I'd put goo in the tubby, and it wasn't totally flat, just about 40 psi. Almost have a hissy fit as I realise that something you work so hard for more than 8 months might not go the way you want. Get over that 3 seconds later and decide to go for it anyway. Get the weight off the back to lighten the pressure on the front and gingerly nurse it through several turns, no real turning ability at all. Bottom out the front rim on several bumps and begin to worry about descending. Climb the big hill for the last time, power is OK, and speed is not too bad. Hopefully not loosing too much time. Big breath time for the downhill - turns out not too bad - can roll with weight off the front and take a sweeping, slow flowing line - actually descend at about 50kmh keeping pace with a few pommies - they need to HTFU. Make it to dismount line with great relief, legs not feeling too bad either. 1st 2 laps 12:48 (cold!) and 12:10, slowing to 14:06 with the flat, 1:54 slower for nursing the bike round the last lap, but power only a tad lower.
Head into transition, try to get shoes on, actually get helmet off (which is a relief seeing junior girls couldn't) and head out on the run. Legs feel great, but arms are soooo cold. Settle in to nice pace and form and get the pain flowing. Passed by a Scot at warp speed, keep looking for Michael Pratt AUS to come storming by. Great support from Aussies and others, final turn around appears, 1.2 km to go and no-one behind that looks fast - maybe I can do well in spite of the flat. Keep the hammer down on the long downhill to the finish, manage to grab an Aussie flag before the finish chute and hold it aloft in a frozen claw, so, so happy to have made it over the line.
Run not a PB, but fast enough to hold on to 9th, 5:33 down on Aussie Richard Woods who takes the title with a +2:56 margin over Simon Gowen (GBR) and Frank Boyne (GBR) +3:58 in third. Realise that the 1:54 deficit on lap 3 on the bike would have put me +3:39 behind the winner and into third place by a comfortable 19 seconds. Aaargh. Our 4th 40-44 member, Brett Starkey finishes 16th about +8:19 down on Woods. My time of 1:19:44 is the slowest sprint race time I've posted for about 4 years, but the easily the most satisfying, under the worst conditions.
Michael Pratt DNFs on the run for some reason, and a glorious Aussie 1,2,3 is twice denied.
Sitting in the recovery tent, sipping hot soup and wrapped in a space blanket all I can think about is what might have been, the Gold Coast in 09, and how nice it will be to be warm. Game on!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 3rd May 2008Sam Wenban, 1st, Boys U11, 2000m 7:27.99. Great work, Sam. Keep it up.
Friday, May 30, 2008
GSV Cross Country ChampionshipsPenny Townshend ran a magnificent race in the 4km intermediate age group event resulting in first place overall and a PB of 15:09.
Grace Brown ran very strongly and with determination finishing 4th overall in a time of 15:33.
Pip Hodgetts had problems with her sore shins before she even started but ran anyway proving she is a strong athlete and a fierce competitor.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 24th May 2008Sam Wenban, 3rd, Boys U11, 2000m 7:49.66. Well done, Sam. This is the start of a big future.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Barb Augustin qualifies as a Level 1 Cycle CoachSunday, May 18, 2008
Great Ocean Road 23k/45k, May 18th 2008Nadelle Legge - 23k/~1:28 hr 3rd.
Mark Travill - 45k/3:36hr as a tempo run as part of his 2008 Gold Coast preparation. A great effort in the conditions.
Bernadette Wyer - 23k/2:06 hr.
Janet Miller - Jogged 10k, jogged 23k with a friend then jogged another 6k!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
AV Sandown 10k Road, May 18th 2008Aaron Heaney 131st MOP4, 10000 35:28. Aaron added another PB to his 2008 list with this on the Sandown race track even though he was sick leading up to it. Good work!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Sandown relays 17th May 2008Aaron Heaney, 131st MOP, 10000 35:25
Saturday, May 10, 2008
All Schools Cross Country Relays, May 10th, 2008Jayde Anderson represented Eltham High as the last runner in the U16 4 x 3km relay. Jayde's time was 12:15
Penny Townshend and Grace Brown ran the 2nd and 3rd leg for PLC in U18 4 x 4km relay. Penny's time was 15:48 she passed 10 girls bringing her team into 4th place. Penny passed to Grace who finished in 16:28 and brought the team into 3rd position when she passed to their final runner
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 10th May 2008Sam Wenban, 5th, Boys U11, 2000m 8:28.32. A drop back in the placings but a 4 second improvement in time.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Great Train Race, 4th May 2008Aaron Heaney, 50:07, 47th (out of 2797). Aaron continues to improve: 2006: 50:56, 83rd; 2007: 50:44, 67th. Good work, keep it up!
Saturday, May 03, 2008
AV XCR08 Rd 2, Lardner Park, Warragul, May 3 2008Aaron Heaney, 8km XC, 30:36, 110th. Not bad for a very muddy course.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
XCR08 Warragul 3rd May 2008Aaron Heaney, 109th MOP 8000 30:36
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Northern Metro Little Aths XC 3rd May 2008Sam Wenban, 4th, Boys U11, 2000m 8:32.32
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sri Chinmoy Princes Park, April 27th 2008Claudia Bacesh ran a solid 15km on Sunday in the Sri Chinmoy Princes Park 15km event. Claudia finished in the top 3 of her age group in 77:00
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Jells Park XC Relays, 19th April 2008Aaron Heaney 6000m 21:38 - 19 seconds faster than over the same course last year.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
2008 Oxfam 100k Trail Walk.We managed to completed 100km in 17 hours 40 minutes (had planned for 18-20 hour finish time) and came 41st out of 666 teams. We came 29th for teams that finished with all 4 team members.
I had a nasty tumble at the 99.5km mark and landed heavily on my reconstructed knee. After dusting myself off, I managed to shuffle my way
to the finish line, crying all the way! :-) Knee appears to be OK and I have a few nasty blisters however legs/body pulled up extremely well. I even managed a jog this morning and circuit work-out afterwards.
Thank you Tony for your assistance with getting my running technique in order. My legs would never have travelled the distance if I had continued
to run in my usual style.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
London Marathon, April 13th 2008Ryan's time of 2 hours 6 minures 17 seconds (2 minutes faster than in his 2007 London marathon debut race) indicates he can be a major factor at Bejing Olympics.
Ryan began his career with Irv Ray at Big Bear HS. During this time Irv and Tony were collaborating on their book "Run With The Best" - a coaching book that became a best seller - and Ryan worked to that program until accepting a scholarship to Stanford University where his career stagnated (as often occurs because coaches are NCAA points concerned) before re-igniting post college. Ryan has run the fastest ever 21.1k by a white runner and is a real medalist prospect for Bejing.
Oh! The Race. Well the 100th anniversary of the marathon was marked in the most fitting way this morning when Martin Lel won his third Flora London Marathon title and led three men under 2:06 for the greatest in-depth men’s marathon in history.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Ironman Australia, April 6th 2008Jamie Morgan 11:47 hrs.
We all knew Jamie would not be repeating his Busselton 9:56 hr as his body hadn't fully recovered before he was heading toward Port MacQ however severe stomach problems were not envisaged!
Gary Blake 13:35 hr
In the tough conditions on the day this was probably equal to Gary's 13:05 hr 2007 result. The good and the bad of Gary's experience was a severe asthma attack that had him coughing blood on Friday and a run that was not going well until he remembered to forget time and focus on technique which led him to drop from 8 min/km pace to 6 min pace over the last 10.2k and run into an excellent 5th place.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Dandy Creek Dash 5kmAfter a disappointing time in the Geelong Half, Pat Madden is back and she is on fire!. Pat ran the 5km race at Dandy Creek in 32:00 a 2 minute PB.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
OG Cross Country April 5th, 2008By my watch I got through in 23:10 for 5ks, around Scotch college, had a couple of Anderson St like hills and I just pretty much ran them at tempo. I was content with it, seeing as I hadn't raced in while
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Ultra run6 hour run.
Danny Hawksworth 1st, 77.801km
This is ranked 7th in the list of Australian 6 hour runs. Great work!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Geelong Half MarathonNeda Jamishida 1:50 :30. After a late start and not seeing anyone for 8 km Neda ran a terrific race.
Pat Madden had to abandon the race at the 13km mark when drink station officials decided to pack up and go to the football!
Julie Clarke 2:05:19. A good preparation for the Melbourne Marathon in October
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Mooloolaba Triathlon, March 30th 20081.5/40/10
Nerissa Stafford, 2:34:33 19th F30-34, 30:19-1:15:44-48:29
Stefanie Hanson, 2:47:58 43rd F25-29, 31:43-1:23:19-52:55
In Nerissa's own words:
"Happy with my results except for the swim as there was this stupid rip thing at the end and I went no where!! Anyway thanks Tony it was a great to get back into shape in the last 8 weeks and to do all those short races which I have never done before and to see yesterday that my heart is still with ironman."
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Run for the Kids, March 30th 2008Results are incomplete, more to come...
14.14km
Aaron Heaney 101st 53:46. Just missed out on top 100!
Julie King 6120th 1:20:04
Daniel Moloney* 3934th 1:13:95
Bernadette Wyer 1:17:39
Mark Collette 59:05
*Ascot Vale athlete
5.76km
Sam Wenban 743rd, 32:20 Sam is just 11yo
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Gatorade Triathlon, March 30th 2008St Kilda, 750-20-5km
Rob Raulings, 1:08:03 8th M35-39, 11:36-1:38-31:10-1:36-22:00 Rob had the 5th fastest swim and 4th fastest ride in his category
Mark Travill, 1:10:35 3rd M50-54, 12:19-1:16-34:05-1:42-21:10 Mark finished the season with the fastest swim in his category, a podium for race 6 and 2nd in the series. Well done!
Jarratt Morgan, 1:11:44 22nd M25-29, 12:49-1:37-33:26-1:21-22:28. This was a good result for a sick man in a strong age group.
Michael Bohnke, 1:12:27 6th M40-44, 16:03-1:23-33:24-1:22-20:13. Michael has always been a strong runner but has improved 2 places in the run leg to have the 5th fastest run after a one-on-one with Tony. Good work!
Jeff Beavis, 1:12:30 7th M40-44, 13:28-1:24-34:23-1:31-21:41. Jeff consistently placed top 10 across all legs - no wonder he's heading to Vancouver.
Christopher O'Donnell, 1:13:58 34th M35-39, 13:16-2:02-36:08-1:37-20:52
Darren Schonewille, 1:15:25 41st M30-34, 15:30-1:41-34:14-1:28-22:29
Mike Wilson* (swim & ride) & Simon Watson (run), 1:16:26 4th M Teams, 15:39-1:39-38:06-1:43-19:17. This was 3rd in the swim & run and 4th in the bike.
Hayden Marshall*, 1:19:47 49th M25-29, 13:37-2:33-38:58-1:34-23:02
Alison Travill, 1:20:42 4th F15-19, 12:34-1:22-40:06-2:04-24:33. Ali had the 4th fastest bike and 5th fastest swim.
Pip Hodgetts, 1:20:57 5th F15-19, 12:27-1:19-42:14-1:57-22:59. Pip was 3rd out of the water and the 2nd fastest run split.
Phil Caligiuri*, 1:28:15 45th M40-44, 19:55-2:33-37:06-2:38-26:00
Katie Anderson* (swim & ride) & Lisa Williams (run) 1:28:47 3rd F Teams, 15:29-2:16-43:20-2:15-25:24. Katie fought off most of the jellyfish to get 2nd in the swim and Lisa carried on the good work with a 3rd in the run.
Marie Maguire* 1:32:14 2nd F55-59, 18:16-1:30-44:27-2:26-25:33. Marie had the fastest run split, placed 2nd in the race and 2nd for the season. Well done!
Kellie Whitefield* 1:36:04 27th F35-39, 19:18-2:31-45:14-1:56-27:02
* Ascot Vale athletes
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Bribie Island Race 416/3/08
750-20-5
Nerissa Stafford, 1:11:57 6th F30-34, 10:57-37:27-23:31
Well done Neris! Roll on Mooloolaba!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Orbea Race 4, Brighton16/3/08
750-20-5
Rob Raulings, 1:07:31 7th M35-39, 10:56.1-1:06.8-32:00.5-1:25.6-22:02.4
Rob had the 7th fastest swim of the day even after "navigating like a duck" (his words). Apparently the big yellow buoy he was heading towards was actually a big yellow lifesaver (don't know if he was a boy).
The Ascot Vale Leisure Centre and Athletics Essendon got together for our annual end-of-season team event. The teams were handicapped so they should finish together. There were some great performances.
Hurricane Glover, 1:09:22.9 5th Team, 13:18.6-1:07.4-36:40.0-1:11:2-17:05.8. Danny had the 5th fastest run of the day. Great work! (Male team)
Barb's Tri Alots, 1:12:20.1 6th team, 14:16.4-1:33.8-35:43.3-1:10.7-19:36.0 (Male team)
Vedi Il Tempo Volare, 1:13:10.4, 8th Team, 14:27.3-1:15.3-38:24.6-1:04.3-17:58.9 (Male team)
Marshall Hayden, 1:13:55.8, 9th Team, 12:44.8-1:00.7-37:27.6-1:09.7-21:33.0 (Male team)
Angekell, 1:20:46.1, 10th team, 18:03.3-1:00.5-36:05.5-1:25.5-24:11.2 (Mixed team)
Five Minute Wonders, 1:26:10.6, 11th team, 20:32.1-1:11.1-42:10.2-1:18.3-20:58.9 (Female team)
Michelle Cornu, 1:26:44.5, 12th team, 17:13.1-1:53.9-45:01.2-1:24.8-21:11.5 (Mixed team)
Scorpiettes, 1:27:49.7, 13th team, 14:54.1-2:09.7-44:16.4-1:21.4-25:08.1 (Female team)
Well done everyone!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Melbourne City Sports Tan 8kmClaudia Bacash ran and finished strongly in the Melbourne City Sports Tan 8km race on Wednesday night in 40:22. Good preparation for her Williamstown Half Marathon in May
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Coogee Jetty to Jetty, March 9th 2008Spearwood AUSSI Masters Swimming Club 9/3/08
Ben Mooney, 10th M25-34 1500m- 28:52
This was a huge improvement for Ben, who's previous results had been 12:00 for 500m. Well done!
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Kurnell Sprint Pro Tour Race, March 9th 2008750m-20k-5k
Jack Moxey 55:23.
Swim 10:04 (2nd), Bike 30:01 (2nd), Run 15:15 (2nd),
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Cerebrus Swim Classic1/3/08 1.2km swim
Mandy Newman, 172 overall 24:05
and I thought she was resting!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Victorian Youth Track and Field Championships Feb 24th 2008Penny ran 5th in the U 18 3000m Championships on Sunday competing up an age group. Penny placed 5th in 10:50
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Australian Sprint Champs Feb 23rd, 2008750-20-5
Rob Raulings 13th (out of 55) M35-39 1:08:49, 11:08-34:21-23:19
Rob had the 5th fastest swim in his age group. Must be all that butterfly! He finished 57th out of 475 and thinks he's made the Australian Sprint Team
Friday, February 22, 2008
2008 OD World Championship TeamJeff Beavis has made the Australian OD Team to Vancouver in early June. Jeff says:
Had a great race in Hobart, water was cold and the hill got steeper with each lap but was overall very happy with 2.24. 2nd best time for an Olympic Distance and got me 10th in age group and good points.
As a result I have been offered and accepted a place for Vancouver in early June. I needed to prove that last years effort wasn’t a fluke and that I did actually deserve to be there.
As if it was a fluke! Keep up the good work.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Bribie Island Triathlons (Dec 2nd 07 & Feb 17th 08)17/2/08
Nerissa Stafford: 750-28-8 - 1:44:47, 6th (out of 21) F30-34, 12:17-48:55-43:33.
Neris got the 3rd fastest bike split in her age group. The swim was reduced to 750m due to cyclonic conditions and currents!!
2/12/07
Nerissa Staffor: 1-28-8 - 1:51:06, 6th (out of 15) F30-34, 20:08-49:30-41:26.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Hobart Triathlon International Feb 17th, 2008Jeff Beavis: 1.5-40-10 - 2:24:56, 10th M40-44 (out of 17), the only split available is for the swim: 25:11, which was the 10th fastest. Well done Jeff. What a way to spend your birthday!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Gatorade Race 5, Elwood, Feb 17th 2008600-5-5.75
Mark Travill, 1:07:37, 2nd (out of 26) M50-54, 9:24-1:18-32:58-1:24-22:30 - Mark had the fastest swim and second fastest run in his category.
Jarratt Morgan, 1:09:00, 15th (out of 91) M25-29, 10:16-1:29-31:30-1:57-23:45 - Jarratt had a bad day - someone moved his bike then he couldn't find his runners
Michael Bohnke, 1:09:20, 7th (out of 48) M40-44, 12:02-1:23-32:24-1:24-22:05 - Michael had the 5th fastest bike and run splits for his age group.
Darren Schonewille, 1:12:59, 37th (out of 119) M30-34, 11:33-1:32-33:11-1:47-24:54. Good effort, backing up after Geelong last week.
Karl Augustin, 1:13:28, 18th (out of 62) M45-49, 12:11-1:46-33:59-1:52-23:37. PB for the run for Karl, even allowing for the run being 250m short of 6k. Turning 50 hasn't hurt him!
Pip Hodgetts, 1:19:41, 5th (out of 11) F15-19, 10:13-1:37-40:07-1:35-26:06. Pip's results are getting better and better every time. Well done!
Ali Travill, 1:22:27, 8th (out of 11) F15-19, 10:04-1:34-40:18-1:42-28:47. Ali had the 4th fastest swim split in her age group.
Stephen Gowers, 1:26:55, 49th (out of 62) M45-49, 11:41-2:44-38:54-2:10-31:24. Stephen came in a couple of minutes quicker than predicted (even allowing for the short run). Well done!
Marie Maguire*, 1:28:00, 2nd (out of 4) F55-59, 14:18-1:52-41:44-2:01-28:03. Podium! Well done!
Kellie Whitefield*, 1:29:58, 26th (out of 37) F35-39, 13:42-2:44-42:26-1:33-29:30. Good work Kellie.
Brooks race, 300-10-3
Katie Anderson*, 54:01, 29th (out of 35) F40-49 6:49-2:19-21:36-2:34-20:40. Katie had the 5th fastest swim split in her age group.
Daniel Moloney*, 40:07, 34th (out of 155) MCorp, 5:03-1:23-19:07-1:19-13:12 Daniel had the 10th fastest swim split in the category.
*AVLC athletes
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Hampton Point to Point16/2/08 1.2km swim
Rob Raulings, 57th overall 17:03
In his words: That point to point swim was bad for me - couldn't breath properly in my now old wetsuit. Would have probably swum a minute or two faster with this new rocket suit (has a propeller on the back).
Gotta get one of them thar propelly wet suits.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Geelong HIM10/2/08 1.9km-90k-21k
Chris O'Donnell 5:02:07 52nd M35-39 33:43-2:17:43-2:10:41
Darren Schonewille 5:27:18 115th M30-34 39:16-2:06:59-2:41:03
Mandy Newman 5:50:26 18th F35-39 35:16-2:31:36-2:43:34
Gary Blake 6:04:11 5th M60-64 42:33-2:33:12-2:48:26
Janet Miller 6:07:19 2nd F50-54 34:36-2:43:34-2:49:09
Josie Gioffre 6:44:54 34th F35-39 48:42-2:40:23-3:15:49
Well done to Janet on her 2nd place.
Good job to new father Chris, with a PB.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
AV Youth Track and Field Relay Championships February 10 2008Penny Townshend ran the 800m leg of the U /16 Relay medly for Box Hill in 2:25. The Box Hill team ran 4th.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Sri Chimnoy 5 km. February 3rd 2008Claudia Bacash won her age group in 23:00 despite a hamstring tightness which forced her to stop and stretch.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Gatorade Race 4, Portarlington3/2/08 800-26-8
Jarratt Morgan 1:31:32 9th M25-29, 13:37-2:02-42:02-0:50-32:59
Mark Travill 1:32:41 4th M50-54, 12:25-1:59-45:04-0:55-32:17 - great swim - 67th overall!
Michael Bohnke 1:35:52 13th M40-44, 16:21-1:52-45:04-0:46-31:46 - blitzed the bike - 54th overall!
Jeff Beavis 1:36:18 14th M40-44, 13:16-2:01-45:58-0:45-34:16
Karl Augustin 1:39:16 15th M45-49 14:42-2:45-47:04-1:10-33:32
Alison Travill 1:46:37 5th F15-19 12:46-2:12-51:44-0:59-38:54 - great swimmer like her old man - 18th female!
Pip Hodgetts 1:53:42 7th F15-19 13:46-2:01-58:58-1:10-37:45 - 39th female in the swim - well done!
Phil Caligiuri* 1:57:23 49th M40-44 20:44-2:58-50:10-1:18-42:10
Marie Maguire* 2:03:08 3rd F55-59 18:44-2:33-58:57-1:45-41:06
Kellie Whitefield* 2:07:01 18th F35-39 18:50-3:02-60:15-0:52-43:59
*AVLC athletes
Saturday, February 02, 2008
AV Region Finals February 2nd 2008Penny Townshend ran an 11:15.6 in the 3000m at the AV Region Finals.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Shield Results NW region round 8Karl shows that track running is good for triathletes by getting a 3k PB.
Karl Augustin, 3000m 11:07.34 10th MOP2
(This was a replacement for the washed out round 8)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
East Region AV Interclub Rd 11Craig completed his first interclub series with a 5:18.0 in the 1500m and 28.99 in the 200m at the Rd 11 Interclub competition on Tuesday night. Well done Craig on your first interclub series
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Australian Aquathon Championships, Jan 20th, 20008Swim Run TOTAL
2. Jack Moxey 0:11.34 0:19.28 0:31.02 M16-19
Jack then backed this up with the fastest 5k in the NSWIS/EAP triathlon trials winning with a relaxed 15:59.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Orbea Race 3, Brighton Enduro 20/1/08250-10-2-250m whitewater run-10-2
Rob Raulings, 2:12.0-1:11.4-17:15.2-1:48.9-12:37.0-1:11.8-2:07.2-1:05.2:17:16.0-1:34.0-12:22.3 Total 1:10:41.1, 5th M35-39 (out of ~35)
Hell of a swim (waves breaking over the top of the big buoy!). 2nd swim was a white water run. 2nd fastest on both rides
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Portsea swim classicDarren Shonewille, 1.2km swim, 24:25.5, 192nd M30-39 (out of 300)
Our visiting specialist swim coach Ben Hiddlestone came 15th in the same age group. Maybe Darren needs to spend some time at Berwick with Ben.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A V Interclub Rd 10Round 10 was a night competition and Penny freshly back from her holiday ran the 1500m in 5.06.9.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Gatorade Race 3, Sandringham January 13th 2008Olympic Distance 1500m-40k-10k
Jarratt Morgan 2:15:50, 20th M25-29, 29:39-2:31-1:01:11-1:53-40:03 (top 100 cycle time)
Team JamHell 2:17:54, 1st Mixed team, 29:01-2:18-1:01:19-1:40-43:32 (Jamie did the swim and a top 100 ride and Helen exceeded expectations in the run - welcome to Triathlon, Helen)
Rob Raulings 2:22:12, 17th M35-39 (not 3rd despite the rumour, but 97th overall in the swim), 29:00-2:19-1:03:26-1:57-45:26 (top 100 cycle time)
Mark Travill 2:24:11, 6th M50-54, 29:34-2:26-1:08:49-2:06-41:12
Chris O'Donnell 2:27:38, 31st M35-39, 31:39-2:46-1:09:47-2:21-41:01
Jeff Beavis 2:28:56, 22nd M40-44, 33:24-2:09-1:08:46-2:01-42:34
Michael Bohnke 2:32:53, 30th M40-44, 42:44-2:06-1:08:02-1:41-38:18 (this run was the 84th overall, out of field of 811)
Mandy Newman 2:46:04, 5th F35-39 (while techni-jogging!), 34:48-2:54-1:12:47-2:19-53:14
Alison Travill 2:55:33, 3rd F15-19 (well done Ali!), 31:14-2:37-1:24:40-2:39-54:20
Gary Blake 3:01:31, 4th M60-64, 39:34-3:58-1:19:02-2:57-55:58
Unfortunately, Josie & Darren didn't complete the race.
Sprint Distance 750m-20k-5k
Stef Hanson 1:27:38, 6th F25-29, 22:58-2:51-35:18-2:17-24:12 (7th fastest ride by a female - all age groups)
Daniel Moloney* 1:29:15, 26th M30-34, 19:26-2:59-40:22-2:06-24:18
Pip Hodgetts 1:34:07, 3rd F15-19, 17:52-2:24-48:31-2:04-23:14 (great swim - 9th fastest swim by a female - all age groups)
Michelle Currie* 1:41:10, 21st F30-34, 27:19-2:48-43:09-2:26-25:24 (Michelle was racing her sister-in-law and lost by 10 seconds - shouldn't have had that "pit stop")
Kellie Whitefield* 1:46:12, 11th F35-39, 27:09-3:27-47:27-2:01-26:06
Brooks 250m-8k-2.5k
Katie Anderson* 55:21, 12th F40-49, 10:24-3:42-19:38-2:38-18:56 (2nd out of the water in her age group - not bad for her first ever race)
* = Ascot Vale athletes
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Janet is Danger-ousDanger 1000
Janet Miller, 20:04, 7th Vet F50-54
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
AV Round 9, 8th January 2008North West Region
Karl Augustin 3000m, 11:17, 11th MOP2
Aaron Heaney 800m, 2:32.2, 11th MOP2
Not bad efforts from the boys - Karl's first track race (came 5th in his heat) and Aaron after the gruelling Mountain to Surf last week.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Pier to PubJeff Beavis, 1.2km swim, 21:45, 187 Master Male (out of 718)
Well done Jeff.
Vis the Phys - Paul Visentini, 23:24, 296 Master Male (out of 718)
Friday, January 04, 2008
Mountain to SurfAaron Heaney, 8.5k 29:22, 26th out of 261 in Open Men.
However, we think Aaron's been robbed. Last year he competed in the Senior Men, and unless he's gotten younger, should've been in that age group this year. His time would have given him 4th in the Senior Men.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
RipView ClassicJanet Miller, 1.4km swim, 18:52 7th F50-54
Well done, Janet.
