Saturday Session and its baby time!!

Saturday Run

WOW only 6 Saturday Runs left until our BRS On Tour to Tassie and for those venturing to Maui!

For those gearing up for the marathon, here is a snap shot of the suggested lead up for the next few weeks.
A big one this weekend, followed by a rest weekend to get ready for the 30km Gold Karrawa event on Sunday 13th December.

We have a run about planned for the following week, then starting to taper towards the event! How exciting!!!

So details for this Saturday include Marathoners & half marathoners starting a little earlier to beat the heat and get the kms in!

When: Saturday 28th November

Where: Steps of Southbank Surf Club

Parking: park under Southbank closest to the middle exit near Max Brenners
NOTE: $2 parking starts at 5am - 9am

Time: OPTIONS!!

Option 1: 4:30am Marathoners 
4:30am: for a 3 hour or 34-36km run (*remember don't park in the carpark as you will get charged heaps for being in before 5am!)

- ideal for marathoners and Gold Coast 50 participants
- no coach




Option 2: 5:30am: half marathoners, long runners 
5:30am: for a 1:45-2hour run 
- ideal for half marathoners, Gold Coast 50 participants, and anyone keen for a longish run!
- no coach


Option 3: 6am long run or 7am Parkrun
Coaches available at 6am

FINISH: all to finish at the Beach in front of the Southbank surf club for a well deserved swim at 7:30am

Breaky and chats to follow!

It's nearly baby time!!

Our awesome coaches and dream team Matt, Liss, and Tilly are gearing up for the soon arrival of a new addition to the Cooper family!!

So lets help them celebrate with a little Baby Shower with their BRS Family. 

When: Saturday 5th December 2015

Time: It's a short run week so 7:45am straight after training!

Where: the Regatta Hotel, Street Cafe (booked the Ottoman area)

What: Breaky and a good catch up before things get crazy!! 

Drop me an email (info@brisbanerunsquad.com.au) or text 0447 578 200 if you can make it. If you forget, no biggy, I have booked for 20! 

Happy Running
Renae & Matt 

Wrap Ups, Saturday Session & Good luck!

Wrap ups!

Well in the craziness that was last week, we didn't get a chance to do the blog. So here is a wrap of the birthday party and Tour de Tambourine!

BRS 6th Birthday Party

On Saturday 7th November we celebrated our 6th birthday! Thanks to all who attended the party, it was a great night and good to catch up.....whilst not running and huffing and puffing!!

Everybody put in a top effort in the dress up stakes, but our winner for the night was Lisa P with her Day of the Dead face paint and costume. Congrats Lisa and enjoy your free RechargeHQ Massage!

Our three awards this year were especially hard to decide!! Lucky we now have 4 coaches to help with the decision!

Most Consistent 

Our new electronic sign-in sorted this for us.....

A well deserved and 2nd time winner, Andrew M!! Andrew just bumped Bridget out with only 9 sessions more over the year! Well done Andrew 

Most Improved!
So so hard, as everybody who has been coming consistently have shown dramatic improvements.

Honorable mentions were Sharon and Michelle Mc, but the winner is.....

Bridget!! Such a deserved winner, stepping up her kms, consistently coming to training and improving her times and techniques!! Well done champion!

DRUM ROLLLLLLLL....

Runners Runner

Thank-you to everybody who voted for their runners runner this year, much appreciated! You voted for the person that inspires you and keeps you training. 

This years votes go to Jan G!!!! Your come back from injury, dedication, and inspiring journey to the Queenstown Marathon have made an impression on your squad members!

Congrats Jan 

A great night and BIG thanks to the staff at Plum Tucker for fantastic night of food, service, and fun! 

Mount Tambourine - Tour de Tambourine!

WOW, what a fantastic weekend! We didn't let the severe downpour on Saturday dampen our spirits!!

Trails! 

We had 4 BRSers participate in the Trail runs this year, and all put in a fantastic effort!
Congrats to Matt L, Jeremy, Dan, and Bridget!

Special mention to Dan who came first in the 8km!! awesome!

Road Race
Several more BRSers met us up the Mount for the Sunday Road Racers.

Nick M had a cracker of a run, winning the half marathon! He even gave the lead cyclist a run for this money! He couldn't believe how fast Nick was!!

Well done to all our road competitors, Dan, Andrew, Will, Sharon, Shirley, and Bridget, great runs!!

Saturday Session

With the heat well and truly out for Saturday we will be hitting Southbank so we can take a well earned DIP after our run!

When: Saturday 21st November 

Where: Steps of Southbank Surf Club

Parking: park under Southbank closest to the middle exit near Max Brenners
NOTE: $2 parking starts at 5am - 9am

Time: OPTIONS!!

Option 1: 5am: for a 2.45 hour or 36km run  (maybe 5:05 to give you time to get from the carpark!)
- ideal for marathoners and Gold Coast 50 participants
- no coach
- suggest you do 12-13km and loop back to grab some friends at 6am. 

Option 2: 6am: for a 1.5 hour run
- ideal for half marathoners, Gold Coast 50 participants, and anyone keen for a longish run!
- Matt will meet you

Don't feel like a 1.5 hour run........come along and meet us for breaky!!! 

FINISH:   Meet you on the BEACH outside Southbank Surf Club latest 7:45am

Bring your togs / towel for a swim

Breaky & coffee!!


GOOD LUCK to our Girls on Tour

Jan, Michelle Mc, Sally and Jess are hitting NZ to participate in the Queenstown Marathon.

GOOD LUCK LADIES!! we can't wait to hear all about it!







Happy Running
Renae & Matt

Saturday Session + Reminders!

Saturday Session *note change location*

The website had Mt Cootha as the plan for this Saturday, however we are changing it based on the possibility of showers (injury prevention!). 

So new details for Saturday:

When: Saturday 7th November

Where: Meet in the Regatta Hotel Carpark (Sylvan Road, Toowong)

Time: 6am - 7:30am

What: 
Cadbury/Maui Marathoners & Half marathoners- 15km rest week before Tour de Tamborine next weekend
Other goals!! whatever your current goals are!! run/walk, short or long run, come along and join us!

Cost: $2

Breaky:  Regatta Hotel afterwards 



REMINDERS:

1. Runners Runner - VOTE NOW!

Every year we get your vote to reward and recognise a member of BRS who has:inspired you, encouraged you, made you want to keep running and keep achieving!! Who is your pick for 2015? the prize will be presented this Saturday night at our Fiesta!!

Please complete the nomination form, it will take 2 minutes and is COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.

We will have it on the Ipad at training on Saturday for any last minute entries!

Thanks to those who have already voted!

2. Fiesta - Saturday night 6:30pm

Thanks to everybody who has RSVPed to come along on Saturday night!

Remember: 

DRINKS: Beer, Wine and Spirits can be purchased on the night OR
BYO your own wine for $5 per bottle (corkage) on arrival. 

THEME:
Dress as bright and Mexican as you can!! 

3. #brisbanerunsquad  October Winner!

Well hopefully you all know by now......a great way to score yourself a free massage with our partners RechargeHQ is to post a photo and tag it as #brisbanerunsquad  (no gaps please!). 

The photo/post with the most likes, receives the complimentary massage!!

Our September winner announced on Facebook was Michelle Mac. 

Our October entrant will be announced very very soon....

SO get tagging!!!!!!

Happy Running

Renae & Matt 

Gold Coast 50, Saturday, & Runner's Runner

Our next big event is the Gold Coast 50 (formally known as Kurrawa 2 Duranbah)


Date: Sunday 13th December 
Event options:  there is something for everybody, even the kids!! 

• Solo ultra 50km; 
• two-person relay – 25km each; 
• solo 30km and 
• solo 15km. 
• These are all on the road or adjoining footpath. 
• We also have now added a 5km run/walk on the beach and a one km beach run for the kids.

Where: Starts and finishes in Miles Buisson Park, Broadbeach Boulevard, Broadbeach about 400 metres north of the Kurrawa Surf Lifesaving Club. Free car parking is available in the surrounding streets.

Start times: Start times are 0500 hrs for the 50km solo and the 2 person relay, 0515 for the 30km event,  0530 for the 15 km and 0545 for the 5km event. The beach run will start at 0600 and the kid’s run at 0700. Electronic timing will be employed and gun times will be used rather than chip times. Consequently, the early start time afforded to walkers and slower runners in previous years will be no longer available.

Entertainment
There will be post race entertainment for the kids such as a pop-up circus, face painting, bouncing castles, fairy floss, Mr Whippy etc.  This will start at 0700. Santa Claus will be in attendance to hand out finisher's medallions to the kids, .... see kid's race below,  There will also be a BBQ, coffee, food and drink vendors in attendance. Special thanks to Jetts Fitness for providing bottled water for all competitors.

Sounds like an awesome event!! We would love for you to join us!
Register as part of the BRS team now

Simply enter and search for Brisbane Run Squad team 

LOONG Run Saturday is upon us again!

Remember that you don't have to be aiming for a 1/2 or full marathon to join us on Saturdays, simply turn up, find a group that fits your goals and run (and chat, and breaky!!) Saturdays is all about being social!











When: Saturday 31st October

Where: Steps of Southbank Surf Club

Parking: park under Southbank closest to the middle exit near Max Brenners
NOTE: $2 parking starts at 5am - 9am

Time: OPTIONS!!

Option 1: 5am: for a 2.5 hour or 32km run  (maybe 5:05 to give you time to get from the carpark!)
- ideal for marathoners and Gold Coast 50 participants
- no coach
- suggest you do 15-17km and loop back to meet at 6:30am (Renae will meet you at 6:30am)

Option 2: 6am: for a 1.5 hour run
- ideal for half marathoners, Gold Coast 50 participants, and anyone keen for a longish run!
- Matt will meet you

Option 3: 6:30am: for a 1-1.25 hour run 
- ideal for anyone!
- Renae will meet you after running in from home

FINISH:
Meet at Southbank Surf Club latest 7:45am

Bring your togs / towel for a swim

Breaky & coffee!!

Runner's Runner

Every year at our BRS Birthday party, we present 3 prestigious awards, most improved, most consistent and runner's runner.

Most improved and consistent are going to be tough this year, everybody has had such a sensational year.

BUT over to you to vote for Runner's Runner. 
Every year we get your vote to reward and recognise a member of BRS who has:inspired you, encouraged you, made you want to keep running and keep achieving!! Who is your pick for 2015?

Please complete the nomination form, it will take 2 minutes and is COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.

Don't know the person's name? no dramas, we will have it on the Ipad at training, ask us and you can fill it out at a session!!!


Reminder, we announce the awards and celebrate the year that was on 7th November, 2015.

RSVPs are due by Saturday 31st Oct. We hope you can join us, details below. 

WHEN: Saturday 7th November

TIME: 6:30pm

WHERE: Plum Tucker Cafe

Plum Tucker Cafe (5 Enoggera Tce, Red Hill, http://plumtucker.com.au/ 

FOOD: Plum Tucker is putting on a Mexican feast, including a Taco Station and Churros for dessert!!!

DRINKS: Beer, Wine and Spirits can be purchased on the night OR
BYO your own wine for $5 per bottle (corkage) on arrival. 

THEME:
Dress as bright and Mexican as you can!! 
A BRS photobooth to capture the memories! 

COST: $40.00 per person 

RSVP: Saturday 31st October info@brisbanerunsquad.com.au  or join on FB!

PAYMENT: $40 at training or transfer to

Account: Renae A Jones
BSB: 814 282
Account: 31099466

Friends and family welcome!! arriba, arriba, get in quick!!

Happy Running
Renae & Matt

Saturday and Birthday Party RSVP!

Birthday Party!

Hola.....Join us for a Mexican Birthday Fiesta!

It's time for our annual Birthday Party where we celebrate our achievements, improvements and to honour our Runner's Runner for 2015. 

WHEN: Saturday 7th November

TIME: 6:30pm

WHERE: Plum Tucker Cafe

Plum Tucker Cafe (5 Enoggera Tce, Red Hill, http://plumtucker.com.au/ 

FOOD: Plum Tucker is putting on a Mexican feast, including a Taco Station and Churros for dessert!!!

DRINKS: Beer, Wine and Spirits can be purchased on the night OR
BYO your own wine for $5 per bottle (corkage) on arrival. 

THEME:
Dress as bright and Mexican as you can!! 
A BRS photobooth to capture the memories! 

COST: $40.00 per person 

RSVP: Saturday 31st October info@brisbanerunsquad.com.au  or join on FB!

PAYMENT: $40 at training or transfer to 

Account: Renae A Jones
BSB: 814 282
Account: 31099466

Friends and family welcome!! arriba, arriba, get in quick!!

Saturday Destination Run

As posted on FB this week, this weekend is our first destination run 30km, as part of the BRS lead up to the Cadbury Marathon and Gold Coast 50km!

Not keen to run 30km! that is fine, meet us at the other end and run to your own goals. 

Details below. 

Details for Destination runners: 

Start Time: 5:15am

Meeting Point: Carpark Albert Bishop Park Nundah Criterion Track, Hedley Avenue, Nundah (toilets there)

To bring for run: food and hydration

To bring for after run: togs, towel, change clothes, deodorant!

Destination: Pelican Park, Clontaf, 30km

Approx arrival time: 8am

We will discuss the course and strategy before we start! There toilets scattered along the way.

Matt will take your extra gear to the end point.

Details for other runners:
Time: 6:15am - 8am

Meeting Point: Pelican Park, Clontarf

To bring for run: food and hydration depending on your goal

To bring for after run: togs, towel, change clothes, deodorant!

What: long run (maybe run out to meet the destination runners! )

Cost: $2

We hope you can join us

Happy Running

Renae & Matt 

BRS Birthday Party, Saturday Session....Tour de Tamborine.

First and most important....

OUR BRS BIRTHDAY FIESTA!!

Haven't heard about it, here are the details!

Hola.....Join us for a Mexican Birthday Fiesta!

It's time for our annual Birthday Party where we celebrate our achievements, improvements and to honour our Runner's Runner for 2015. 

WHEN: Saturday 7th November

TIME: 6:30pm

WHERE: Plum Tucker Cafe

Plum Tucker Cafe (5 Enoggera Tce, Red Hill, http://plumtucker.com.au/ 

FOOD: Plum Tucker is putting on a Mexican feast, including a Taco Station and Churros for dessert!!!

DRINKS: Beer, Wine and Spirits can be purchased on the night OR
BYO your own wine for $5 per bottle (corkage) on arrival. 

THEME:
Dress as bright and Mexican as you can!! 
A BRS photobooth to capture the memories! 

COST: $40.00 per person 

RSVP: Saturday 31st October info@brisbanerunsquad.com.au 

PAYMENT: $40 at training or transfer to 

Account: Renae A Jones
BSB: 814 282
Account: 31099466

Friends and family welcome!! arriba, arriba, get in quick!!

Saturday Session

When:  Saturday 17th October

Time: 

Option 1: 5am    Marathon Runners   meet in car park  (for Cadbury lead up, your kms should be around 27-29km this weekend)

Option 2: 6:30am meet in car park (marathon runners will loop back and meet 6:30am group)

Where: Meeting Point, Car Park, Regatta Hotel, Sylvan Rd, Toowong

What: a long run, depending on your current goals. 

Breaky: 7:45am at the Regatta Hotel!!

Cost: $2

NOTE: coaches maybe running in from home, so potentially there will be no refreshments. Please be prepared with your own recovery drink in your car. 


Tour de Tamborine 13-15 November 

Our next BIG running event is 13-15 November, the Tour de Tamborine. 

There are plenty of options, from trail runs, road runs, walks, and cycles, something for everybody!

Check out their website http://www.tourdetamborine.com.au/

ENTER: before 9pm Wednesday 21st October to get great earlybird discounts. 

There is a BRS Team! Search for us and join in!

On Tour  Cadbury Lead up

Reminder, next Saturday 24th October is our first destination run, 30km as per the lead up schedule

More details to come, but a group will be running from Toombul to Redcliffe with another group running from Margate. 

A swim and breaky afterwards. 

Details to come

Happy Running

Renae & Matt

Saturday Sessions & Save the Date!!

Saturday Sessions

Please note, we have updated the BRS Homepage with the Saturday Session formats up to Christmas.

We have allocated many of the runs as Southbank runs, especially coming into Summer. So when you see Southbank, don't forget to bring a towel and change of cloths to cool off after our run.

We will also continue to offer two start times. 1. Early for our marathon preparation runners, and 2. 6:30am for those keen to run 1-1.25hours. Something for everybody!

This Saturday: Southbank Parkrun

We recently heard a rumour (thanks coops) and I confirmed it tonight on Twitter, that Martin Dent, one of our best and greatest marathon runners who competed at London Olympics in 2012 is in town AND participating in the Southbank Parkrun. So our venue for Saturday is Southbank!!

When: Saturday 10th October

Where: Meet on the Stairs outside the Southbank Surfclub

Parking: park under Southbank for $2 in after 5am out before 9am. Park near the middle entrance, come out near Max Brenner and you will see us straight ahead!

Time:
5:30am - for those looking for a 2-2.25 hour run (note there will be no coaches meeting at this time), you could do 1 hour out and back and then meet the rest of the group at 6:30am


6:30am - 30 minute warm up, followed by Parkrun at 7am. A good session for those participating in the Toohey Forest 10km on Sunday

Cost: $2



BRS Birthday Party

Please save the date in your diaries.....

Saturday afternoon/night 7th November 2015.

This is a 34km Saturday for our Cadbury/Maui Marathoners, so a well deserved party that night!
This is 1 week before the Tour de Tamborine so no clashes there!
This is 2 weeks out for Queenstown Marathoners who will be in taper!

Stay tuned, more details coming VERY soon.


Happy Running
Renae & Matt