Thursday, December 23, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Upcoming Saturday Cross Training Session
But First.........................
Renae and I would like to say a big thanks to all who contributed towards our 1 year present. On Saturday 11th we used our Red Balloon voucher to do a 1 day sailing course. We both brought our fathers with us to make up numbers and do some bonding. We had a great time and learnt alot. Thanks again.
Saturday 18th Cross Training
What: 45 min long run, 45 min core training session
Where: Suttons Beach, Redcliffe. http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=suttons+beach+redcliffe&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=29.455084,78.837891&ie=UTF8&oi=localspell&cd=1&hq=&hnear=Suttons+Beach,+Brisbane+Queensland+4020&ll=-27.237727,153.113955&spn=0.003606,0.009624&z=17 At the roundabout at the end of Macdonnell Rd, take the 2nd exit into the carparking area of the beach. We will meet there.
Time: 6:30am
Bring: Drink bottle, towel, running gear, togs(something you can do exercise in ie. no skimpy triangle bikinis), hat, sunscreen.
Cost: $6 members, $8 non-members
Hope to see you all there. If you have any questions just ask at training Wednesday.
Happy running
Renae & Matt
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Twilight Running Festival Early Bird Entry
Early Bird Entries finish on 31 Dec 2010, after which they go up $10, and continue to rise if you enter even later. So, get in the action as soon as you can and save yourself some money.
Instructions on how to enter are below. Dont forget to enter as part of the Brisbane Run Squad team. Last year we won the biggest team prize and received lots of prizes!
1. Go to registration website: www.twilightrun.com.au. Go to ENTER on left hand side. You can then choose to enter online, by post or by person.
2. Select which event you would like to register in. If you have more than one entrant, I would suggest entering seperately. It gets abit confusing on the next page with deffering entrants and distances.
3. Proceed by clicking “Add to my entry”.
4. You can pre-fill the details if you entered last year and have an email and password. Otherwise fill out your details. REmember to enter Brisbane Run Squad as your Team/Organisation Name.
5. Agree to the terms
6. Check all details are correct and accurate
7. Proceed to payment area and complete payment
8. Once payment is complete, you will be automatically emailed a tax invoice.
The costs per race and dates when the prices increase, as well as the cut-off dates for all the different method of entry are on the ENTER window.
Hope to see you there
Happy Running
Renae & Matt
Instructions on how to enter are below. Dont forget to enter as part of the Brisbane Run Squad team. Last year we won the biggest team prize and received lots of prizes!
1. Go to registration website: www.twilightrun.com.au. Go to ENTER on left hand side. You can then choose to enter online, by post or by person.
2. Select which event you would like to register in. If you have more than one entrant, I would suggest entering seperately. It gets abit confusing on the next page with deffering entrants and distances.
3. Proceed by clicking “Add to my entry”.
4. You can pre-fill the details if you entered last year and have an email and password. Otherwise fill out your details. REmember to enter Brisbane Run Squad as your Team/Organisation Name.
5. Agree to the terms
6. Check all details are correct and accurate
7. Proceed to payment area and complete payment
8. Once payment is complete, you will be automatically emailed a tax invoice.
The costs per race and dates when the prices increase, as well as the cut-off dates for all the different method of entry are on the ENTER window.
Hope to see you there
Happy Running
Renae & Matt
Monday, December 6, 2010
Weekend Wrap-up
Morning Core Training
We had a good turn out for the mornings combo session. 45 min long run followed by 45 min core circuit training.
There was alot of whining and some had trouble sitting on the swiss ball, but everyone did really well and we hope some good tips and core training tecniques will be taken away and used by yourselves.
BRS Xmas Party
A little bit of rain wasn't enough to dampen the spirits of all the attendees at the xmas party on Saturday. After Renae and I took 1 hour to figure out how to erect the marquee, and then only after the help from Janett and some friendly locals, the party kicked off with croquet and giant connect 4 being the main entertainment.
With the pitch soggy to swamp style, things heated up in our croquet challenge. The winner to take home a gift voucher for $99 to be used for a Story Bridge Climb. After 4 heats the final came down to 4 teams, Matt and Melissa, Claire and Shelley, Col and Michelle, Ben and Steve. It was a nail biter, being made a bigger challenge with Ben and Steve deciding they could not win so changing tactics to be as bigger trouble makers as possible.
Eventually the final won by Col and Michelle. But, as there can be only one winner, it was either a fight to the death or a knock out croquet round. Dissapointedly they chose the croquet.
And the winner was........................................................................................COL. Congrats!!!!!!!
Afterwards, we walked up to the Story Bridge Hotel for some dinner and drinks. I have only received second hand info but I have heard that Matt S may have had one too many chandys and was finding the floor of the hotel not too stable. I also believe Col was driving the porcelein bus later that night shouting at Hughey.
A great night had by all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait for next year.
Happy Running (and partying)
Renae & Matt
We had a good turn out for the mornings combo session. 45 min long run followed by 45 min core circuit training.
There was alot of whining and some had trouble sitting on the swiss ball, but everyone did really well and we hope some good tips and core training tecniques will be taken away and used by yourselves.
BRS Xmas Party
A little bit of rain wasn't enough to dampen the spirits of all the attendees at the xmas party on Saturday. After Renae and I took 1 hour to figure out how to erect the marquee, and then only after the help from Janett and some friendly locals, the party kicked off with croquet and giant connect 4 being the main entertainment.
With the pitch soggy to swamp style, things heated up in our croquet challenge. The winner to take home a gift voucher for $99 to be used for a Story Bridge Climb. After 4 heats the final came down to 4 teams, Matt and Melissa, Claire and Shelley, Col and Michelle, Ben and Steve. It was a nail biter, being made a bigger challenge with Ben and Steve deciding they could not win so changing tactics to be as bigger trouble makers as possible.
Eventually the final won by Col and Michelle. But, as there can be only one winner, it was either a fight to the death or a knock out croquet round. Dissapointedly they chose the croquet.
And the winner was........................................................................................COL. Congrats!!!!!!!
Afterwards, we walked up to the Story Bridge Hotel for some dinner and drinks. I have only received second hand info but I have heard that Matt S may have had one too many chandys and was finding the floor of the hotel not too stable. I also believe Col was driving the porcelein bus later that night shouting at Hughey.
A great night had by all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait for next year.
Happy Running (and partying)
Renae & Matt
Saturday, November 27, 2010
5 Km Timetrial
Timetrial
Congratulations to all who completed the 5km time trial on Wednesday night 24th Nov 2010. Amazingly, everyone acheived a PB (with the exception of a few who have not been able to train for ages). There were some massive PB's with some taking as much as 5 min's off!
Bag Winners
Winners of a Mizuno draw string bag were chosen from:
a. Run time closest to a predicted time or,
b. If no predicted time given, closest to current PB time.
And the winners are.............................................
Katrina F: not only did she predict a time 4min 35 sec faster than her PB. She came in only 16sec off her prediction.
Claire L: with no predicted time she came in only 3 sec off her previous PB
Steve G: no predicted time, came in only 34 sec off his previous PB
Kris R: Being his first timetrial, he was only 34 sec off his predicted time
Geoff O: only first timetrial also, Geoff was 70 sec off his predicted time
Special mention to Matt C, he was only 1 min off his predicted time and went 5 sec faster than his previous PB. Considering his time over the 5 km was 17min 40sec, we are going to throw a bag his way also.
Well done to all. We are going to do a 5km timetrial every 2 months from now on instead of 3 months. This will help us as coaches to track your progress more closely and you as athletes to track your progress more accurately.
Happy Running
Renae & Matt
Congratulations to all who completed the 5km time trial on Wednesday night 24th Nov 2010. Amazingly, everyone acheived a PB (with the exception of a few who have not been able to train for ages). There were some massive PB's with some taking as much as 5 min's off!
Bag Winners
Winners of a Mizuno draw string bag were chosen from:
a. Run time closest to a predicted time or,
b. If no predicted time given, closest to current PB time.
And the winners are.............................................
Katrina F: not only did she predict a time 4min 35 sec faster than her PB. She came in only 16sec off her prediction.
Claire L: with no predicted time she came in only 3 sec off her previous PB
Steve G: no predicted time, came in only 34 sec off his previous PB
Kris R: Being his first timetrial, he was only 34 sec off his predicted time
Geoff O: only first timetrial also, Geoff was 70 sec off his predicted time
Special mention to Matt C, he was only 1 min off his predicted time and went 5 sec faster than his previous PB. Considering his time over the 5 km was 17min 40sec, we are going to throw a bag his way also.
Well done to all. We are going to do a 5km timetrial every 2 months from now on instead of 3 months. This will help us as coaches to track your progress more closely and you as athletes to track your progress more accurately.
Happy Running
Renae & Matt
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Have Your Say Action Plan Part 1
Action Plan Part 1:
Based on the Have Your Say Survey results, we are preparing to make the following improvements to Brisbane Run Squad, commencing this Saturday:
1. Extra Sessions
Introducing an extra session on Saturday mornings. This will start fortnightly and move to weekly if they prove popular.
2. Type of Extra Session
With Core, Off-Road, and Long Runs proving to be the most wanted, we will rotate the fortnightly sessions between these and even do combo sessions (a run and core in a session together).
3. Session Locations
Many of you wanted alternative locations, so we will endevour to mix it up!
Sessions will be roughly 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month. All fortnightly session details will be added to the calendar 2-3 weeks in advance, so keep an eye out.
ACTION 1
When: This Saturday 20 November 2010
Where: Slaughter Falls Car Park, Mt Cootha
meet near the public toilets on Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, 1st left after Birdwood Terrace http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=34+Sir+Samuel+Griffith+Drive,Mt+Cootha&sll=-27.474923,152.965908&sspn=0.028404,0.082912&ie=UTF8&hq=34+Sir+Samuel+Griffith+Drive,Mt+Cootha&hnear=&ll=-27.471991,152.974234&spn=0.007101,0.020728&z=16
Cost: $6 members, $8 non-members
* all abilities welcome, beginners please join us for a modified version
Time: 7am kick off for 80mins run (1hr 20mins)
Action Plan 2 addressing camps/national/international events coming soon
Happy Running
Renae & Matt (p.s. don't forget to RSVP for the xmas party!)
Based on the Have Your Say Survey results, we are preparing to make the following improvements to Brisbane Run Squad, commencing this Saturday:
1. Extra Sessions
Introducing an extra session on Saturday mornings. This will start fortnightly and move to weekly if they prove popular.
2. Type of Extra Session
With Core, Off-Road, and Long Runs proving to be the most wanted, we will rotate the fortnightly sessions between these and even do combo sessions (a run and core in a session together).
3. Session Locations
Many of you wanted alternative locations, so we will endevour to mix it up!
Sessions will be roughly 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month. All fortnightly session details will be added to the calendar 2-3 weeks in advance, so keep an eye out.
ACTION 1
When: This Saturday 20 November 2010
Where: Slaughter Falls Car Park, Mt Cootha
meet near the public toilets on Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, 1st left after Birdwood Terrace http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=34+Sir+Samuel+Griffith+Drive,Mt+Cootha&sll=-27.474923,152.965908&sspn=0.028404,0.082912&ie=UTF8&hq=34+Sir+Samuel+Griffith+Drive,Mt+Cootha&hnear=&ll=-27.471991,152.974234&spn=0.007101,0.020728&z=16
Cost: $6 members, $8 non-members
* all abilities welcome, beginners please join us for a modified version
Time: 7am kick off for 80mins run (1hr 20mins)
Action Plan 2 addressing camps/national/international events coming soon
Happy Running
Renae & Matt (p.s. don't forget to RSVP for the xmas party!)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mousdash Wrap UP & End of Year Party
MOUSDASH 10.5 Mt Cootha Run - Last Sunday
Last Sunday saw Brisbane Run Squad members put all that tough hill training to perfect use as they climbed up and down one of Brisbane's most well known land marks - Mt Cootha.
BRS Man made another appearance - and with a full length lycra suit in close to 100% humidity, BRS man did well encouraging our runners and participants in general (sorry we are unable to reveal his identity).
Scotty, Steve, Peter C, Stacey, Robyn, Emma, Katrina, and Jody all powered to the top of the Mt Cootha Summit (2.5km up), then over undulating terrain for 5.5 km, then 2.5 of hard down hill before going up and then finally down towards the finish line. The toughest run on the BRS calendar and all finshed in style!
WELL DONE.
Brisbane Run Squad End of Year & Col's Moving to Sydney Party
We can finally reveal the location and the oodles of fun ahead for the 2nd BRS end of year party.
This year we sadly are also using this party as an opportunity to say Good Luck and best wishes for our much loved member, Col Neate - who is moving the Sydney.
When: Saturday 4 December 2010
What:
A LAWN Party
Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
with Putt Putt Pool & Croquet! With Croquet on the verge of its greatest come back - we have decided to set the trend and get all our members into this latest craze! Putt Putt Pool is for those of you who enjoy golf, but have a bad swing, and those who enjoy snooker, but have longed to do it outside! - even better, you can do both together!!!!!!
Where: Captain Burke Park (under the Story Bridge) - we will have a marque, please BYO chair if required. There is a playground there also if you would like to bring your kids.
Cost: $25 per head ($5 for children under 12) - includes games, the venue, afternoon nibbles, and softdrinks. BYO any other drinks/alcohol.
THEN
What: Dinner, drinks and continue the party!
Where: STORYBRIDGE HOTEL - OUTBACK BAR AND GRILL http://www.storybridgehotel.com.au/dining/outback_bar.php
Time: 6pm - late
Cost: own expense
RSVP and Payment: by Monday 29 November, 2010
email your rsvp to info@brisbanerunsquad.com.au for payment details or accept FACEBOOK invitation and we will email you the payment details.
UP FOR GRABS FOR THE CROQUET CHAMPION - A Story Bridge Climb voucher better get practicing!
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT DAY!
Happy Running
Renae & Matt
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