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Knox Roadrunners
January 2009 newsletter
Welcome to a New Year at Knox
Roadrunners. After such a big year in
2008, can we get better – we actually
finished with a World Record.
Also in this newsletter we have fun run
results, our charity donation, pictures
from our Christmas Party, the arrival of
our new tracksuits, and even a
“shaggy goat” story.
The year ahead promises good things.
Our many new 60 year olds are
showing form with Vic “Flat Chat”
Potter back from injury and our girls in
good form too.
of pre-school children diagnosed with
Autism.
KR has now donated 4 years in
succession and we have been put on
the “Friends of Irabina” shield for
groups that have provided support
over long periods. We are pleased to
support Irabina. The donations we
give are from our annual fees and part
of the weekly coin in the tin – it’s a
good story.
World Record
Young Lavinia Petrie ran 13.406k in
exactly 1 hour at a Doncaster Athletics
meeting on 29 September 2008. This
has just been ratified as a WORLD
RECORD for a lady W65. Wow!
Irabina Donation
On 6 December we presented our
annual donation to Diane Bailey-Tribe,
Director of Irabina Autism. Di and her
team in Bayswater have been doing
great things to support the families
What’s Said on the Run # 25 – January 2009 www.knoxroadrunners.com Page 1 Lavinia beat Belgian Berthilia De
Preter’s 9 yo record by 939m. She
becomes the only Masters WR holder
with multiple WR’s. She has set many
over the years and still holds the World
Record for W60 1 hour run, and the
Australian Records for W60 Mile & W60
3,000m. We believe that once her
dicky knee improves, Lavinia is a
serious chance for the Half Marathon
W65 Australian Record also. Lavinia is
celebrating a great year holidaying
with her sister in Arizona – probably
running around somewhere.
Our team trophies have arrived and
are doing the rounds of the team
member homes – they look good.
Eltham Fun-run 9 November
Vic Potter Michelle Tham Marie Kavanagh Narelle Hart Neil Woods Kathy Souter David Souter 38:50 38:53 41:48 42:00 44:37 45:25 50:00 1st woman 3rd woman 4th woman On behalf of all KR’s well done Lavinia!
Note that Bronwen Cardy is also one
of the Masters Athletics world best
distance runners with 6 national
records from 3,000m to Half Marathon
– more on this in a future newsletter.
Marathon Trophies:
It was great to have KR singlets on the
podium. Also the battle to the line
between Michelle and Vic is one to
look forward to during 2009. Find out
what’s in that sauce bottle Shelly.
What’s Said on the Run # 25 – January 2009 www.knoxroadrunners.com Page 2 Great Australian Run 30 Nov 2008
Greg Palmer – Most Improved
A big day was had at Albert Park for
this 15km run against the great man
Haile Gebrselassie and other big name
international runners. We had some of
the big name KR runners there too:
It was a tough task to select our
performance award winner for 2008.
Kathy Souter had a second excellent
year in a row and is a popular and
deserving winner. She ran a series of
top ten results and her Melbourne
Marathon was a cracker in tough
conditions. Well done Kathy.
Bryan Ackerly Michelle Tham Marie Kavanagh Pete Bignell Mike Bower Narelle Hart Anja Kueppers Martyn Gasson Peter White Tim Bower 56:47 62:50 63:56 64:42 68:06 69:00 73:28 73:57 75:59 79:24 KR team relaxing at Albert Park after the run.
Kathy collecting the “Greg” from Greg
Immediately after the run
Kathy late in the Marathon in more familiar
gear.
What’s Said on the Run # 25 – January 2009 www.knoxroadrunners.com Page 3 Leo P Rooney – Best Club-persons
lady, and the not so lovely Neil winning
the men’s award. Helena Thorn
picked up the major door prize.
The winners of this award for 2008 are
Peter & Heather White. This lovely
couple have done much for our club
and members for decades. They are
popular and deserving winners.
We believe the photo’s of Anna &
Denise in the doorway have been
confiscated by Glenda (or maybe put
on the wall in John’s shed) but check
out some of the happy souls:
Kathy, Rhonda, Dave, Brian & Denise
Pete & Heather checking their names are both
on the “Leo”
KR Christmas Party 2008 Glenda, Marion, Bridget, Dave & Bobby
Helen organised another cracker of a
Christmas party with help from Nicole
and other members. The photos tell
you the theme was red & green. We
were entertained by Mark Bamber
and fed & watered by our own efforts.
It was a great night to get together,
celebrate our friendships, and let our
hair down on the dance floor. Some
amazing outfits were on show with the
lovely Ute winning the best dressed
What’s Said on the Run # 25 – January 2009 www.knoxroadrunners.com DT, Greg & Gerry
Page 4 Summer Running
The warmer season gives us a chance
to have a little sleep in with runs
starting a little later on January
mornings. All runs are away runs. We
return to Bayswater from the first
Saturday in February.
John, Shelly, Gavin, Narelle & Marie
All summer runs have a breakfast
afterwards. If you need a rest from
running but still need a chat, come for
breakfast afterwards. Several walkers
are likely also.
Valentines Weekend 13-15 Feb 2009
Prize winners Ute & Neil
Barry Boyd 1944-2008
Barry was a special member who
served as our Treasurer for a decade.
He was fast and competitive on the
track and daunting in a verbal
challenge. Barry was a keen runner,
punter, and lifetime Cats supporter,
and also a wonderful son to Joan.
Yes, this fantastic weekend at Aireys
Inlet is on again in 2009 thanks to the
hospitality of Helen & Ed. Same
arrangements as per previous years –
details soon. It’s a popular weekend
for members and partners. Get your
name down early because numbers
are limited. And they run out of coffee
mugs at the lighthouse too. Email
Helen or Mike to attend – we expect
cost will be $30 per person for
accommodation. Some will need to
bring bedding & all will assist with food.
The hill run is on of course, led by Helen
and the lighthouse walk is led by Ed.
Some of the KR mob at Fairhaven after the
Saturday run & breakfast in Feb 2008.
What’s Said on the Run # 25 – January 2009 www.knoxroadrunners.com Page 5 Marie chased by a goat!
“Sunday morning (14 Dec) I wish
someone had followed me with a
video camera! I went out for a run
early morning, and half way into my
run, I was running down Morack Road,
passing Vermont Secondary College,
when I saw a man walking along in the
opposite direction, closely followed by
a goat. Whilst this was a very unusual
sight, I assumed that they were
together, but noticed that the goat
was not on a lead. As I passed, the
goat must have decided that I looked
like more fun, as it turned around and
started chasing me! I had no idea
how fast a goat can run, but this one
was not quite as fast as me, so the gap
between us was gradually increasing,
but still the goat chased me.
I hoped that when I turned the corner
the goat would give up and go home,
but it just kept following, and bleating
loudly! After turning the next corner, I
crossed the road, and again the goat
followed. I deliberately ran on the
path so that the goat wouldn't run in
the road, but the goat did run in the
road anyway. I was getting worried
that if it followed me too far, the goat
wouldn't know how to get home. It
followed me for a good kilometre,
almost down to Morack Golf Course,
where I passed a man walking in the
opposite direction, at which point the
goat must have decided that he
would be easier to follow, so it gave
up and turned around. It would have
been a hilarious sight to see me
running along at a fairly brisk pace,
closely pursued by a goat! I do hope
he found his way back home.”
Marie running hard, but the spectators are all
looking for the goat.
New KR Tracksuits:
John Signorini took on the tough
task of arranging new tracksuits for
the first time in nearly 20 years. The
result is fantastic.
John & Glenda - the model couple
John being a “sucker for
punishment” is now planning to do
an order for running gear soon. This
will be singlets and other running
tops only – we only do this every
two years.
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