I've been a runner since October 1979 and have completed 6 marathons. The first was the 1981 Nike Canberra Marathon and the most enjoyable was the 2002 Alice Springs Marathon. My fastest was many years ago in the 1992 Mobil Canberra Marathon (3:11:02). My favourite event is the steeplechase. Somehow in 1991 I managed to run the 3000 metre steeple in 10:51.3.

This year I'm running the Six Foot Track for the fifth time (fourth as a race) and will be writing about things in my blog. I'm also keeping a running diary for 2007.

Below will be various pages from my diaries which date back to 1981. This page is from March 1989. It was a week of fairly low mileage but high quality with hard sessions on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. After the 2006 Six Foot Track Marathon I'll be returning to a lower mileage/high quality program in an attempt to race faster than I have in recent years.

1989
Mon 20 Mar	14k	Lane Cove Park. Easy run with Bruce and Andrew to Buffalo Creek Reserve and back in 68 minutes. Very dark on return. Some walking. Felt OK.
Tue 21 Mar	10k	Lane Cove Park. 9.7k to top gate and back in 42:36 (4:24/km). Steady with Terry, Bernie, John, George etc. Big group. Very humid. Legs tired.
Wed 22 Mar	8k	Intervals at Buffalo Creek with Terry. 8x400m in 9:57 (74.6 ave). OK. 2 sets of 4. 150m walk/jog between reps, 10mins between sets. Steady. Hot.
Thu 23 Mar	10k	Race: Hensley track, 5000m in 17:35.2 (PB). Good run and conditions (still). Kms- 3:29 3:28 3:32 3:38 3:28. 76sec last lap. Eating better. Felt good during the day. John Sauer won in 15:37.
Fri 24 Mar	nil	Rest day as I was driving to Culburra for Easter.
Sat 25 Mar	5k	4pm Culburra. A very easy run with Anne around the streets. Felt good.
Sun 26 Mar	8k	7.30am. With Anne along Culburra Beach to Crookhaven Heads and return. Very easy paced. Some striding out during the run.
Week 12	55k's - Happy to run a PB in the 5000 metres.

Here are some other pages:     1984     1989     1994     1999

My hobbies include helping coach young runners from our club, motorcycling, editing the SCT newsletter, photography, cycling, website design, movies and reading. In my spare time I hang out with friends such as Mal, Joy, Jim, Kathy, Steve, Geoff, Bruce, Garry and Jim.