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[mingle10]

Run starting at Shorncliffe pier, 6am
Run to Redcliffe lagoon, 15.4km .Take a break, (as long as we see fit)
Return to Shorncliffe.

The November 28 run was great. Since we where discussing doing another run the same, I have put up a new post. Mid January was mentioned. But I’m open to any date so long as it is Sunday.  Anyone who wants to do just the one way, 15km, you’re welcome; it’s easy to catch the bus back, any day. (I may be among you)  The run is just a nice easy pace.

[redbackrun]

sounds good mingle10. just set a date that convenient to you. any date will clash with some people. keep an eye on race calendar for any clashes. the one's i know of are: Resolution Run 9th jan, Hares & Hounds 9th jan, Allez Sport Moolooaba Summer Run Series 16 Jan, Oz day marathon 26th. So it will clash with something. No off-season in running .

someone bought up about a fatass Marathon one day - Jetty2Jetty2Jetty & return.

[MrUniqueName]

We could always do the first Sunday of Feb? Any clashes?

[yochris77]

Hi Redback.

I think the said person mentioned that the Jetty to Jetty Half marathon could be extended to a full marathon by extending to the Shorncliffe Jetty and return to Woody point start/finish.  So you can either start and go south to Shorncliffe, then back to Woody Point, past Redcliffe Jetty to Morgans and back to the Start/Finish..... or Start and go North and ruin the southern leg last.

If the MBRR grabbed this idea, there are a couple of possible sponsors for the event over that way (Sonomas, Raphaels, Coffee Club, Post Office Hotel...)

[JeShannah]

yochris77, on Dec 7 2010, 09:56 PM, said:

If the MBRR grabbed this idea, there are a couple of possible sponsors for the event over that way (Sonomas, Raphaels, Coffee Club, Post Office Hotel...)

I agree it's a great idea.  I'm with MBRR and we run that "super" Jetty 2 Jetty course as part of our club runs throughout the year.  I'm not on the Jetty committee, but as I understand it, to coordinate a full marathon along that route would require approval & licenses for BOTH Pine Rivers & Brisbane City Council PLUS involve closing part of the bridge to cyclists on a Saturday/Sunday morning.  Nightmare logistics.  Would be nice though.  Maybe some day ...

[MrUniqueName]

JeShannah, on Dec 9 2010, 04:07 PM, said:

I agree it's a great idea.  I'm with MBRR and we run that "super" Jetty 2 Jetty course as part of our club runs throughout the year.  I'm not on the Jetty committee, but as I understand it, to coordinate a full marathon along that route would require approval & licenses for BOTH Pine Rivers & Brisbane City Council PLUS involve closing part of the bridge to cyclists on a Saturday/Sunday morning.  Nightmare logistics.  Would be nice though.  Maybe some day ...

Hey Jeff, would be good seeing you on this run    Judging by how you were zooming along a couple of days ago, your training seems to be going well!

[JeShannah]

MrUniqueName, on Dec 10 2010, 12:54 PM, said:

Hey Jeff, would be good seeing you on this run    Judging by how you were zooming along a couple of days ago, your training seems to be going well!

Hey Dave (& Board),

I followed the original run post a couple of days before you all planned it, and there were a few with the club who were gonna join impromptu at 600am ... then everyone backed out & I didn't quite make it down.  I'm keeping my eyes open for this one though, too.

Not really training so much as trying to keep up fitness & trying to not hurt self again after disappointing DNF at GH in Sept.  Got H&H in a month then looking to assemble a team for Oxfam.  Need 1-2 more at this point.  

How've you been running?

[MrUniqueName]

JeShannah, on Dec 10 2010, 02:10 PM, said:

How've you been running?

Not too bad, but I've been having some slight issues with shin splints so have been careful with not pushing myself too much. I've got K2D this Sunday which will be a good test, and then it looks like I'll be seeing you at H&H. After that though I'll probably just try to stick to a good training plan for a few months to bump up my base for a bit.

TW seems to be pretty popular - lots of people are talking about entering.

[mingle10]

Sorry guys, I don't have much of a chance to log on to the site.
MrUniqueName likes Sunday Feb 6, I got no problem with that. Its a long way off though. Does anyone want to vote for Sun 23 or 30 Jan?
So unless anyone says otherwise, it's currently on at 6 feb.
If anyone wants to extend it further you can put up a suggestion for a new start point. Then we meet there. Im not too familiar with the tracks beyond what we did last time. I hope not to put anyone off but I may drop off the run halfway if it gets too long. I'm sure that you guys will be happy to carry on. Was not a problem last time.

[redbackrun]

mingle10, on Dec 13 2010, 04:30 PM, said:

Sorry guys, I don't have much of a chance to log on to the site.
MrUniqueName likes Sunday Feb 6, I got no problem with that. Its a long way off though. Does anyone want to vote for Sun 23 or 30 Jan?
So unless anyone says otherwise, it's currently on at 6 feb.
If anyone wants to extend it further you can put up a suggestion for a new start point. Then we meet there. Im not too familiar with the tracks beyond what we did last time. I hope not to put anyone off but I may drop off the run halfway if it gets too long. I'm sure that you guys will be happy to carry on. Was not a problem last time.

feb 6th sounds good. it does seems a long way off though but with xmas, new year festivities & other races on, this date fits.

edit: oops - may have to do Mt Glorious if fit enough otherwise i'll be there

Edited by redbackrun, 14 December 2010 - 08:40 PM.

[redbackrun]

yochris77, on Dec 7 2010, 09:56 PM, said:

Hi Redback.

I think the said person mentioned that the Jetty to Jetty Half marathon could be extended to a full marathon by extending to the Shorncliffe Jetty and return to Woody point start/finish. So you can either start and go south to Shorncliffe, then back to Woody Point, past Redcliffe Jetty to Morgans and back to the Start/Finish..... or Start and go North and ruin the southern leg last.

If the MBRR grabbed this idea, there are a couple of possible sponsors for the event over that way (Sonomas, Raphaels, Coffee Club, Post Office Hotel...)

Fatass would be the way to go. Self-supported run. Plenty of drink stops & amenties along the way. Maybe the Feb 6 run & a late Feb/early March run can prepare some for the Fatass marathon. Late March or April maybe? It wouldn't be too hard to find the turn around point. "Two Cliffe's" Fatass Marathon?? don't want to step on J2J toes.

Who's up for it?

cheers
RBR

[yochris77]

In.

[redbackrun]

yochris77, on Dec 14 2010, 08:31 PM, said:

In.

that was quick. at the moment you'll get a placing

[MrUniqueName]

Of course I'm in too  

[redbackrun]

i'll go over the course in the coming weeks & note distance to landmarks plus turnaround point. "Garmin certified" course of course.

[yochris77]

I may be able test some of the facilities.  

I can already tell you as of a fortnight ago, at about the 1.6km markings  (from the bridge heading north) there are about 3 sets of taps near the near toilet block that do not work.

I would prolly run this as a test run or long training run before the GCM

[redbackrun]

yochris77, on Dec 14 2010, 09:09 PM, said:

I may be able test some of the facilities.

I can already tell you as of a fortnight ago, at about the 1.6km markings (from the bridge heading north) there are about 3 sets of taps near the near toilet block that do not work.

I would prolly run this as a test run or long training run before the GCM

i noticed those markings on the last run. it's the distance leading up to them that will probably make them unusable for 5,10,15, etc... splits. it'll be good for those that want to cover the 42.2k distance before Gold Coast but make sure they can do the Feb 6th 31k & late Feb/March 31k runs before attempting the full monty. if taps are a problem then water bottle a must. There is the shop at woody point & surf club that sell drinks also.  Speak more about it tomorrow night.

cheers
RBR

[redbackrun]

hi mingle10,

sorry if a bit of a hijack of the thread. It would be great if you can do the full marathon distance also. so dates i've come up with (subject to discussion) are :

Sunday Feb 6th - next Shorncliffe to Redcliffe Lagoon & return run - 31km
Sunday Feb 20th or 27th - Shorncliffe to Redcliffe Lagoon & return run - 31km
Sunday March 20th or 27th - Shorncliffe to Redcliffe (Morgans) & return. Fatass Full Marathon - 42.195km

other races around this time are -

Sun Feb 20th - Sports Super centre fun run series
Sun Mar 13th -  Sports Super centre fun run series
Apr 9th - Pinnacles Classic & DelXC
Sun Apr 17th -  Mt Mee Marathon/Relay
Sun Apr 17th - Sports super centre fun run series
Sun 24th - Wild Horse Criterium
May 15th - Glasshouse Mountains Cooks Tour

March 20th or March 27th don't clash with any other races & Easter holidays. Come May & June things really start to get crowded in race calendar.

cheers
RBR

[StillGettinThere]

Mar 20 Twilight run

[MrUniqueName]

redbackrun, on Dec 15 2010, 11:14 AM, said:

Sunday March 20th or 27th - [/b]Shorncliffe to Redcliffe (Morgans) & return. [b]Fatass Full Marathon - 42.195km

My preference would be the 27th - my next baby is due on the 14th so the 20th might be cutting it a bit fine, and I really don't think I could explain to my wife that I missed the birth because I was on a run...  

[redbackrun]

march 27th looking good.

[SASMoT]

yochris77, on Dec 14 2010, 09:09 PM, said:

I would prolly run this as a test run or long training run before the GCM

Good thinking Chris! Would you do the full 42.195?

I was thinking of doing the Twilight HM on the 20th. Will have to see how my training is going, might not be able to do the full fatass.  

[redbackrun]

after some discussion last night, we've decided that March 27th will be the date for the full monty. I'll place a post in the fatass thread a bit later on. please keep this thread going for the training runs.

cheers
rbr

[yochris77]

SASMot - Yes I think so.  I hope to have my milage up to a good length to have a go at the full 42.

Further to the distance markers - after all the work on the new bridge, the first distance marker you get after you get off the bridge is 0.6km.  From memory, the distance marker at Scarborough Boat harbour (Cnr Thurect pde and Oyster Point Esp.) is 13.7km.

[redbackrun]

the "Cliff 2 Cliff" Fat Ass marathon can be found - here

i look forward to the Feb 6th training run. thanks for those distance markers yochris77 & i'm sure you can't wait to do the marathon

[uplift]

Hi
haven't logged on for a while but count me in. Got my first Ultra on the Goal-List for 2011, so any training run will be great  

[JeShannah]

I'm in.  Uplift, what ultra are you going to tackle?

[uplift]

The first Glasshouse if all goes as per plan ;-) It's in May sometime so there should be plenty of time to train for it.
Doing the Hares and Hound relay team next  

[mingle10]

redbackrun, on Dec 15 2010, 11:14 AM, said:

hi mingle10,

sorry if a bit of a hijack of the thread. It would be great if you can do the full marathon distance also. so dates i've come up with (subject to discussion) are :

Sunday Feb 6th - next Shorncliffe to Redcliffe Lagoon & return run - 31km
Sunday Feb 20th or 27th - Shorncliffe to Redcliffe Lagoon & return run - [b]31km

Don't really mind having this thread Hijacked so much. I'm not too familiar with the running calendar, so the 6th Feb and 27 March sounds good. I've been so busy I have not had a chance to get on the site. As for the full 42K later I can join you but I will only go as far as my legs will allow at the moment
Is anyone looking at doing some alternatve routes after we do this? Just to keep it a little more interesting. Maybe I will scout through some maps and see what I get.

Edited by mingle10, 27 December 2010 - 12:53 AM.

[mingle10]

HI Guys, just wondering if anyone wants to join me on the 'resolution run on jan 9', I just signed up for the 10k run. Its been brought up on this thread so i guessed some of you may be going.  I found out that my 'meetup' group/club is going too, so I will join them. Here is their link http://www.meetup.co...endar/15470182/   the run website;
http://www.resolutionrun.com.au/

[redbackrun]

mingle10, on Jan 4 2011, 05:31 PM, said:

HI Guys, just wondering if anyone wants to join me on the 'resolution run on jan 9', I just signed up for the 10k run. Its been brought up on this thread so i guessed some of you may be going.  I found out that my 'meetup' group/club is going too, so I will join them. Here is their link http://www.meetup.co...endar/15470182/   the run website;
http://www.resolutionrun.com.au/

hi Mingle,

myself & stillgettingthere are running the 10k. that's if SGT can get out from the flood waters. I'll be wearing my CR cap. I'll keep an eye out for you. I've no idea how many runners they are expecting. how's the running going?

cheers
rbr

[SASMoT]

redbackrun, on Jan 4 2011, 08:21 PM, said:

hi Mingle,

myself & stillgettingthere are running the 10k. that's if SGT can get out from the flood waters. I'll be wearing my CR cap. I'll keep an eye out for you. I've no idea how many runners they are expecting. how's the running going?

cheers
rbr

I'll be there for the 10k & wearing my new CR cap too!  

Geez, its going to be hot at 8.30am!

[StillGettinThere]

redbackrun, on Jan 4 2011, 08:21 PM, said:

hi Mingle,

myself & stillgettingthere are running the 10k. that's if SGT can get out from the flood waters. I'll be wearing my CR cap. I'll keep an eye out for you. I've no idea how many runners they are expecting. how's the running going?

cheers
rbr

Expecting another dumping of rain before weeks end aren't they?
Cheers
Keith

[MrUniqueName]

It looks like I might be a DNS for Hares & Hounds, so I might sign myself up for this... I'll decide tomorrow, but if I do, it will be great to see everyone

[redbackrun]

just a reminder next 31km run on Feb 6th. 6am start. i'll be recording distances, taps, facilities & shops on this run for the "cliff to cliff" fat ass. So i may only be in for the 25k this time.

may be including a 50km ultra for those who think 42.2km is not far enough.

cheers
rbr

Edited by redbackrun, 24 January 2011 - 06:12 PM.

[uplift]

Count me in. Haven't done any long runs since the Hares and Hounds and looking forward to it.

See you all Sunday (or Wednesday in Bunyaville)

[mingle10]

Hi just letting you know I'm still here, look forward to seeing you Sunday @ 6

[SASMoT]

Hiya all, I'm in. But only for 21 - which means I will miss out on the lagoon dip  

Looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces!

[mingle10]

Just hope all sections of the track and drink fountains are OK. I heard that Morton bay has been in a rather bad state receintly

[MrUniqueName]

mingle10, on 02 February 2011 - 02:45 PM, said:

Just hope all sections of the track and drink fountains are OK. I heard that Morton bay has been in a rather bad state receintly

Not at all! The beaches were a bit dirty for a bit due to things washing up after the floods, but honestly apart from that you wouldn't even know anything happened to QLD. Everything's perfect

[yochris77]

I am planning to run from Scarborough down and aim to meet you guys at or on the bridge sometime around 6:30 or just after.  I will then turn around and come back home for about 24'ish k's

[redbackrun]

i'm in for an easy 21k. i may do more?

[par564]

I've been lurking again.

I'll come down for the short version.
See you Sunday.

kim

[winston09]

Hi All, I will see you sunday for 21 or so k's, thinking it's going to be a hot one.
cheers Bronson.

[mingle10]

yochris77, on 03 February 2011 - 08:07 PM, said:

I am planning to run from Scarborough down and aim to meet you guys at or on the bridge sometime around 6:30 or just after.  I will then turn around and come back home for about 24'ish k's

we will look out for you.
My number should you need it. 0405233211

[redbackrun]

good to catch up again with you all. thanks to sasmot & par564 making it down from bribie & sunny coast & for Bill from Caboolture RR to  join us. nine runners all up. humid & overcast conditions with a bit of rain. nice company, nice run & look forward to the next one.
cheers
rbr

[par564]

Thanks for the great run this morning.

Good to catch up.  Hopefully I'll be around for the next training run and the Cliff to Cliff.

[SASMoT]

Yep, all things considered, it was another fab run! Bring on the cooler weather!


Lovely to see all the familiar faces again and nice to meet you, Bronson.

Catchya again soon.

Nikki

[bilby]

Was it just me or was it HOT, what a treat to have a nice swim in the lagoon mid run,have to do that again. Good to meet some new runners,you said it Nicky , bring on winter!!!Anja, thanks for the coffee stop,see you all again soon.
Bill.

[winston09]

SASMoT, on 06 February 2011 - 01:26 PM, said:

Yep, all things considered, it was another fab run! Bring on the cooler weather!


Lovely to see all the familiar faces again and nice to meet you, Bronson.

Catchya again soon.

Nikki

It was a good run, all the elements came into play. Nice sunrise 4k, humidity 4k, rain 4k, humidity 4k, sunshine 4k. Was buggered
than the girls came up on me all cheerey, with the pier to go. Nice. Look forward to the run with you all. Hope It will be cooler.
Nice to meet the gals too.. Cheers Bronson

Edited by winston09, 06 February 2011 - 06:42 PM.