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[gogirl]

Thanks Thomo, it's also the Christmas Party tonight and there will be a raffle, prizes and lots of fun..

[HillsAths1]

Just to let anyone who is turning up for a run tonight, the race will still be on.

The track has been top dressed and I am devising a devious plan so that we will still have a course.

As GoGirl has mentioned there will be a big BBQ and Raffle held in conjunction with tonights race.

Any questions regarding U2 will be also answered.

Interesting fact, last night they played a song called All I want is you, it was the first time since 1990 that they played that song so a pretty special occasion.(Nothing to do with the race, but thought some of you may be interested in knowing).

[Brick]

I am in for the 5km tonight.
Will show how the legs are recovering after the weekends events.

[greyhoundracer]

I should be there now, hoping for a decent CD in the Christmas Raffle now

[thomo]

Brick, on Dec 15 2010, 12:00 PM, said:

I am in for the 5km tonight.
Will show how the legs are recovering after the weekends events.

You going to add to the top dressing tonight?

greyhoundracer, on Dec 15 2010, 12:11 PM, said:

I should be there now, hoping for a decent CD in the Christmas Raffle now

Soundtrack from Hair?

[HillsAths1]

greyhoundracer, on Dec 15 2010, 12:11 PM, said:

I should be there now, hoping for a decent CD in the Christmas Raffle now

Something by Miley Cyrus or Nikki Webster perhaps?

Look forward to seeing you tonight.

[enduro]

HillsAths1, on Dec 14 2010, 09:55 AM, said:

Any questions regarding U2 will be also answered.

Only a U2 concert could stop you from running our regular Tues Bella Vista run.

Count me in tonight...for a run that is

[thomo]

Great turn up tonight.

Coast to Kosciuszko was well represented. Brick, Go-Girl & Martin Dugdale.

Also there many wearing Six Foot Track shirts. Maybe one day.

Hills Happy Hoofers were also there. Bounder just cruised around. I had a good race with Wal from Hoofers.

M.I.A AaronR, Photogirl. Fast Bob turned up late & didn't run, he looked quite sharp.

BBQ was yummy.

Great work by Hills Athletics Club.

[toddstar77]

A first timer for me tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it! On a rough estimate I am sure the 5k time will have been close to a pb..

Thanks to all for the warm welcome and especially Steve dragging my butt around the last 2 laps of the 5K! Couldn't believe the amount of food and stuff put on at the conclusion, a job well done to all.

Am sure I will back for subsequent events.

Todd

[HillsAths1]

Great to see so many people there last night.

Lots of food, plenty of drinks, lots of prizes.

We ran on the outskirts of the track and after some careful calculations worked out the distances.

Brick got just over 3km for his measurement of the 3k course and I got just over 5km for the 5km course so pretty happy with our guesses.

Thanks to everyone who turned up, it was a great end to the year.

[Brick]

Not a bad guess at all HillsAths1.
I got 3.06kms on my garmin and happy with my 12:53 after last weekends slow jog.

Was a great evening mostly chatting with friends and a great BBQ.
Thanks all involved with organsing HillsAths events/races for the year it really is apreciated by the athletes expecially HillsAths1 who seems to be at the track all day/night. A big thank you and I think I am still improving which is good at my age.

[Bounder]

Here are the results of Wednesday 15/12/10 - last for this year. A great turnout and some PBs too.
The next one should be 19th January 2011. Have a great Christmas everyone.

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•  Hills3K_5K_15_12_10_Results.xls   17K   44 downloads

[thomo]

Next race is tomorrow.

Who is in?

I will try to beat last months 3km & do a Y.T.D P.B.

[Blues Buffett]

13:40? You'll beat me easily thomo!

I think you're right for a YTDPB, just like you were last January and the one before that.

cheers, BB

[Brick]

I am up for the 5km tonight.
Hope it stays cool and not humid.
Using tonight as a tester to see how much speed I have lost the last few months of 100 miler races.

[thomo]

Blues Buffett, on Jan 19 2011, 07:53 AM, said:

13:40? You'll beat me easily thomo!
cheers, BB

That is the plan.

Now will AaronR make it to the start line tonight? Hope so, I can use him as a wind break.

[HillsAths1]

I am looking to be a starter tonight, not sure if running 3k or 5k, have scheduled in a 9k run beforehand so could be an interesting race, should be well and truly warmed up by race time!

Looking forward to seeing some of the duels playing out.

[greyhoundracer]

Will we be on the track or around the outside like last month ?

[AaronR]

thomo, on Jan 19 2011, 08:06 AM, said:

That is the plan.

Now will AaronR make it to the start line tonight? Hope so, I can use him as a wind break.

Going to have to find someone else to be your windbreak.(I reckon hillsath will be happy to pace you after his 9k warm up) Race Car prep tonight for me. besides, your on fire Thomo, I'd be chasing you down! Will see how we go for next month. Wife will be back by then too, So will be able to Train a little bit.

[HillsAths1]

greyhoundracer, on Jan 19 2011, 09:21 AM, said:

Will we be on the track or around the outside like last month ?

We will be on the track!

[Martin Dugdale]

HillsAths1, on Jan 19 2011, 04:20 PM, said:

We will be on the track!

Oh good, see you all there

great turnout tonight and a shiny new pb for me, 14.10  

Edited by Martin Dugdale, 19 January 2011 - 08:05 PM.

[thomo]

I had a good Y.T.D P.B. & beat last year's Y.T.D P.B

Need to work on my pacing though.

Huge field of 48. Track and people handled that number really well.

Photogirl had a great debut.

BluesBuffet & Freezer had a good battle. Will let one  or both of them tell their story.

Thanks HillsAths1 & club / crew for putting this monthly run on.

[Blues Buffett]

Massive turnout tonight - a PB.

Pretty happy with 13:58 for 3k and the last 400m in 1:46.

Plenty of CR's in attendance (spoke with Freezer, thomo, Photogirl, Martin Dugdale, Brick, slowmc, HillsAths1 and others); I think it's fair to say they were all fired up, with each having a great run.

Thanks Steve and the Hills gang, this is a really good motivational run and great value at $2.

See you next month.

cheers, BB

[Brick]

Managed a 19:57 5km very happy.

Nice to see so many coolrunners.

[greyhoundracer]

Happy with first decent hitout for 2011, looking forward to a good year.

Sure was crowded out there on the track last night.

[HillsAths1]

Thanks to everyone who turned up last night it was great to see so many old and new faces.

The upgrade of the track has resulted in some great improvements to the surface and I am sure that it will only get better.

There were some great times there last night.

Checking on the Entry sheet there were 51 starters, which I am pretty sure is a record, track was a little packed but most of the participants held their line so were not too much of a problem.

If we continue to get these size fields (and larger) We may have to consider a 3k and a 5k race at different times. At the moment I am not in favour of this as many start off doing the 5km and during the race decide to do the 3km.

Also the pace of the 3km runners helps to drag some of the 5k runners through to some faster times.

But I am open to discussion, remembering that the run is not a State Championship or the Olympics and the only reward is a soft drink and some Bakers Delight!

[photogirl]

This was my first ever run on the track and I had no idea what to expect. Had a great night with lots of CRs and other running friends. I did the 3km and ran about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes faster than I was expecting. I think having so many people running and the 5km and 3km runners mixed up really pushed me along. Whatever the reason I was very happy.

Thanks to Steve and all the organisers for a great event.

[HillsAths1]

Results are below.

Bounder the usual keeper of the records is away, so It has fallen to me to do the results.

Please note where it shows as 22.5 that means the time is 22 minutes and 50 seconds.

48 Finishers

2 DNF

1 DNS

Any errors/amendments to the results can be done by making a $100 donation to the Hills District Athletics Club

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•  Hills3K_5K_19_01_11_Results.xls   27.5K   55 downloads

[HillsAths1]

With Little A's Regional's on this weekend I am not sure that we will be able to break the record for entries tomorrow night.

But should still see a fairly strong turnout for the 3000/5000m.

Cakes and drinks still provided with timekeeper and still all for $2, cant lose!

All standards welcome.

[HillsAths1]

Thomo are you coming for a run tonight?

[Brick]

I am in.
Should be heaps of fun as always.
And I will have one other with me who has never been to Hills Aths before.

[HillsAths1]

New runners are always welcome.

[thomo]

HillsAths1, on 16 February 2011 - 10:47 AM, said:

Thomo are you coming for a run tonight?

Yes!!!!

Great turn out tonight.

Some very good performances. Mine was not a Y.T.D P.B, I did try though.

Thanks to Hills Athletics for putting on this great monthly series. Thanks to Bakers Delight for the after race fare.

Edited by thomo, 16 February 2011 - 08:58 PM.

[Brick]

Was a great night last night for the 3/5km races.
Was very humid and even rained for a little bit of the race.
I managed to do the 5km in 19:37, 20 seconds faster than last month and only 9 seconds off my PB.
So very happy with my efforts.


Thanks Hills Aths and Bakers Delight for a great evening of running and then talking/eating/drinking with friends.
Photogirl was taking photos for R4YL Magazine which will be interetsing to see.

[HillsAths1]

Cant be sure on the total number there last night, Bounder has the sheets and is putting together the results, but on a quick count there were over 55. I think a few people forgot to register their names and a few others forgot to record their times.

Difficult to get fast times tonight with the high humidity.

Great to see some new runners there tonight as well as many old faces.

It makes it all worthwhile when so many come along and have a good night out.

[Martin Dugdale]

it might have been a bit difficult to get fast times but not impossible, another PB for me 13.32
good to see so many people out for a run and a big welcome to Buzz

[HillsAths1]

I hope that the speed training will help get you a good result in a couple of weeks Martin.

[Martin Dugdale]

HillsAths1, on 17 February 2011 - 04:36 PM, said:

I hope that the speed training will help get you a good result in a couple of weeks Martin.

thanks Steve, I think it might come in handy somewhere on the  track

[photogirl]

Here is a link to just a few of the photos from Wednesday night. The album is on my FB page. Hope the link works. If not i will add an album here soon.
http://www.facebook....75&id=565849079

[thomo]

I know Blues Buffett is looking forward to the photos for all to see.

[Blues Buffett]

Will the results be posted here shortly?

thanks, BB

[Bounder]

Here are the results from Hills 3k/5k for 16/2/11.

Great roll up - about 50 runners.

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•  Hills3K&5K_16_2_11_Results.xls   27.5K   28 downloads

[Bennelong]

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Edited by Bennelong, 10 March 2011 - 09:08 AM.

[toddstar77]

So on again this week, Wednesday @ 6:45pm?

[HillsAths1]

Race is on Wednesday 16th.

It actually starts at 7.30pm but you would need to be there beforehand to register, warm up etc.

Cost is still only $2

[HillsAths1]

HillsAths1, on 14 March 2011 - 09:50 AM, said:

Race is on Wednesday 16th.

It actually starts at 7.30pm but you would need to be there beforehand to register, warm up etc.

Cost is still only $2

Track is in pretty good condition at the moment so I can see some fast times coming up. I did some 300m runs last night and the time keeper was very nice to me with most being under 60 seconds so a good sign that I may get a quick run in. Have to decide on 3k or 5k.

[Brick]

HillsAths1, on 15 March 2011 - 01:28 PM, said:

Track is in pretty good condition at the moment so I can see some fast times coming up. I did some 300m runs last night and the time keeper was very nice to me with most being under 60 seconds so a good sign that I may get a quick run in. Have to decide on 3k or 5k.

Shame I am in taper this week or I would of been trying ofor a 5km PB.
Also need to spend some time with the family seems how I will be away for 4 days.
Have fun everybody and some PBs would be great. Expecially Gogirl who is running very well.

[thomo]

Hope everyone has a good run tonight.

I will be a M.I.A. Work and recovery from the latest niggles (not my 3 52 mates) beckons.

[HillsAths1]

Sightly wet night last night. Did not dampen the spirits of over 40 starters.

Plenty of PB's recorded last night with Greyhound racer doing a 16.36.

A number of absences due to rain/6 FT/ SMC/Little A's State etc so very happy with the number last night.

[Martin Dugdale]

yes it was a bit damp but was good to feel my legs working again 14.41 is not exactly setting the track alight but it will do until next month