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[Becky O]

Just seeing if anyone has any ideas for a fat ass on the APEC long weekend we have coming up 7th - 9th September? or if anyone is interested at all?

I'm looking to do something around the 40-45 km mark, I'm up for any ideas.

Edited by Becky O, 21 August 2007 - 08:59 PM.

[miners]

40-odd laps around the Sydney Opera House

[Twopennys]

More likely fat head run than a fat ass run that weekend

How about a Spring Otford to Bundeena? - only 29k but a nice run.

[ChookLegsMonkeyBoy]

I'd love to join in, but will probably save my energy for the following weekend's Southern Highlands Pub-to-Pub. However, I'll keep my eye out for a shorter option for September 7-9.

[blkbox]

We could always have a "thin ass" sprint option for a change - we could all meet at George Bush's hotel, hurl rotten eggs at him and the winner is the one who manages to stay out of custody for the longest  

[Colin]

Don't forget there are some organised runs that weekend, including SMC-  21km, 10km and 5km

[Whippet Man]

There's some good ultras on at Glasshouse in Qld that weekend. That's provided you are still allowed to use the airport?

[Long Arms]

Becky O,

I have organised a 45km (with shorter and longer options) on Sunday Sept 9, at Wingello. Make it a 7.00am start.

Wingello is 95 minutes from Sydney CBD along the Hume Hwy in the Southern Highlands. It is about halfway between Sydney and Canberra, close to Bundanoon, so it would be nice if some Canberra and Sydney runners could make it!

To make it simple, we will start/finish in the village of Wingello. Wingello has a general store which has plenty of supplies such as food and drinks.

The run will start with a 17km out and back (8.5km each way). This section is mainly flat with some rolling hills. Mainly dirt road- short section of bitumen. This will go south-west along the Sydney Rd to the village of Tallong, which also has a general store, and back to Wingello, where we leave food/drinks in our cars, or buy at the store. All of this section follows the Main Southern Railway.

The run then continues with a 28km out and back (14km each way). The second section goes from Wingello and heads along Sydney Rd in the other direction (north-east) towards the village of Penrose. It is dirt road until you reach Penrose, then bitumen for around 3km. This section also follows the Main Southern Railway and is dead flat. Once in Penrose you will see a sawmill, then a fork in the road. Take the road to the left, which turns into a dirt road (it is basically a natural continuation of the road you had been running on), which is Old Argle Rd. It descends gently for about 1km. This road takes you to the Penrose State Forest. The road continues on as the Penrose Forest Way, gradually rising after a creek crossing (usually dry) and goes all the way to the Hume Hwy as a dirt road (the turn-around point and the 31km mark on the run). There is a camp ground/picnic spot here, with water and toilets. You could drop off food/drinks at this camp ground on your way to the start (eg hide in tree). *as you are driving to Wingello fom Sydney, this camp-ground has signs PENROSE STATE FOREST. It is around 1km past a service station. (or 1km before the service station if you are coming from Canberra)

You then simply return the way you came, gradually descending back down to the creek and along the flat road back to Wingello.

If anyone wants to run shorter than 45km, they could shorten one of the out-and-back sections. If you want to run 28km, for example, you may want to wait for some of the 45km runners to finish their first out and back section and start running with them for the second 28km section. You would therefore start your run between 8.15am and 9.15am. If anyone wants to run longer than 45km, I will probably add on 5-10km at the end of the run along another country road in Wingello.


Arms

[Long Arms]

make that a 7.30am start!


Arms

[Horrie]

Belinda and I are looking at a run along the 6 Foot Track on Friday 7th if anybody is interested in that.

[Innes]

Noindifference and I are running the hellgate gorge loop from Deviation on Saturday 8th starting at about 8 ish....

[Bristol City FC]

Long Arms, on Aug 22 2007, 03:31 PM, said:

Becky O,

I have organised a 45km (with shorter and longer options) on Sunday Sept 9, at Wingello. Make it a 7.00am start.

Wingello is 95 minutes from Sydney CBD along the Hume Hwy in the Southern Highlands. It is about halfway between Sydney and Canberra, close to Bundanoon, so it would be nice if some Canberra and Sydney runners could make it!

To make it simple, we will start/finish in the village of Wingello. Wingello has a general store which has plenty of supplies such as food and drinks.

The run will start with a 17km out and back (8.5km each way). This section is mainly flat with some rolling hills. Mainly dirt road- short section of bitumen. This will go south-west along the Sydney Rd to the village of Tallong, which also has a general store, and back to Wingello, where we leave food/drinks in our cars, or buy at the store. All of this section follows the Main Southern Railway.

The run then continues with a 28km out and back (14km each way). The second section goes from Wingello and heads along Sydney Rd in the other direction (north-east) towards the village of Penrose. It is dirt road until you reach Penrose, then bitumen for around 3km. This section also follows the Main Southern Railway and is dead flat. Once in Penrose you will see a sawmill, then a fork in the road. Take the road to the left, which turns into a dirt road (it is basically a natural continuation of the road you had been running on), which is Old Argle Rd. It descends gently for about 1km. This road takes you to the Penrose State Forest. The road continues on as the Penrose Forest Way, gradually rising after a creek crossing (usually dry) and goes all the way to the Hume Hwy as a dirt road (the turn-around point and the 31km mark on the run). There is a camp ground/picnic spot here, with water and toilets. You could drop off food/drinks at this camp ground on your way to the start (eg hide in tree). *as you are driving to Wingello fom Sydney, this camp-ground has signs PENROSE STATE FOREST. It is around 1km past a service station. (or 1km before the service station if you are coming from Canberra)

You then simply return the way you came, gradually descending back down to the creek and along the flat road back to Wingello.

If anyone wants to run shorter than 45km, they could shorten one of the out-and-back sections. If you want to run 28km, for example, you may want to wait for some of the 45km runners to finish their first out and back section and start running with them for the second 28km section. You would therefore start your run between 8.15am and 9.15am. If anyone wants to run longer than 45km, I will probably add on 5-10km at the end of the run along another country road in Wingello.
Arms

Sean,

Any chance you can add this to the NSW events calender, so it doesnt get lost in amongst general threads? Sounds like fun.

[noindifference]

Innes, on Aug 24 2007, 09:28 AM, said:

Noindifference and I are running the hellgate gorge loop from Deviation on Saturday 8th starting at about 8 ish....

I confirm that I'll be running with Innes. That's going to be a wonderful run for me. Nice landscape, steep hills.

[moh]

Horrie, on Aug 23 2007, 08:33 PM, said:

Belinda and I are looking at a run along the 6 Foot Track on Friday 7th if anybody is interested in that.

Horrie,

I'm tempted....What time-ish, where from and how far??

I'd look to do Tree to River and back with possible up Mini if I have time/the legs for it.

Cheers
moh

[Koala1]

Hey Horrie - I could be tempted too, but it depends on how I pull up after w2b tomorrow.
Let us know what you're thinking of running

K1

[Long Arms]

Bristol,

I can add this Wingello run to the NSW calendar. If is beautiful countryside. I am sure you wil enjoy it if you come down. So far around 6 runners of varying standards have confirmed they wil come, including Becky O. I expect a lot more to confirm.


Arms

[CoolwalkerDavid]

Long Arms, on Aug 24 2007, 07:59 PM, said:

Bristol,

I can add this Wingello run to the NSW calendar. If is beautiful countryside. I am sure you wil enjoy it if you come down. So far around 6 runners of varying standards have confirmed they wil come, including Becky O. I expect a lot more to confirm.
Arms

At the risk of being a Winge(llo)ing Pom - is anyone going down from West Sydney and wanting a passenger in the car?

all the best  David

[Long Arms]

David,

I don't know of anyone at present who is making their way to Wingello from the Blue Mountains/Penrith area. However, most I know who are driving from Sydney will take the M5/Hume Highway. If you want a lift it may be a case of making your way to the Hume Hwy then someone could pick you up on the way down.


Arms

[TallGeoff]

Long Arms,

Just to let you know that my wife and I plan to join you on Sunday.
See you at Wingello 7.30 on Sunday.

Cheers,
Geoff

[Horrie]

Our plan for tomorrow is to run the 6 Foot Track from beginning to end, aiming to start at 8am if anybody is interested.

[CoolwalkerDavid]

Horrie, on Sep 6 2007, 06:43 PM, said:

Our plan for tomorrow is to run the 6 Foot Track from beginning to end, aiming to start at 8am if anybody is interested.

Horrie - if I wasn't 3 hours slower than you when fit - slightly unfit etc etc I would love to join you or at least say hi - how are you getting back from Jenolan?

all the best  David

[CoolwalkerDavid]

Long Arms, on Sep 4 2007, 08:29 PM, said:

David,

I don't know of anyone at present who is making their way to Wingello from the Blue Mountains/Penrith area. However, most I know who are driving from Sydney will take the M5/Hume Highway. If you want a lift it may be a case of making your way to the Hume Hwy then someone could pick you up on the way down.
Arms

Hi Arms ( or can I call you long?)

sorry I was rather slow getting back but had a couple of days without net access - energy etc.

It would probably be more sensible to do something more local I think - and other commitments dropping out have meant I now have Friday and part of Saturday available for a workout -

but thanks again and have a great morning

David

[Horrie]

coolwalker david nee newborn, on Sep 6 2007, 07:32 PM, said:

Horrie - if I wasn't 3 hours slower than you when fit - slightly unfit etc etc I would love to join you or at least say hi - how are you getting back from Jenolan?

all the best David

I am running with my wife Belinda at a very comfortable pace David so no need to be put off. We are driving one car to Jenolan before heading back to Explorer's Tree. Hence the reason for the 8.00am start.

[CoolwalkerDavid]

Horrie, on Sep 6 2007, 07:40 PM, said:

I am running with my wife Belinda at a very comfortable pace David so no need to be put off. We are driving one car to Jenolan before heading back to Explorer's Tree. Hence the reason for the 8.00am start.

hmmm - well if you see a blue pulsar AL 14 JZ at Explorer's it will mean I will have left a bit earlier than you I guess Horrie - but your comfortable pace is still a hell of a lot faster than my uncomfortable one I suspect. If you average 5.30 and I about 8.30.

anyway - I do want to spend some time on the track tomorrow to see what state I am in - possibly Nellies to Megalong Rd or part way to Cox's return but I probably need to keep lots of options open.
If you didn't mind sticking a sweaty body in one of your boots then I could perhaps get as far as the deviation/caves road and perhaps meet you there depending on how I feel whenever you go past-

Anyway - there is a chance I will say Hi sometime tomorrow

all the best  to you and Belinda

David

[Long Arms]

no worries David. Have a good run with Belinda and Horrie


Arms

[CoolwalkerDavid]

Long Arms, on Sep 7 2007, 08:17 AM, said:

no worries David. Have a good run with Belinda and Horrie
Arms

mutter, mutter , mutter -!!! Sorry Horrie and Belinda - after all that I had the runs - but not the good runs !!!

Spent all night awake and visited a small tiled space in the corner of the house 3 times between 11pm and 6 am - so decided that an hour's drive and several hours in the bush and another hour's drive back would not be sensible - or either logically or ecologically sound.

I had hoped to do a route closer to a safe haven in lieu ( pun intended) but feel really not good enough to do anything today or probably the whole weekend.

I will just have to get vicarious exercise by thinking how much fun everyone else will be having this weekend

all the best

David

[TallGeoff]

We were at Wingello General Store from 7.20-8 with no sign of any other runners or their cars.  In the end I ran 35 km with my wife.  

We ran out past the Sawmill in Penrose and got lost in the forest, to re-emerge in civilisation a couple of hours later.  Beautiful day for a run.

We'd love to know what happened to everyone else?

Cheers,

Geoff

[Long Arms]

Hi Geoff,

We didn't hear anyone else was coming (in Cool Running or otherwise) so took off slightly early, as we arrived ahead of schedule. Sorry about missing you, it would have been nice to run with you and your wife. We must have just missed you. Four of us left Wingello general store at 7.20 and headed south to Tallong. We got back to Wingello at approx 8.55.

We then continued along Sydney St to Penrose and into the forest along Penrose Forest Way. Deanne and Kerry turned back to Wingello at the 25.5km mark of the run (just past the Paddy's River crossing) and got back to Wingello having completed their 34km.

Ewan and I continued along Penrose Forest Way up to the Hume Hwy, then went back to Wingello the way we came. Deanne and Kerry were having  a picnic at the Bill O'Reilly Oval, where I thought I  heard the ghost of Tiger mutter, "keep your eyes on the ball boys; move in with the bowler boys". We then did a final out and back along the Nandi Rd/Spring Valley fire trail to the base of the Freestone Hill and back again. A nice day for a run.

We covered 54.1km in 5 hrs.


Arms

[Twopennys]

Innes, on Aug 24 2007, 09:28 AM, said:

Noindifference and I are running the hellgate gorge loop from Deviation on Saturday 8th starting at about 8 ish....

Did this happen? If it did it would be great to hear the story and the times etc.

Cheers, 2P