Official Magazine of

May 2014

New Brighton Olympic

Volume 3, Issue

Athletic Club

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RUNNING COMMENTARY

From the Editor

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From Margaret

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The downside of outdoor life

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5K Handicap - Keyes Road

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2014 AGM Annual Report

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2014 CHCH Airport Marathon

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Comrades - Part 1 of 2

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Talking Walking

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Cross Country Results

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Obituary - George Stowell

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Executive Committee: Margaret Flanagan

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Dianne Davis

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Dave Thomas

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Jackie Mander

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Allan McLaren

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Tessa Holland

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Kevin Exton

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Ann Henderson

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Tony Prisk

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Toni Taylor

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Lee-Ann Venis

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From the Editor: The cover of this months magazine features our two recently crowned Athletics Canterbury awards winners. Daniel Balchin was awarded Road Runner of the year and Alex Mander was awarded Most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete Still Attending School and also Combined Events Athlete Of The Year. Well done Daniel and Alex. At the Track and Field championships earlier in the year Daniel Balchin covered 11,000m in all of the races he competed in. He was surely the busiest senior athlete of the championships. After winning silver in the men’s 5000m on the first day he returned the next day to successfully negotiate the heats of the 1500m. In the final on day three he placed fourth in that event before around 15mins later returning to the track to mount a successful defense of his 3000m steeplechase crown. Phew! In this issue we have the first installment of Allan McLaren’s coverage of the World Track & Field Championships. Allan was very fortunate and was able to attend this event and most of the diamond league meetings in Europe. He even features in the SKY sports coverage of the Brussels diamond league meeting …. It is good to see our Cross Country season started on a good note with wins in both the Hagley Relays and Lovelock Relays by our Senior Men’s team. We had a reasonable turn out for the Annual General Meeting at the end of May and a strong Executive committee has been appointed. Dave Thomas has taken over as Treasurer and I have been appointed the clubs Auditor. We are in good hands with Margaret and Dianne continuing as President and Secretary.

Tony Prisk

We are once again selling entertainment books as a club fundraiser. Our online purchase page has been set up https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/ orderbooks/13716d3

Leyton Tremain

From Margaret: Our AGM on Monday May 26th elected a new Committee for the 2014/15 athletic year. It is a good team and I look forward to their energy and ideas for the future of the club. We do need more help from other members as well and after our first meeting on June 9th, we will be looking for ways to share the load. The winter season has continued to showcase the talents of our members. Last week, Daniel Balchin and Alex Mander won Athlete of the Year awards in their individual disciplines at the Athletics Canterbury Awards dinner. As you know, other members of our club were nominees. This past weekend, Callan Moody won the half marathon on an icy course and we had a number of other runners in top 10 or age group places. We also had members out there running for the joy of it. Because they can. These are the two sides of our sport and they are complementary. I want our club to cater for both and I welcome any ideas you have to improve the way we function. Running appears to be an individual activity. For me it is also intensely social. I value the company of the people I train with (when I can, since I can’t cos of my hamstring injury-how long have you got to hear me whine?). Running with others creates a bond which cuts across age and job identities. Racing is an individual activity but when you race in a relay, it is an intensely social experience. So I am hoping that many of you who run through the winter will sign up for the relays that are still to come. You will not regret it. The premier event, is of course, the Takahe to Akaroa Relay. Our Senior men will be keen to retain their title and our over 60 team will have their eyes on another medal, possibly of a different colour. But all of us who run in this event will also be celebrating the fact that we can run over a scenic and historic course and have many a war story to share on that next group run.

Margaret Flanagan

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The downside of outdoor life: Growing up in Timaru in the 50s and 60s provided a lot of opportunity to hang out at the beach. And while “surf’s up” was never a phrase that crossed our lips, there was still swimming and sun-bathing to occupy us in the summer months, as well as tennis and riding a bike. Back then we used to apply coconut oil so as to tan more effectively. Since my DNA is 100% Celtic, I was a freckly and occasionally sun-burned kid. Fast forward to the late 70s and Christchurch and a new obsession in the form of running. Long runs in the hills. Trips to Taylors Mistake for body-surfing. Sunscreen was something I’d heard of but infrequently used. Then we get to the mid 80s and a move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where at 5000 ft above sea level, the sun is intense and guaranteed all year round. It is a great place to enjoy the outdoors. By now, sunscreen is part of daily life, just like sunglasses, and with the addition of cycling and Cross-country skiing, I am going through gallons of it. And despite this new good habit, after 6 years, I become tanned to a degree I would never have imagined possible. I’m back in NZ in the early 90s. Lots more running and more body-boarding at Taylor’s Mistake. Fast forward to 2014 and a trip to the GP where, as an almost after-thought, I point out two little scabby bits on my legs. One biopsy later, I am told I have the succinctly named “basal skin cell carcinoma in situ” and I should go get the rest of me checked out. This check-up reveals 3 more spots of interest and two which need to be watched. Treatment is a cream which will eventually cause the affected bits to blister and slough off. Charming. One of the spots is on my nose and I have been monitoring with interest the time it takes for each student who comes into my office to ask, “what’s that stuff on your nose, Miss?” My colleagues tend to ask somewhat diffidently, “Do you know you’ve got a spot of moisturiser on your nose?” So, if you don’t want to cause those around you to struggle with this “Shall shan’t I say something” dilemma, or if you don’t want to have to spend money on the treatment, then can I please urge all of you who enjoy outdoors under our depleted ozone layer to hear the mantra of Dermoscopist. “Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen!”

I or the the my

This level of carcinoma is, thankfully ,treatable. But if ignored, it does get more invasive. I was a sunscreen nazi with my son. Should have taken my own advice. Will be from now on. Even in the middle of a winter day.

Margaret Flanagan

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2014 NBO AGM ANNUAL REPORT : The 2013/14 Season has been a very successful one for our Club. As you will hear later from the two sub-committee reports, there has been great participation and great achievements at all disciplines and age levels of our club. The Executive for this last year has been a great bunch of people to sit around a table with. We have had meetings which are congenial as well as providing a forum for robust discussion. We have been pretty united in our vision for the future of the club, which is to provide an environment for athletes of all levels to participate and compete with support and encouragement so that they reach their potential. So, acknowledgements need to be made. Dianne, as the Secretary, has been her usual efficient self and has made sure I remember things. Tony has been a Treasurer par excellence. He is stepping down from this role at this time for work-related reasons. However, we are not losing him entirely, as he will now become our official Auditor and will continue to be the Editor of Running Commentary. I think you will all agree that he has made an outstanding job of this task, dealing with copy dribbling in and then flooding in at the last minute and still turning out a publication which is always a good read. Huge thanks to the other committee members too, for their thoughts and suggestions and for the positivity which they brought to their role. I am referring to Ann, Toni, Jackie, Lee-Ann, Tony, Leyton and Dave. Ann and John Henderson need a special mention. They are our clubroom custodians and do far more than they are recompensed for. Ann has high standards for the upkeep of these rooms as well as catering. She is the one who you need to thanks for there always being hot water, loo paper, afternoon tea and all the cleaning up afterwards. Dave Bates, our Patron, also needs a mention. After years of running and administration for a club, he continues to support our sport through being a timing official. Fund-raising is another key requirement for the future of our club. I want to acknowledge Dave Thomas for the hours he has spent filling out grant applications so the money we do raise gets a boost. The major fund-raising event is our 15k race held each May. Many of you turned up on the day to do your bit. The organising Committee starts work a good 6 months before and meets regularly to sort out sponsors, traffic management, loos, website and entry processes and all the other mundane details of putting on such an event. So, thanks to Cookie, Tony McManus, Dave Thomas and Mark Sullivan who gathered in my living room on a regular basis to make sure the event ran smoothly. 6

We also earn money by providing marshalling at the QB Marathon and we will do so again this coming weekend. There is one comment I need to make about this. When I ask for help, it is the same people over and over again who respond. I am really grateful to them. And, my concern is that people are going to burn out. We need to spread the load a bit more so that people have the energy to continue. I know that life in Christchurch is hard for many of us with all the usual life issues exacerbated by the aftermath of the earthquakes. We are all road-coned out and fed up with bureaucratic bullshit. Being part of this running community has been one of the things that has kept me sane. I am inviting all of you to join in on this amazing experience. Put your hand up to help with one of the many tasks which need doing to make our athletic experience go smoothly. As a first step, join a committee and then see what your skills can provide. One of the issues facing the Executive this year was uncertainties about who was responsible for what around the use of our track by Athletics Canterbury and how this affected our use of the facilities. A meeting was held in April with Athletics Canterbury and a report on this will available to the incoming committee so they can put in place the agreements. The Executive also made a decision affecting the financial management of the club’s accounts to simplify the systems. We have been running 3 different accounts-Executive, XC&R, T&F and 15k. We have decided to close all of these and run one set of accounts. My personal goal for the next athletic year is to continue our work on connecting the T&F and Winter halves. That means I need to get a grip on facebook and it means that we work on seeing Track and Field as a group of athletes who are 6 to 80 plus in age who have a common communication forum. You all get my emails, but you don’t all get to learn about the achievements of our younger, summer athletes posted on facebook and that needs to change. Similarly, those younger athletes, who may not read my emails, need to learn about the T&F exploits of their elders from 18-80 plus, many of whom are achieving at national level and are genuine role models. I’d like a volunteer who could help with this. This brings me to our website. Brent Miles does a wonderful job updating this. All he really needs is copy and photos. I am the only person doing both of these things most of the time and I am really keen on getting some help. Please help me practise delegation. Stephen Graham is good at taking photos, but as we have both discovered, it is hard to do this whilst competing. So, in summary, we are a club in good heart. We are facing the issues common to all the Athletics clubs around recruiting members in the senior age groups and in our case, especially women. We all need to be spreading the word that running, walking, throwing and jumping are activities that can be done at any age and at any level. And that NBO is a wonderful group of supportive people with the appropriate afternoon tea ethic. 7

COMRADES - Part 1 of 2 Attending my first World Athletic Champs which was in Moscow was to be the highlight of my trip, but it nearly didn’t happen due to the ridiculous red tape which nearly derailed the entire trip. I could write a novel about the impossible demands requested. Basically I got my visa with hours to spare at the exorbitant cost of $560. As the Russian Embassy also had my passport I would have been stranded at Christchurch airport. Whilst I enjoyed visiting Russia from an experience perspective, the red tape got frustrating & in general the people appeared to be down trodden & very unfriendly. To get to Moscow in time for the champs we had to leave Geneva on the 9th August with a two hour stopover in Copenhagen. It was a shame but you can’t have everything, as that night in Geneva on the lake they have the largest fireworks display in Europe. In Copenhagen Wilson Kipketer the famous 800m athlete from the late 90s who changed his allegiance from Kenya to Denmark, joined us on the flight. He had been invited to the games as a Goodwill Ambassador, & if his friendliness was anything to go by he would have done a good job. There was some apprehension proceeding through customs & being issued migration cards by the expressionless robots at Passport Control as evidence we had entered the country. I shudder to think what happens if you lose the card, as you can be asked for it at anytime & you have to present it when you leave, so they can tick you off their list that they are rid of you. Expecting better from the beautiful girl at the banking counter also drew a blank. No greeting, no thank you, in fact she didn’t say anything with not a hint of body language. Unfortunately, the taxi drivers touting for business were not quite so restrained. It was if ‘no’ meant ‘yes’ & they would hound you for another 50m before the next one took over. Relay running at its best. The one intelligent munter who really earned my trust said he would do it for us at the normal price. With generosity like that it was hard to turn him down. The 30 minute train trip was much cheaper & then it was learning to decipher the subway system which is very difficult when you are not familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet. After a 10 minute walk which was to become a few times a day experience we reached our home for the next ten days, the Moscow Paveletskaya. Although only three star it was excellent & a great place to seek refuge when things got a bit hectic. The British Athletics Supporters Club members were also staying there which was helpful as they issued up to date newsletters each day. The highlight of the hotel was meeting the Swedish 2004 Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft in the lift one morning.

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One thing which is difficult to get used to is money as you get 33 Roubles to the NZ dollar. Something will sound real expensive but it is not. You can also think you have a lot of money in your pocket when buying something & get caught out. The very next day we headed off to the morning session at the station which was a bit of an ordeal. Having to do it another 18 times is not enticing. Because the trains are old, they seem to rattle a lot which gives the perception they are moving too fast. The latest crashes in Madrid & Paris don’t install confidence. The subways are always crowded so you very rarely get a seat, which is quite difficult for a person who is edging towards pensioner status, who should have paid more attention to his abdominal muscles. I have definitely lost my ability to balance when the train takes off & stops. You also have to change trains once which takes a lot longer than other cities experienced, as they are the deepest subways in the world. The elevators are very long & take two minutes to negotiate (Yes I did time it being an athlete which I use loosely). On one journey we got caught in a human traffic jam & could not move for 10 minutes until they opened up another elevator. You see a lot of couples catching up with quality time on the elevators with kissing & wrestling type embraces. Whilst sounding a bit negative the subways themselves are amazing in that they resemble museums & art galleries. All subways have impressive rows of chandeliers. The station next to the stadium is full of famous sporting memorabilia in glass cases. We arrived at Luzhniki Stadium which is situated in a pretty impressive area with the river not far away & lots of trees & gardens & other sporting buildings. Of course there is a large statue of the man himself Vladimir Lenin who is very popular around here. Even 90 years after his death you can file past his embalmed body in his tomb in Red Square. It was an eerie experience. The stadium was previously named after him. As usual Police everywhere with some on horses but they look more military. Again expressionless people scanning your bag with always some minor problem. The latest my Seb Coe book in the bottom of my bag which to them was a hard object. When we booked our tickets a year ago you could not get them in the front straight. It was disappointing to see half empty stadiums especially in the front straight. They said we could change but the catch was they would not refund the tickets we already had.

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The mascot for the games is an anthropomorphic sparrow, & was chosen allegedly because the bird shares a lot of qualities with athletes; it is quick, light & nimble. For those of you who don’t know the big word means the sparrow is showing human features. The mascot was very quiet not like Cooly the cow in Switzerland. One new innovation at the athletics is that no measurements are done at ground level. For example in the long jump, someone in a room in the stands will have a picture of the pit on a monitor with the athlete landing. A curser is then placed on the back part of the landing with the computer automatically reading the measurement & transferring it to the displays. Star Wars stuff. In the morning sessions our seats were in the direct sunlight which was a bit unbearable in the extreme heat. It was ridiculous that the women’s marathon was in the heat of the day at 2:00pm to suit Japanese television. It was great to see the Italian Valeria Straned taking it to the Africans & being rewarded with a silver medal. It was pleasing to see the New Zealander Mary Davies having the guts to finish when she was having a very bad day. Outside the stadium there were a lot of athletic activities for the public to try out, & makeshift shops with the main brands Adidas, Puma & Nike selling their wares. There was also a large tent with bean bags where we watched the marathon on a large screen. Between the morning & evening sessions there was a tent set up where at certain time famous athletes would talk to the public. I was hoping to get the Seb Coe book signed but he wasn’t there when the programme said he would be. However, Dwight Phillips four times World Champion & an Olympic champion in the long jump & Tegla Lourope a World Champion in the marathon were good replacements. The compare was Joanna Hayes Olympic hurdles champion, but I found her questions for the stars kindergartenish & wasted. The best session for name dropping I went to was Paula Radcliffe who needs no introduction, Jan Zelezny with three Olympic gold & one silver in the javelin & Kajsa Berggvist from Sweden the 2005 high jump World Champion. If that wasn’t enough, after introducing them they brought out a mystery quest in the form of David Rudisha Olympic & World Record holder in the 800m. Unfortunately, the interviewing by Joanna was pathetic behaving like a typical American TV host crawling by saying I love you Moscow, great Champs etc every few seconds when in reality a lot was left to be desired & were not well supported.

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Usain Bolt was a bit more honest at the end of the Champs when he said what most tourists were thinking. He said Moscow did not really support the Champs with half empty stadiums, but it did get better at the end which he said was good. He also remarked cuttingly which I agree with by the end of the Champs the Russians had actually started smiling so he thought a seven out of ten was a fair assessment. After his 200m victory he attempted a Cossack dance to loosen up the crowd. It did not last long & my only comment is ‘Don’t give up your sprinting’. Some of Joanna’s excruciating questions were as follows. “What is your favourite food? Ice-cream flavour? Animal? As you can see all very sophisticated questions with Joanna real excited about the answers. Jan was my favourite, probably taking the mickey on the pathetic questions, “I don’t like icecream, I like beer”. His favourite food was something to do with a pumpkin & was so complicated that the interpreter was struggling to translate it into Russian, so Jan did it for him. Paula, who is very analytical & has a degree in languages, would pause as she would carefully consider the answers to these life threatening questions. If you want to be a top marathoner the answer is sushi & dark chocolate. If you want to be a top 800m runner like David the secret is chicken & strawberry icecream. Kajsa who is a lesbian ironically gave meat as her favourite food. As there are many types of meat I felt Joanna missed a golden opportunity to delve deeper on this one. She finished the session by saying she was going back to Los Angeles tomorrow, will miss you Moscow & love you Moscow etc. Anyhow I am getting ahead of myself, the evening session of the first day was all about the 10,000m final & whether Mo Farrah could continue his dream run, although to the general public it was all about ‘Bolt fever’ even though it was only heats. I thought Mo was running a stupid race hanging so far back, but it is hard to argue with the result. It seemed a repeat of two years ago with the title holder Jelan of Ethiopia just about to pounce on 30m out, but this time Mo held on. As I was sitting with British supporters it made it even more exciting. Although the first days athletics was over it was now time for the opening ceremony. Not on the scale of the Olympics, but still pretty good. The ceremony was based on Russian history starting off with the scientist who they say was the most influential in starting Russia’s exploration in space. He was on a bicycle & ended up above the stands still on his cycle. A mad scientist indeed. They then moved on to famous composers, ballet & art. Also a filmmaker serge Eisenstein who made the silent film in 1925 ‘Battleship Poptemkin’. Apparently this was one of the most influential propaganda films of all time & was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World Fare in 1958. Allan McLaren 11

Cross Country Results: Hagley Relays B 13/14 4x2km Corban Straker B12 Sophia Carpentier G14 Evan Young B14 Nick Close B12 G 14/14 Caitlin Close G10 Mikqela Dugmore G11 Sophie Reid G13 Bianca Latten G13 Senior Men Callan Moody Mark Bailey Nick Rennie Dallas Wichman Hayden McLaren Daniel Balchin Matt Gibbons Aaron Stevens Luke Vaughan Simon Ralph Michael Partridge Terry Harden Tony Good Bruce Woods Dave Candy Hayden Jervos John Mulvaney Allan McLaren Lionel Fox Relay Masters Men 4x5km Kerry Faass Tony McManus Clive Kitchingman Mark Reid Nigel Whalley Tony Good Richard Hopkins Stephen Graham Andrew Woodward Richard Young Kevin Papps John Mulvaney

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26/04/14 4th 7.27 8.2 7.27 7.34 5th 9.43 10.22 9.44 8.00 1st 12.41 13.01 13.21 13.26 12.42 12.37 6th 13.45 15.29 15.02 17.21 17.33 18.47 10th 18.39 18.5 20.12 16.25 21.52 20.53 3/05/2014 2nd 16.59 18.33 20.41 19.46 9th 20.31 24.08 26.03 25.20 11th 24.19 22.00 23.47 28.16

Masters Women Ronalda Reid Carolyn Forsey Belinda Lancaster Ruth Love-Smith

John Sheddan Andrew Woodward Paul Coughlan Richard Hopkins Stephen Graham Peter Coughlan

2nd 18.16 18.49 20.08 18.07 7th 20.00 26.04 22.06 23.46 6th 14.48 16.11 17.46 17.14 19.38 17.27 8th 15.34 19.08 17.32 19.34 19.57 16.35 11th 18.46 18.46 16.21 20.48 20.00 24.51

Masters Women 4x5km Ronalda Reid Rachel Reid Browyn Alexander Carolyn Forsey

1st 22.52 23.05 23.59 24.03

Boys U17 4x2.5km Nick Close Evan Young Caitlin Close Georgia Rutter

23rd 11.18 10.42 14.33 14.56

Lizzie Straker Lyn Osmers Dianne Davis Robyn Duncan Masters Men Tony McManus Clive Kitchingman Richard Young Ian Faulkner Kevin Papps Nigel Whalley Mark Reid Josh Reid Nick Reid Rachel Reid Neville Reid Aaron Reid

Childrens Forest Relay Boys 14 Grade Evan Young B14 Corban Straker B12 Nick Close B12

10/05/2014

New Balance 15km Women 11th Stephanie Rumble 21st Carolyn Forsey Men 1st Callan Moody 2nd Mark Bailey 5th Oska Inkster-Baynes 6th Baniel Balchin 8th Dave Ridley 9th Kerry Faass

10/05/2014

Jane Paterson: Rawhiti Domain Girls 10 2x3 9th Caitlin Close Girls 12 3km 13th Meredith Seeto Girls 14 3km 13th Sophie Carpentier Women 35 6km 1st Ruth Love-Smith Women 40 1st Ronalda Reid Women 45 7th Christine Stowell Senior Men 9km 1st Oska Inkster-Baynes Masters Men 45 1st Kerry Faass

12.44 13.32 13.38

67.55 71.18 46.18 46.30 46.44 46.51 49.55 50.16

Girls 14 Grade Meredith Seeto G12 Sophie Carpentier G14 Caitlin Close G10 Greenpark 11th Nick Burrow 29th Matt Gibbons 34th Hayden Zervos 38th Clive Kitchingman 56th Bruce Woods 59th Tony Good 86th Stephen Graham 107th Red Maddock 10km Walk 10th Ann Henderson

15.30 15.17 17.54

52.17 59.38 60.59 62.32 69.43 70.22 80.40 1.54.45 84.44

17/05/14 12.21 15.07 13.58 27.43 28.59 30.36 29.59 32.22

Boys 2x3 16 Charlie Wichman Boys 12 3km 10th Nicholas Close 11th Corban Straker Boys 14 8th Evan Young Masters Men 50 7th Alec Hobbs 11th Nigel Whalley Masters Men 55 2nd Clive Kitchingman Masters Men 60 2nd Ron McTaggart 6th John Sheddan Masters Men 65 6th Peter Coughlan 7th John Mulvaney

17.11 13.12 13.20 12.46 39.16 41.46 38.13 38.38 44.46 58.29 59.04

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5k HANDICAP – KEYES ROAD 14th May 2014: The first of the Club’s handicap events was held last Saturday, from the Club rooms, in Rawhiti Domain. Our traditional course, through the footpath and the Domain, was not available being fenced off for repairs. I only found out about this a week out from the event and planned a new course taking in the streets between Keyes Road and New Brighton Road. I used the website “Map My Run” to survey and measure the course as I didn’t have time to measure it with the wheel. I have usually found measuring courses on “Map My Run” to be accurate although a measurement recorded on a GPS watch suggests the course used could have been nearer to 4.8k. What “Map My Run” didn’t show was that when the tide came in the streets used were subject to flooding. As the run progressed, and the tide came in more, the water lying on the road edges became deeper. It’s a pity we didn’t have a photographer stationed in New Brighton Road to record the progress or our runners through this flooded section. We would have obtained some great shots as some tip toed through and attempted to miss the deeper spots. There were a few comments regarding wet shoes and gear but after all we are cross country runners and should be able to take this in our stride.

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5k Handicap Results Keyes Road 24th May 2014 Time

Name

Place

Handicap

Net Time

31.01

Go

31.01

32.32

10

22.32

Time Place

1

Graeme Pendrigh

2

Nick Close

3

Jude Seeto

32.41

8

24.21

4

Dianne Davis

33.27

8

25.27

5

Allan McLaren

33.32

10

23.32

6

Alec Hobbs

34.12

15

19.12

2nd M

7

David Macdonald

34.59

17

17.59

1st M

8

Nigel Whalley

35.04

14

21.04

35.13

10

25.13

35.15

14

21.15

9

Evan Young

10

Ruth Love-Smitrh

11

Ronalda Reid

12

Hayden Zervos

13

B12

B14

3rd F

!st F

35.25

14

21.25

2nd F

35.29

16

19.29

3rd M

Clive Kitchingman

35.32

16

19.32

14

Peter Coughlan

36.11

8

28.11

15

Kevin Papps

36.38

14

22.38

16

Ann Henderson (Walk)

43.17

Go

43.17

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Associated Runs 2k G10

9.55

Sophie Carpentier

G14

15.17

Meredith Seeto

G12

20.23

Maia Keepa

G12?

20.24

Caitlin Close 3k

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2014 CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT MARATHON Apologies in advance if I miss you out of this report. There were rather a lot of results to skim through. Those of us marshalling round the back of the airport were in a great place to spectate, especially for the marathon, which went past us three times. However, since we were at a point short of 8k for the half marathon, we had no idea how it all shook out at the business end of the race. Callan, Dan and Oska were in a bunch a bit back from the front runner when they made the sharp turn we were managing. It was great to hear later that Callan had won in 1:06:05 and that Dan was not far behind in 1:07:54. Clive Kitchingman was 9th in his age group in 1:29:10. Carolyn Forsey was 6th in her age group in 1:43:31 and Robyn Duncan ran past us smiling to be 28th out of the 68 in her age group. I missed spotting Nigel but the results tell me he was 4th overall in the walk and 2nd in his age group. The result of the full marathon never seemed in doubt, as you could have knitted a whole sock in the gap between Sam Wreford and the next runners the last time they ran past us. We cheered as young Heydon Zervos (17) ran well to be 4th in his age group in his first marathon in a time of 3:17:05. Bruce Woods finished 6th in his age group in his best time of the last 4 years at 3:34:40 and Stephen Graham ran an honest 4:30:49 after cramping up about 30k. My favourite runner was the guy in the Alligator onesie, who confessed on his last pass by our station that he was probably winning the girl alligator division. The 10k would have been an exciting race to watch. Mark Bailey, Dave Ridley and Matt Gibbons all finished in the top 12. Mark’s time of 31:20 will remind the younger senior men that age and experience still make a strong claim to a place in the National Road Relay team later this year. Paul Angland and Ian Faulkner also ran good times in their age groups. Meredith and Tim Seeto ran in the 3k race and Meredith was 7th in her age group, so we had members of all ages in these events. This event will be run from a new location next year which is as yet undisclosed. It is an event hugely supported by people who do not belong to a Club. If you have a friend or family member who participated in any of the events, please encourage them to come along and run with us as social members for starters. That’s how a lot of us got hooked.

Margaret Flanagan

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Talking Walking - Miles of Junk I often hear athletes say that they are going away from the Lydiard type training and cutting out the junk miles. What it shows is that they don’t understand the Lydiard system. There is not much junk miles in his training. In his 100 mile a week – which is his slow build up he would advocate: One day 15 miles at quarter effort One day 10 miles at three quarter effort One day 12 miles of fartlek training One day 18 miles at quarter effort One day 20 to 30 miles at quarter effort One day 15 miles at quarter effort One day 10 miles at three quarter effort There was 12 weeks of this – seven days a week before he moved into the hill work. While this might look slow he based his efforts on an athletes fastest times so his quarter effort would be 8% slower than the fastest time. His three quarter effort would be 4% slower than the fastest time. For example a runner doing 6 miles in 28mins would do about 29:07 mins for three quarter effort and 30.14 mins for quarter effort. Junk miles? I think not. This same system applies to race walkers too although for me in my midseventies, I find I am better doing more mild anaerobic training along with pool work. I am not sure if exercise makes you live longer - but it sure as hell makes me feel better.

John Henderson.

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OBITUARY GEORGE STOWELL The club was saddened by the death of George Stowell on the 15th May 2014, two days before his 85th Birthday. George became a Life Member of the New Brighton Athletic Club in 1992 and during his time with the club was a tireless worker, who came up with many social initiatives. He is remembered fondly for the many hours he put in behind the bar at the clubrooms. A keen tramper, in 1974 along with Alex Smith he founded the Hospital Tramping Club where he worked in maintenance. Born in Westport where I am told he was a very good swimmer, he grew up with a love of the Heaphy Track. He took countless members of the Tramping Club and Scouts through the track, where he raised awareness of the proposal to put a road through, which he was very against. A spin off for the club was George’s Easter tramp, which was very popular in the early 80s where each year, he would hire a bus for an epic combined trip with the Hospital Tramping and New Brighton Harrier Clubs, staying at the Little Wanganui Hotel and local hall. Many kilometres of the Heaphy and Wangapeka Tracks were conquered on these trips. Another initiative which was of benefit to all Canterbury athletes, was that for many years he made and painted the Takahe to Akaroa Relay batons in the colours of the competing clubs. This was a meticulous job which he performed with great pride. George was married to Dorothy for 59 years and had four daughters, Sandra, Wendy, Robyn and Christine. In 1974 Wendy was in the first women’s team to compete in the Takahe to Akaroa Relay and is the reason George got involved with the club in 1971. Another daughter Christine is still active with the club. George started competing in the veteran’s grade in the era when older people were not encouraged. Although not blessed with great speed, he could keep going all day and completed a number of marathons. An avid storyteller he said he liked racing because it gave others the satisfaction of beating him, and that made him feel good. On behalf of the club we send our condolences to Dorothy and family in their loss.

Allan McLaren

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LORD OF THE OLYMPIC RINGS 28th June 2014 Please support this club run with a difference. Who will be the inaugural Lord of the Olympic Rings champion? Prizes Lord of the Olympic Rings Silver Medalist Bronze Medalist Unlucky 4th Venue: 7 Matua Place, Tumara Park

$50 $25 $15 $10 Hosts: John & Josie Wilkinson

The event caters for all running & walking abilities, with speed around the course not the underlying factor. There are seven checkpoints along the route where you will be asked to perform tasks, with Olympic Rings awarded on how well your team performs. Depending on the turnout, teams will be from two to four people. A bit of knowledge about the Olympics would be of assistance to your team. So start swatting. The children will have a separate Treasure Hunt. Time to be advised. As this event will take longer than the normal club run, please arrive by the following times: 1-00pm Walkers 1-30pm Runners Like all club runs please bring a plate.

PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES 86a Wainoni Rd ph. 3897-196 Richard Hopkins MHSc. BSc. Ad Dip Phys (OMT). Dip MT. Spinal Injuries Sports Injuries Muscle balance assessment Occupational health 19

Return Address: New Brighton Olympic Athletic Club Inc. P O Box 18840 Christchurch 8641