M45 Jamie Harrison 5000m 15m46.05

NSW State Champs.

Jamie must have front run a fine sub 16m in what I'm guessing were difficult conditions (Windy if anything like Brissey these last few days!) . M50 Keith Bateman again beat M40 Paul Arthur!

Some good 800m performances  amd Jamies Dad - what a 1500m at 67!

Men 65-69 1500 metre 50+
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Harrison, Jamie 67 Bankstown 5:41.58
2 Francis, Geoffrey 67 UTN 5:45.04
3 Allomes, Graham 65 Sydney Pacific 6:14.31
4 Goldman, Ken 69 Randwick Botany 7:22.23

Men 30-34 800 metre 30-49
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Mellish, Daniel 30 UTN 1:59.18
2 Palethorpe, James 33 Epping Distr 2:15.90
3 Groeschell, Roland 33 NMA 2:18.97

Men 35-39 800 metre 30-49
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Doggett, Michael 36 Asics Wests 1:58.60
2 Jeffery, James 38 Sydney Striders 2:08.23
3 Fuerst, Sven 38 UTN 2:26.80
4 Davie, EJ 38 Sydney Striders 2:43.79

Men 40-44 800 metre 30-49
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Taylor, Mark 42 UTN 2:00.94
2 Lynch, Michael 41 Syp(Sydney P 2:01.27
3 Arthur, Paul 41 Mingara 2:13.55
4 Berry, Charles 42 Min(Mingara) 2:15.00
5 Scott, David 41 Sut(Sutherla 2:16.74
6 Wallis, David 40 Mai(Maitland 2:18.56

Men 40-44 5000 metre 30-49
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Arthur, Paul 41 Mingara 16:52.73

Men 45-49 5000 metre 30-49
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Harrison, James 45 Bankstown 15:46.05
2 Sivaraj, Manu 45 Rbh(Randwick 16:58.27
3 Byrne, Peter 49 Hills District 18:46.08
4 Womsley, Garry 45 Gir(Girrawee 21:07.07


Men 50-54 5000 metre 50+
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Bateman, Keith 53 Sydney Striders 16:49.82
2 rose, ian 50 Hills 19:00.39
3 Terranova, Nicholas 51 Hills District 19:23.88
4 Osborne, Robert 53 Nep(Nepean D 21:14.04
5 Gonye, Leslie 51 Uns(Universi 22:24.29

Men 65-69 5000 metre 50+
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Name Age Team Finals
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1 Harrison, Jamie 67 Bankstown 21:11.42

M45 Brett Winter 5000m 15m51.54

I was sitting at work yesterday checking out the Queensland Masters 5000m Championship results ran on Monday night in good conditions (not humid and calm). Stand out performance was M45 BRETT WINTER 15m51.54 ! I thought who the hell is Brett Winter ? 

Never heard of him! Surely this time was some sort of mistake? A fellow M45 Queenslander running in my backyard running sub 16Mins!!

So I googled him and saw the previous weekend he'd finished 2nd in a road 5KM in the low 16's , also saw an entry about a Toowoomba Cycle Race! Maybe hes come over from the Tri! ?

Then I saw he'd finished second as a Junior (in 1979) in the Australian CC Champs!!!! So there we have it, startling news!! a serious contender in the M45 ranks in my own backyard - absolutely fantastic news! Of course I don't know what he's been doing in the interim years but to front run a 5000m in 15m51 (probably lapped the field) means this guy is very good. I sat there feeling the kind of stomach butterflies you get before a race! This man will provide me with immense motivation and I really cant wait to race him and meet him find out his story (might be similar to me - ran well as a Junior gave up the sport and came back as a Master?) Anyone who knows any details please post a comment.

Good performances from Marcia Sheer M50 Queensland Record and also Shawn Claydon and Peter Reeves. Also fantastic to see two legends of Masters track Alan Bradford and Col Mcleod battling it out together in the M70's.

Here are the results;

RESULTS QMA MONDAY 23 MARCH, 2009 QSAC MAIN STADIUM

LADIES

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5000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP

W35 1 Claire Bellenger 22.00.93

W50 1 Marcia Sheer 19.00.95 QR

W60 1 Irene Davey 25.54.06

MEN

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5000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP

M35 1 Brendan Whelan 18.04.80

M40 1 Shawn Claydon 17.15.20

2 John Treschman 17.56.20

M45 1 Brett Winter 15.51.54

2 John Crook 20.00.39

3 Johan Wiesner 21.12.16

M55 1 Peter Reeves 17.45.69

2 Paul Circosta 27.14.93

M60 1 John Sheer 19.30.20

2 Erkki Ryhanen 21.15.17

3 Barry McGaffin 24.56.73

M65 1 Tom Donnet 22.22.36

M70 1 Colin McLeod 20.37.18

2 Alan Bradford 20.58.96

M75 1 Julius Keller 27.11.26

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M50 Ian Furness British Masters CC Champion

My old Lufbra buddy Ian ("Furney Babe") Furness won the British Masters CC Championship last weeekend. A fabulous star studded field included legendary talents Nick Rose, Michael Hager, and Alex Rowe. I am amazed at how well Ian is running, he topped the World M50 5000m rankings for 2008. When we were at Lufbra, we were very much in the shadow of World Class Open stars but somehow age has treated Furney Babe well - very well!

This is what Nick Rose looked like 'back in the day'.

Here are the top 30. Full Results of all races here

British Masters 2009

Male 50-69

Saturday 21 March 2009. 12:00 pm

Provisional Results for All Competitors in finish order.

Race

Race

Place

Time

Name

Team

Race Age Category

1

0:28:40

FURNESS, Ian

Dudley & Stourbridge AC 50-59

MV50

67

1

2

0:29:11

ATKINSON, Robert

Barrow & Furness Striders 50-59

MV50

111

2

3

0:29:17

HAGER, Michael

Tipton Harriers 50-59

MV55

162

3

4

0:29:59

ROSE, Nick

Bristol & West AC 50-59

MV55

161

4

5

0:30:15

DRAGE, Richard

Tavistock AC 50-59

MV50

12

5

6

0:30:24

BRIDGELAND, Michael

Chelmsford AC 50-59

MV50

170

6

7

0:30:42

WILSON, Gregory

Telford AC 50-59

MV50

267

7

8

0:30:57

HOLLAND, Richard

Woodford Green AC 50-59

MV50

146

8

9

0:31:07

ROWE, Alex

Wesham Road Runners 50-59

MV50

10

9

10

0:31:13

GRAY, Richard

Birmingham Rowheath AC 50-59

MV50

262

10

11

0:31:18

WALLIS, Mike

Clayton-Le-Moors 50-59

MV50

273

11

12

0:31:28

MILLER, Colin

Irvine AC 50-59

MV50

59

12

13

0:31:36

QUINN, Mike

Sheffield Running Club 50-59

MV55

244

13

14

0:31:39

ATTWELL, Barry

South London Harriers 50-59

MV50

197

14

15

0:31:40

CORDLE, Sidney

Sheffield Running Club 50-59

MV50

250

15

16

0:31:42

WILLIAMS, Dave

Tamworth AC 50-59

MV50

218

16

17

0:31:43

CRAIG, Brian

Irvine AC 50-59

MV50

106

17

18

0:31:52

SMYTHE, Stephen

Dulwich Runners 50-59

MV50

241

18

19

0:31:55

PEDDER, Chris

Newburgh RC 50-59

MV50

95

19

20

0:31:58

ROCHE, John

Clayton-Le-Moors 50-59

MV50

159

20

21

0:32:07

JONES, Graham

Shrewsbury AC 50-59

MV50

81

21

22

0:32:14

HORROCKS, Brian

Clayton-Le-Moors 50-59

MV50

220

22

23

0:32:17

SHUTTLEWORTH, Colin

Clayton-Le-Moors 50-59

MV50

72

23

24

0:32:19

HUGHES, Jonathan

Lincoln Wellington 50-59

MV50

8

24

25

0:32:29

COLLIER, John

Wesham Road Runners 50-59

MV55

215

25

26

0:32:32

BERRYMAN, Ian

Irvine AC 50-59

MV50

68

26

27

0:32:36

WILCOCK, David

Barnet & District AC 50-59

MV55

74

27

28

0:32:41

LEVERY, Mike

Sheffield Running Club 50-59

MV50

246

28

29

0:32:44

MICHAEL, Desmond

Barnet & District AC 50-59

MV55

150

29

30

0:32:52

HESKETH, Kevin

Preston Harriers 50-59

MV50

73

30

Allan Cook M45 800m 2:00.70

I just found this result from 21st February, the Australian Masters Games, in Melbourne (Geelong).

I sometimes bemoan the fact that there seems to be a paucity of Australian Masters Runners Racing track but unbeknown to me down in Melbourne there are some pretty hot 800m runners!, in particular this M45-49 800m race was top quality! To see a current  Australian M45 runner very close to 2mins is very encouraging! (alongside Dr.JH 2m01.  ). It was some 20 years ago, Queenslander, Alan Bradford was running World Best times under 2m.

I also noted Allan Cook won the 400m in 55secs so he has real speed but his endurance was not quite what it should be with a only a 4m24 1500m. Full results here

Event 132 Men 800 Meter Run 45-49

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Name Age Team Finals

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1 4517 Cook, Allan M UNATTACHED 2:00.70

2 4530 Gibney, Matthew M UNATTACHED 2:04.80

3 4586 Ayers, David M UNATTACHED 2:05.00

4 4058 Oldfield, Stephen M UNATTACHED 2:06.30

5 4559 Moore, Barry M UNATTACHED 2:07.90

6 4541 Horan, Michael M UNATTACHED 2:12.10

7 4575 verstraten, jack M UNATTACHED 2:12.30

8 4522 egginton, andrew M UNATTACHED 2:12.70

9 4565 Schuijers, Johanne M UNATTACHED 2:13.80

Don Wallace M47 4th 6ftTrack 'Marathon'

Robbie Lofthouse brought to my attention this stunning performance from Don !

4th Place overall and a clear winner of the Masters Cat in the 45KM Gruelling Mountainous Trail Race known as the 6ft Track Marathon (Its 6ft wide!) read about it here  . 

3hrs 27min 10sec for a 47 year old Queenslander incredible performance! 

A M40-49 Record for the event.

Well done Don! 

Dr.Jamie Harrison M45 800m 2m01;85

Allcomers - 14/03/2009                                                               

Athletics NSW                                                        

Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre      Results                    

1 Harrison, James M45 Bankstown Sp 2:01.85      
2 Yap, Michael      Parramatta C   2:02.14      
3 Lynch, Michael M40 Sydney Pacif  2:02.48 

RESULTS Queensland Masters Athletics 14/03/09 

SATURDAY State Athletic Facility Nathan

5000 METRES
W45 1 Glenda Banaghan 17.46.72 Queensland Record

ALL COMERS MEET

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

13-03-2009

1500m: Ht 3

7th M40 Dennis Fitzgerald 4.09.25

Left Posterior Ilium

Sacral , Ilium,  all the same to me! Different part of the pelvis but actually the left posterior Ilium is where my stressy is! Immediately adjacent to the sacroiliac joint. "Bone oedema and an unusual fracture line are demonstrated at this site"

My Consultant said for the Radiologist to say "unusual" really meant this is unusual!

Check out my MRI ! Really freaky looking at your own flesh and bone! even more freaky that I'm prepared to expose myself ! 

The CT Scan showed nothing unusual ie the stressy was not caused by anything untoward (tumor). Dr Friss said not to start running before June and to take it easy when I do restart!

I continue to pursue my upper body exercise with a passion and have invested in a "Perfect Pull Up" bar (you fix it to a door frame) for yet another exercise option. I seem to remember in my youth managing to do a maximum of about a dozen 'pull ups' so that will be my first goal (haven't put the thing up yet!)

Craig/Dave/Tim thanks for your comments!

Stress Fracture to the Sacral!

My Consultants first words to me were it was a jolly good thing we sent you for an MRI before we did anything else as the results showed up a stress fracture to the sacral bone of the hip parallel to the sacroiliac joint. In all his time he'd never seen a "stressy" located where mine was, though a quick google finds some studies of runners suffering stressy's close by see here

He said 3 months for recovery, try walking with a stick(!!!) for a month and only walk when necessary.

Rowing / Cycling / Swimming and core exercises are OK

In a way the diagnosis is a good thing as a stressy will clear up with rest by itself, though it does mean that the European Masters 'Out of Stadium' Championships, where I'd hope to compete against the best in Europe over 10K and Half Mara is now out of the equation sadly! As is the Gold Coast Mara or Half.

I shall focus on my core and get by with other exercise in the meantime (incidentally today I started doing push ups using a straight finger stance! Only 10 before reverting to palms but nevertheless it's a start).

DrJH coined it with the technical vernacular "Shaggers Pelvis" , I wish!

World Masters Games in Sydney in October will have to be the next goal. But I would dearly like to be able to at least jog around Parly Hill (London) in May.

Recent Results Round Up from Queensland

RESULTS QMA MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 2009 QSAC MAIN STADIUM

LADIES

***************************************

10,000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP

W35 1 Claire Bellenger 45.49.73

W40 1 Glenda Banaghan 37.06.83

MEN

****************************************

10,000 METRES CHAMPIONSHIP

M35 1 Brendan Whelan 33.10.99

M40 1 Shawn Claydon 36.14.06

2 John Treschman 40.57.27

M45 1 Johan Wiesner 44.46.63

M55 1 Ron Peters 34.50.57

2 Peter Reeves 37.39.76

3 Paul Circosta 57.24.83

M60 1 John Sheer 41.29.25

2 Erkki Ryhanen 45.05.75

3 Rod Dominish 48.44.52

M70 1 Colin McLeod 42.37.38

2 Alan Bradford 44.20.65

M75 1 Julius Keller 62.10.92

2009 AMA/QMA Combined Event Championships - 28/02/2009 to 1/03/2009

State Athletics Facility, Nathan

M55 800 Metre

=================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Age-Grading

=================================================================================

1 Reeves, Peter M55 Qma 2:20.61 1:57.22 86.26%

M65 200 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Buyers, Colin M66 Qma 26.70 +0.0 20.65 93.60% 1

M60 200 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Wight, John M63 Qma 27.21 +0.0 21.49 89.93% 1

2 McDonald, Rob M64 Qma 27.90 0.5 21.89 88.28% 2

M55 200 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

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1 Begley, Joe M55 Qma 26.23 +0.0 21.84 88.49% 1

2 Reisenleiter, Robin M59 Qma 27.32 0.5 22.15 87.26% 2

3 White, Rob M57 Scma 27.41 0.5 22.52 85.81% 2

M65 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Buyers, Colin M66 Qma 13.17 -0.3 10.63 92.10% 1

M60 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Wight, John M63 Qma 13.25 -0.3 10.89 89.89% 1

2 McDonald, Rob M64 Qma 13.34 0.3 10.90 89.88% 2

M55 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Reisenleiter, Robin M59 Qma 13.13 0.3 11.06 88.58% 2

W40 100 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Brims, Julie W43 Qma 13.17 -0.3 12.16 86.33%

M70 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Cooper, John M70 Qma 9.37 0.6 7.27 87.94% 3

2 Garvey, Noel M74 Qma 9.62 0.6 7.25 88.25% 3

M65 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Buyers, Colin M66 Qma 8.43 -1.5 6.71 95.37% 1

M60 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Wight, John M63 Qma 8.32 -1.5 6.75 94.71% 1

2 McDonald, Rob M64 Qma 8.57 -1.8 6.90 92.65% 2

W55 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Perkins, Wilma W59 Qma 9.73 0.6 7.70 89.93% 3

2 Brameld, Noela W55 Scma 9.85 0.6 8.10 85.48% 3

M55 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Reisenleiter, Robin M59 Qma 8.33 -1.5 6.93 92.20% 1

2 Dauphinet, Terry M56 Qma 8.65 -1.8 7.35 87.05% 2

3 White, Rob M57 Scma 8.78 -1.8 7.41 86.33% 2

W40 60 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Brims, Julie W43 Qma 8.28 -1.5 7.73 89.61%

M30 60 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

Finals

1 Venema, Travis M33 Qma 7.51 -1.5 7.51 85.09%

Full Results Here 

2009 AMA/QMA Combined Event Championships - 28/02/2009 to 1/03/2009

State Athletics Facility, Nathan

M45 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 McLean, Ian M47 Qma 7.80 -0.5 7.06 90.64% 1

M50 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Bristow, Hugh M52 Qma 8.43 -1.9 7.36 86.83% 2

M55 60 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Begley, Joe M55 Qma 8.22 -0.5 7.03 91.00%

2 Reisenleiter, Robin M59 Qma 8.24 -0.5 6.86 93.20%

W55 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Turner, Janette W59 Gcma 9.98 -1.9 7.90 87.68% 2

M60 60 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Cousins, Wayne M62 Gcma 8.74 -0.5 7.13 89.59%

M65 60 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Buyers, Colin M66 Qma 8.44 -0.5 6.71 95.26%

W70 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Horsnell, Annette W71 Gcma 10.59 -0.5 7.49 92.45% 3

M75 60 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Crowley, Charles M76 Gcma 10.14 -0.5 7.51 85.21% 3

M45 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 McLean, Ian M47 Qma 12.37 -0.8 11.26 86.98% 1

M50 100 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Bristow, Hugh M52 Qma 12.96 -0.8 11.41 85.80%

M55 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Begley, Joe M55 Qma 13.04 -0.8 11.26 86.96% 1

2 Reisenleiter, Robin M59 Qma 13.37 -1.7 11.26 86.99% 2

W55 100 Metre

=========================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading H#

=========================================================================================

1 Turner, Janette W59 Gcma 15.77 -1.7 12.34 85.03% 2

M60 100 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Cousins, Wayne M62 Gcma 13.65 -0.8 11.29 86.74%

M65 100 Metre

======================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Wind Age-Grading

======================================================================================

1 Buyers, Colin M66 Qma 13.60 -0.8 10.98 89.19%

M45 300 Metre

====================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Age-Grading H#

====================================================================================

1 McLean, Ian M47 Qma 39.74 35.19 85.25% 1

M55 300 Metre

=================================================================================

Name Age Team Finals Age-Grading

=================================================================================

1 Begley, Joe M55 Qma 41.63 34.89 86.00%

Second Day Full Results here

Glenda Banighan Australian W45 3000m 10m11Rec

My thanks to Matty for posting notification on CoolRunning and to Ronnie for alerting me that Glenda ran a new Women's 45-49 year 3000m Record performance 10m11 on Friday night.

Achieved on a training regime deep into Tokyo Marathon preparation that really is a terrific performance!

The previous Monday at the State Athletic Facility Brendan Whelan M35 won the State Masters Champs title in 33m10. Ronnie Peters picked up his umpteenth State title in 34m50 for the M55.

I guess conditions would not have been conducive to fast times with the heat and humidity that continues to linger around Brissey.

This evening I had the MRI, a strange experience lying in a cocoon for 20mins being bombarded by all sorts of quirky sounds and sensations! Last night I went for a jog just to confirm in my own mind that there really was something worthwhile to scan! I got to about 2K's before the pain got really bad. I finished off the Roo 6KM loop. The pain seemed to be fairly constant i.e. not on any particular phase of the running motion but its a very deep seated pain hard to pinpoint . I was in a all sorts of trouble after finishing so again took prescription pain relief which helped after an hour or so. The benefit in my mind was that it convinces me I have a problem and if anything irritating it by jogging might help to show up consequences in the scan.

Of course they never tell you results then and there, so that will have to wait until I can get to see Dr.Friis.