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Training Scheduals

Half Marathon Training Scheduals for the Suncorp NQ Games on 11 April 2010. There are many training scheduals available online. Here are a couple that may be of use. Caters for various levels.

Hal Higdon (this is in miles!) - week-by-week schedual with lots of advice.

RW Half Marathon Schedules for your Garmin - also in miles, but includes running times.

Juniors

Kevin Morrissey, who has been with the Cairns Roadies since its inception in 1979, has written the following report:

The picture above is one  of  our running  group.  They are quite an informal bunch.  Kids just  turn up, stretch, run the Red Arrow and then do some serious training usually around Centennial Lakes.  About 15 weeks before the  QSSSS Cross Country our leading runners come together to write  their own  program. I like to stay in the background as a kind of consultant.  The program is printed and is followed pretty closely right up to the state cross country.   Some years, when the levels of enthusiasm are high,  the group continues with another program specifically written for track.  Training days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm

I kind of fell into training kids in 1984 when I   became Peninsula Cross Country  Coach,  a position I have held for 25 years.  In that time the group has produced quite a number of spectacular performers.  Brad Bevan was training with me when I was a teacher at St. Augustine’s and before I became Peninsula Coach.  He was inspirational.  He had a kind of aura and the group expanded and times improved just because of his inspiration.  In those days our club did not put on 3 km races so our group concentrated on the 5 km.  Quite a few runners in those days broke 16 minutes  which is a kind of a benchmark - an indication that they are potential state and national champions.  Among them were Wayne Hellmuth, Wally Plath, Travis George and Andrew Messina. Wayne Hellmuth never won a national title but he won the state 800 metre title three time, each time running without shoes.  Travis George, Ben Callum and Andrew Messina won national titles on the track.  Ben Callum and Wayne Hellmuth won scholarships to USA universities on the back of their track and cross  country  performances.  

In the early days all the runners were boys.  This was probably a legacy of me being a teacher at St. Augustine’s.  But these days the girls far outnumber the boys as you can see from the picture.  The two most outstanding girls were Karen Nissen,  who in 1992 was won national titles in triathlon and cross country and Leanda Cave  who won the  World Triathlon title  2002.    I was state coach in 1992 and seeing Karen win the national title  was the highlight of my life.  As for Leanda, she is still going strong, and has ambitions of Olympic Gold in triathlon and a win in the Hawaiian Iron Man.  Her best   year was 2002 when she placed second in   the Manchester Commonwealth Games triathlon and later when she won the world triathlon championship in Cancun.

Over the years the group has fluctuated.  Sometimes it gets as low as one and none when I have to accompany myself over the Red Arrow.  At the moment the group can vary from 15 to 6. 

The most outstanding runners at the moment are Adaline Storch who has been a stalwart and dedicated trainer for over five years.  Most inspirational is Jarrod  Ahern (14)  who has been scorching  the figure eight course in times that have not been seen  for 20 years.  He will be one to watch.  He is very fast and is getting stronger every day.

Jarrod  Ahern and Adaline Storch are both members of the Cairns Roadies. If you are interested in joining the club, visit our Contact Us page or print out and complete a membership application form and bring it along to the next event or .

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