Sydney City to Surf 2015
posted June 14, 2015 4:46 AM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Sun August 9 at 8:00 AM, Sydney CBD/Bondi
Hyde Park, Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia (Map & Directions)
Is anyone else running in the City to Surf this year? I don't know if I'm proposing a meet-up or just a general mutual online support thingo, but I thought it would be nice to compile a list of who's doing it. And maybe we could meet up briefly at the start to wish each other well, or even do a training run together a week or two before if we aren't all vastly different levels.
It's my first ever race, but I've run 14k before in training runs (on the flat, though), so my goal is just to finish without walking.
My entire family is running or walking it. We should totes make RedThoughts and smoke do it too.
And yay Fiasco! How are you????!!
posted by taff at 12:32 AM on June 15, 2015
And yay Fiasco! How are you????!!
posted by taff at 12:32 AM on June 15, 2015
I am too broken and fat to run 14k, guys. I can barely do 2.5 right now.
Walking is doable though.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:44 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Walking is doable though.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:44 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Taff mate I'm good. Making trouble. Running training. I am after the goal of 1hr 14 minutes which is what I did last time. I'm Fiasco and this is my story.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 3:06 AM on June 15, 2015
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 3:06 AM on June 15, 2015
Yay, it's not just me!
Fiasco, I am super impressed. That is fast!
posted by lollusc at 6:40 AM on June 15, 2015
Fiasco, I am super impressed. That is fast!
posted by lollusc at 6:40 AM on June 15, 2015
I'm going to win it. RedThoughts, sign up for yellow start and walk it with my little people and MrTaff and Steve's fam. I'll wait for y'all at the end. I'm in blue. Lollusc, which group you?
Also, Shonias might be convinced. As should misfish...
posted by taff at 2:58 PM on June 15, 2015
Also, Shonias might be convinced. As should misfish...
posted by taff at 2:58 PM on June 15, 2015
I'm pretty sure I picked yellow. I might have to walk bits of the hill, though I'm hoping not.
posted by lollusc at 3:30 PM on June 15, 2015
posted by lollusc at 3:30 PM on June 15, 2015
Smashed it like a gong on early 1990s Hey Hey. 1:05:38. Beautiful day for it too.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:28 PM on August 8, 2015
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:28 PM on August 8, 2015
Wow! Yay you!
I did more like 2 hours, but I jogged the whole thing including all the hills, which is all I was aiming for. It was equal parts fun (scenery, mood of the crowd) and horrifying (all those people! So many people! As well as the water stops, they need strategic doonas on the side of the road for introverts to spend a little quality time under.)
posted by lollusc at 8:26 PM on August 8, 2015
I did more like 2 hours, but I jogged the whole thing including all the hills, which is all I was aiming for. It was equal parts fun (scenery, mood of the crowd) and horrifying (all those people! So many people! As well as the water stops, they need strategic doonas on the side of the road for introverts to spend a little quality time under.)
posted by lollusc at 8:26 PM on August 8, 2015
Did you have a swim at the end? That was the best part.
posted by lollusc at 8:28 PM on August 8, 2015
posted by lollusc at 8:28 PM on August 8, 2015
I won it. Well, we drank a few beers during and champers at the end. My running bud had a herniated disc so we weren't allowed to run. Such a shame. Both my little monsters walked it to completion, and earned the totally ugly, shitty medal. What a crock this year's is!!!!
(They swam. I drank. )
Also-fark Fiasco, you're amazing.
And woo hoo Lollusc. That's a great time. You rock.
posted by taff at 12:51 AM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
(They swam. I drank. )
Also-fark Fiasco, you're amazing.
And woo hoo Lollusc. That's a great time. You rock.
posted by taff at 12:51 AM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Haha yeah the medal really is shit isn't it
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 1:25 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 1:25 AM on August 9, 2015
Drinking beer instead is totally winning it.
(There was a guy walking really slowly that I passed at about 3km in, who had a t-shirt which he'd written on the back: "Will probably fucking win it, aye." He was awesome.)
I nearly joined the beer brigade because I had a chest cold the last two weeks and my running "coach", I.e. colleague who shouts a lot while our group does laps of the field at work, forbid me to run. But I did it anyway, because I'm an idiot.
Very disappointed in the medal. But someone was giving away free roast chicken at Bondi junction, so that made up for it.
posted by lollusc at 2:51 AM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
(There was a guy walking really slowly that I passed at about 3km in, who had a t-shirt which he'd written on the back: "Will probably fucking win it, aye." He was awesome.)
I nearly joined the beer brigade because I had a chest cold the last two weeks and my running "coach", I.e. colleague who shouts a lot while our group does laps of the field at work, forbid me to run. But I did it anyway, because I'm an idiot.
Very disappointed in the medal. But someone was giving away free roast chicken at Bondi junction, so that made up for it.
posted by lollusc at 2:51 AM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh and tell your kids they are amazing, Taff. At their age I would have sat down about 2km and cried to go home.
posted by lollusc at 2:52 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by lollusc at 2:52 AM on August 9, 2015
Um. They did that too, Lollusc.
Sadly I had started in the blue group and was bar crawling and not contactable. We finished 15 minutes ahead of my family. Coffee + beer = urgent wee. Many.
posted by taff at 5:13 AM on August 9, 2015
Sadly I had started in the blue group and was bar crawling and not contactable. We finished 15 minutes ahead of my family. Coffee + beer = urgent wee. Many.
posted by taff at 5:13 AM on August 9, 2015
Yeah I've heard that giving kids coffee and beer makes them wee a lot. Maybe next time they should just have the beer.
posted by lollusc at 5:33 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by lollusc at 5:33 AM on August 9, 2015
I thought shots might be better. Smaller volume, faster to drink, not so heavy for small hands and no ice to listen to them crunch.
posted by taff at 4:28 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by taff at 4:28 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Congrats to you all, fine young tall athletes the lot of you.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:19 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:19 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I thought shots might be better. Smaller volume, faster to drink, not so heavy for small hands and no ice to listen to them crunch.
You are like some sort of mothering genius, Taff. They should give awards for that level of thoughtfulness.
posted by lollusc at 1:31 AM on August 10, 2015
You are like some sort of mothering genius, Taff. They should give awards for that level of thoughtfulness.
posted by lollusc at 1:31 AM on August 10, 2015
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posted by Fiasco da Gama at 12:02 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]