Minnippi Parklands 15, 10 & 2.5km run 3 April 2022
We had an amazing event this morning even though we had to alter the course at the 10th hour. Minnippi Parklands tends to flood more than other parks and then water is slow to drain away. Runners are a resilient lot though and there were no complaints...
Sri Chinmoy "Stromlo Strides" 15.4km, 6.3km & 2km Trail Runs, Canberra, Sunday 16 May 2021
Stromlo Forest Park is an active, vibrant world-class recreational hub where enthusiasts of multiple sports engage their passions wholeheartedly and amicably, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The creation of this Park in the wake of the 2003 bushfires...
Sri Chinmoy Royal National Park Trail Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10km & 5km Runs, Sunday 2 May 2021
Lady Carrington Drive, in Royal National Park, is one of the favourite destinations for runners, organisers and helpers alike in the Sri Chinmoy Sydney Series. In a venue which can range from cold to wet to an absolute slosh, today offered perhaps the...
Sri Chinmoy "Cooleman Clip" 10km, 5km & 2.2km Trail Runs, Canberra, Monday 26 April 2021
There’s a mix of anticipation, excitement and nervousness in the air – from runners and organisers alike. For nearly 200 runners lining up to collect their permanent race number bib, this will be their first taste of a Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail...
Sri Chinmoy Centennial Park Half-Marathon, 7km & 4km cross-country runs, Monday 5 April 2021
Being the shortest distance and smallest field, and catering primarily for kids and newbies, we don’t usually start a race report with coverage of the 4km event. Today we do! ...
Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Track Festival, AIS Athletics Track, Canberra, Friday 26 – Sunday 28 March 2021
This report commences with an apology – to every runner who is not named herein, and to their personal helpers, family and supporters. Victory and triumph are achieved, experienced, recorded and appreciated in multiple dimensions and by numberless...
2021: Report by Solo Race Winner, Michael Brennan
Brief Race Report – Jindabyne Multisport – 7th March 2021 ...
Sri Chinmoy Multi-Sport Classic, Jindabyne, Sunday 7 March 2021
This year’s race report is revealed in part through statistics. Statistics rarely tell a complete story – yet some figures from this glorious occasion are compelling in themselves. ...
Sri Chinmoy Lake Swims, Lake Ginninderra, Sunday 21 February 2021
With a last-minute change of location to Lake Ginninderra, Canberra compensated with the most perfect conditions for the annual swimming races today – calm, flat, warm water in picture-postcard surrounds… ...
Sri Chinmoy 10km & 4km Fun-Runs, Sunday 14 February 2021
The Sri Chinmoy 10km & 4km Fun-Runs have found a new home for the coming few years while works are underway at Acton Foreshore, with the lovely shaded picnic area overlooking Bimbi Beach at the eastern end of Diddams Close on Lake Ginninderra, proving...
Sri Chinmoy Iron Cove 14km, 7km & 4km Fun-Runs, Sunday 6 December 2020
As life gradually returns to something resembling “normal”, it’s the most predictable and reliable elements of our outer existence we appreciate all the more for their core role in maintaining our happiness and stability – like running around The Bay...
Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim (10km), Lake Ginninderra, Sunday 29 November 2020
When the wind blows hard and long, you want to have it at your back. Ironically, if the race had been held from end-to-end of Lake Burley Griffin as intended, swimmers would have benefited from a tail gale and fast times would surely have ensued....
Sri Chinmoy Centennial Park Half-Marathon, 14km, 7km & 4km cross-country runs, Sunday 18 October 2020
The deprivations of forced abstinence from competitive “actual” racing has had varying effects on runners. Some have gone into their shells and focussed on other pursuits; or hit their couches; or racked up dizzying miles on solo runs – while some...