JUST WHO
IS TIM ERICKSON
Hi, I am Tim Erickson. Now what is a sane bloke like me doing
involved in such a strange group as the Australian Centurion Club.
Well...read on
for some brief details
Here I
am in my heyday as a walker. Press here to see
a bigger version of this picture.
I started race walking at school in 1966 but gave it away to
study and did not return to it until 1973 at age 22. I competed until
forced to retire with recurrent knee injuries in 1983. In the
intervening period, I had a great time and became a Centurion along the
way. My best times were as follows
| 1500m |
5:36 |
| 3000m |
11:53 |
| 10 Km |
42:32 |
| 20 Km |
87:12 |
| 30 Km |
2:15:47 |
| 50 Km |
4:03:17 |
| 100 Miles |
22:10:27 |
and major career highlights included
- Australian 50 Km Champion
- British 50 Km Champion
- 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games
representations
- 1979 and 1983 Lugano Cup representations
- Represented Australia at the IAAF World
50 Km Championships in 1976
- Became Australian Centurion Number 13 in
1976
I also dabbled in competitive cycling, running and triathlons
with some success upon retiring from top-line racewalking but I won't
bore you with the details. I still have the occasional walk but am
happy to put back into the sport as an administrator rather than to
compete. I am married with 4 grown up boys (ranging in age from 22 to
29) and live in Melbourne. I am currently the secretary
of the Australian Centurion Walkers and maintain these pages. I am also
secretary
of the Victorian Race Walking Club and Vice President of Racewalking
Australia and maintain their webpages also.
By profession, I worked in the IT field as a 'Middleware'
consultant and dabbled with software on mainframe, midrange and Windows
computers for a living but I have recently retired and ema enjoying a
new lease of life after work!
Press here to return to the Centurions Home
Page.
Tim Erickson (terick@melbpc.org.au)
Melbourne, Australia
Secretary, Australian Centurion Walkers Inc.
Secretary, Victorian Race Walking Club Inc.
Vice President, Racewalking Australia
Organising Committee, Coburg 24 Hour Carnival
Life member, Ivanhoe Harriers
Life member, Victorian Race Walking Club Inc.
Member, Athletics Australia Out of Stadium Committee
