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Event: Surf Coast Trail MarathonDistance: Full Marathon, Half Marathon or Team MarathonType: Point to PointWhere: Torquay Victoria, utilising the Surf Coast WalkStart: Torquay / Point AddisFinish: Fairhaven SLSCEvent Partners / Supporters: Saucony, i/o Merino, The Happy Runner, Rouge Wave. It was my first-ever trail run. I had high expectations, but to be honest, I hated it. So […]
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It’s not often I get to do Parkrun. I mean I’m still yet to do our new local Parkrun in Ararat. While in Melbourne for my birthday weekend, I knew that I would be visiting Parkrun. Now normally when I go to parkrun, I go to the Point Cook Parkrun. Sometimes I go to Wyndham
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April saw me increase my running distance and start focusing more on speed. I’m not as fast as I use to be, but I am building up to it. In time I will get back to where I was, better and stronger. So let’s lace up those shoes, and go for a run, and catch
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Albert Melbourne was my 12th parkrun and my very first run at the Albert parkrun Melbourne event. I was the 92nd person to finish and the 17th female out of a field of 303 parkrunners. I finished in a time of 25:00. It’s not very often that I get the opportunity to run a parkrun event. When
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My return to running has been a slow process. It all began in October (2016) when I got sick, and a coughing fit saw me bulge a disc in my lower back. Getting sick was what caused me to downgrade my Afterglow entry from the half marathon to the 12km. Then Christmas week, I had
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Running UTA or any other trail run in Australia or worldwide, and need a waterproof jacket, but have no idea to start. Well, look no further, because I have done the research for you. In 2016 I was looking at getting myself a waterproof running jacket, as I was training in winter and found myself
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Event: Afterglow – Twilight Night Trail RunDate: 26th November 2016Distance: 21km or 12kmType: Trail, Point to PointWhere: Point Addis (21km), Bells Beach Sth (12km) to Torquay, VictoriaEvent Partners: Mizuno, Black Diamond, Tailwind, Tour de Trails Hands down my favourite race for 2015 was Afterglow. Needless to say, when registrations for Afterglow opened back in July, I was one of
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With orders from my physiotherapist not to run for a week, I knew the likelihood of running the 21km at Afterglow was fading. I wouldn’t know how I would feel until I went for a run. Ten days later was d- the day. Excited to be out there, I was also nervous. Running by feel,
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So somehow in my busy life, I forgot to post my speedwork sessions. The last speedwork session I posted was back in May! Oops sorry about that. I have been doing them. In fact, I have been doing a lot of hill repeats in preparation for various trail events. Hill Repeats are still a form of
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The UltrAspire Astral Vest is the most recent purchase I’ve made for my running kit. By recent I mean *cough* a year ago *cough*. I actually bought this vest just before Afterglow last year. I know, it’s taken me far too long to do this review, but it’s here. FINALLY. I loved my Salomon vest,
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