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Some events can be on your bucket list for years. I know I would love to do the Great Ocean Marathon. Not this year though, next year, we’ll see. It will happen when it happens. Other times an event comes along that screams at you “YOU MUST DO ME”. Well, that just happened. I had only […]
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2014 has been a year in running, and since it’s the last day of the year (yeah I hear you where did this year go?), I thought it would be a great way to celebrate and reflect back on my year of running. Now I’ve done reflections on how my running has gone for the year gone
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On Saturday 29th of November, I took myself and my mum to Point Cook Parkrun. Parkrun in Point Cook only started up this year, with this particular event being marked as run #46 for the Point Cook group. I’ve known of Parkrun for a while now but only recently discovered that they are now located
Let me start out that I’m a big fan of music. I always have been, and I always will be. My dad use to be a disc jockey for the local radio station in one of the small mining towns I grew up in. I also use to play viola. Therefore my music tastes range from
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Event: Run from the HillsDistance: 21km, 10km, 5km & 2km kids runType: Point to PointWhere: Avoca, VictoriaStart: Pyrenees State ForestFinish: Mount Avoca WineryEvent Sponsors: Big Hill Events, Magellan, Endura, Trail Run Mag This run is dedicated to my mum. A fellow runner (not trails though), as this event, was on her birthday. I hope
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You might be getting to the peak period in your training. You know speedwork is important but you don’t want to push too hard for fear of getting injured. While this session is a tough workout, it will help with your fitness and your endurance levels. I’ve included a diagram as well as a flow
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As a runner, we all move up and down the running ladder. At first, the runs start off small. Then the running bug catches you and slowly those runs get longer and longer. You’ll do all sorts of distances, and chase the elusive PB (personal best) each time. Then one day you will feel like you
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If you are just starting out with running you will most likely start with a small race distance like a 3 or 5km race before working your way up the running ladder to the 10km, half marathon, full marathon, or if you are crazy enough an ultra. I know when I first started out running,
Event: Mosaic to MountainDistance: 10km run, 5km run/walkType: LoopWhere: Dunkeld, VictoriaStart: Adam’s St, DunkeldFinish: Adam’s St DunkeldEvent Sponsors / Partners: Dunkeld Kinder, Cafe 109, Only Ewe, Royal Mail Hotel I booked in for this event back in July. I really enjoyed it last year, and thought that I would commit to it again this year. It’s local(ish), and it supports
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We all know how important speedwork is to us, runners. But what do you do during taper time? Do you or do you not include them? The answer is simple. Do them, just make them a shorter session. This is important because you don’t want to overtrain or get injured, especially in the lead-up to
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