All things running related
There are so many runs out there. Short, Middle, Long & Ultra. As a runner, I will always enter races. I do try to keep things local to home or to Melbourne. However I have a running bucket list. Why wouldn’t I? So here are a list of runs (in no particular order) that I […]
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Event: Tylers HandwareWhere: RupanyupDistance: 8km This will be my 3rd year running with SAAC. The Tylers Hardware Handicap however I have never ran before. I’ve also never been to Rupanyup. Back in 2012, I chose not to do this run because I was running Run The Gap and I wanted to save my legs (the
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Run for Ray is a run dedicated to Ray Scott, a local runner, and member of SAAC, who tragically died from a heart attack while on a training run. While I never met or knew Ray, those who knew him, spoke highly of him, and his memory is strong within the club. Last year the
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Days Ran: 10Average Pace: 5:56Longest Run: 22.6kmJune Distance: 84.88km Let’s check in with how my running (and of course stats) went down in June. June started off with me sick as a dog. I was aiming to run for that elusive 100km in a month goal. But alas, as you can see and it’s safe
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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: I/O Merino, Vivobarefoot, Oakley, Surf Coast Walk, Tailwind, Eventbrite, The Running Company, Runners Kitchen, Kongo Industries I had everything going against me for this event, but
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Every runner whether new or old has committed a Faux Pas sometime in their lives. We all know the faux pas Don’t try anything new on race day I totally owned this Faux Pas. It all started with a pair of shoes. To a runner, shoes are the most important item a runner could have.
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This weeks club run was back in Stawell. It feels like we haven’t run on home turf in like forever. Cold, rainy, & misty, quite fitting for the shortest day of the year. I laced up my new running shoes. I haven’t broken them in yet, and this run was as good as any to
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The Surf Coast Trail Marathon is a new event for the 2014 running calendar. The Surf Coast Trail Marathon is inaugural off road running event offering a marathon (42.2km) and a half marathon (21.1km) distances along the Surf Coast Walk, which starts in Torquay and finishes in Fairhaven, Victoria. I’m not too sure how I found out
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In the car driving to Horsham, I felt all sleepy and warm and really had little enthusiasm to run the club race. I went in with ZERO expectations. I just wanted to run and survive. Run and survive I did. Horsham is flat, and having run and won this course last year, I knew what
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Run the Gap is close to my heart for many reasons. It was my first local running event. It was where I met Tom I was on the committee for this year’s (2014) event. Tom & I got the 21km trail event up and running. Being on the committee and running the event on the
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