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My first ever trail event was the Surf Coast (Half) Trail Marathon in 2013. It was one of the hardest things I had done, but it also opened up the door to a world I would not expect to love and enjoy so much. Since then I have done many trail events from Half Marathons […]
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Event: Run MelbourneDate: 24th July 2022Type: RoadDistance: 21.1km/ 10km/ 5kmWhere: Melbourne, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Gatorade, Sole Motive, Asics, Runners World, Fisiocrem, City of Melbourne Ten years ago, I ran my very first half marathon at Run Melbourne. It seemed fitting ten years on, to go back to where it all started. Melbourne was my home for 16
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With my running journey, spanning over a decade, I knew early on that I did not want to do a marathon. Back in 2013, I blogged about the reasons why the marathon was not for me. Since then, I have done countless events, from road to trails and even an ultra or two. Geelong Half
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Excuse me? Who am I? Another parkrun? Stawell doesn’t have a parkrun. The closest is Ararat, which I have done once, and I don’t really care for the course, so I’ve never gone back to do it again. Last week, I was in Horsham doing the Wimmera River Parkrun. This week, we happened to be
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Parkrun is a free 5km event held at various locations around Australia. I’ve run at the following parkruns: Albert Park Altona Ararat Bega Goolwa Point Cook Port Fairy Wimmera River Wyndham Vale You Yangs Wimmera River aka Horsham Parkrun is another that I can add to my list. Located at Sawyer park, and starting the
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Event: Warburton Trail FestivalDate: 12-14th March 2022Type: TrailDistance: 50KM / 25KM / 21KM / 14KM / 9KM / 5KM / 3KM Lilo Derby / 100M TTT (Three Tong Thang)Where: Warburton, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Salomon, Suunto, Tour de Trails, Tailwind, Warburton Adventure Co, T8 It was 1989, I was 9 and I was in grade 4. This would be
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Taper is that weird time after your last long run and race day. This doesn’t mean that you completely stop your training program after your last long training day. Instead, we back off the intensity, while keeping the same amount of training days. It’s normal to feel sluggish, hazy, and tired. You also may feel
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Lerderderg State Park is located approximately 6km north of Bacchus Marsh. I’ve always wanted to visit, but for whatever reason, that has never happened until now. I was heading to Melbourne to see the musical Moulin Rouge, and my 3-hour long run was planned out for the You Yangs. However, thanks to COVID, I had
Event: Wild Mt BeerimpoDate: Saturday 11th December 2021Type: TrailDistance: 21km, 11km & 5kmWhere: Cave Hill Creek, Glut Rd, Raglan, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Running Company Ballarat, Cave Hill Creek, Melton City Runners, Pyrenees Shire Council Wild Mt Beerimpo was my favourite event for 2020. In fact, I think it was my ONLY event. In 2021, I leveled up and
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After running my first ultra in 2019 I always knew that I wanted to run another one. Life hasn’t been the same since COVID with events getting canceled or pushed back. This is one of the reasons why I decided on my own event to celebrate my ten-year running anniversary with Run to Paradise. Earlier
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