Recaps and Reviews on events I have participated in.
This year’s race review for Run The Gap is going to be slightly different. In the past, I have given this race review from the perspective of a runner. This year it’s going to be from the perspective of a race director. Last year (2014), I was the race director for the 21km trail event, […]
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Event: Wings for Life World RunDate: 3rd May 2015Type: Point to PointWhere: World WideMelbourne Start: Elwood Park 9 pmEvent Partners: Spinal Cord Research, Red Bull, Garmin, Puma, LED Lense, Lime Light Sports, BSC Wings for life is an event that is not like any other event out there. Why and how do I hear you ask? Well,
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Most races are named after their location. If that’s the case then this event should have been called Mt Dandenong Trail Run. Some events are named after a feature of the area. If that’s the case then shouldn’t this event be called Sky High? So why oh why is this event called Roller Coaster Run?
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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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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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The first fun run I ever entered as an adult was the 5.2km Run for the Kids event back in April 2012. Having done plenty of other events at varying distances, for some reason I have never gone back to the 5k. When I was asked to review a pair of shoes. I took the
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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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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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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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