I’m sitting here, staring at the 2025 SAAC running syllabus and I’m… well, I’m shattered. Disappointed. Angry. Annoyed. All of the above, really. For those who don’t know, SAAC (Stawell Amateur Athletic Club) has been my running home since 2012. It’s where I fell in love with running, where I forged lifelong friendships, where I
SAAC 2025: A Season Cut Short and a Heart Broken Read More »
The Easter Bunny must have overslept! It was a sleepy start to the SAAC club run, the last hurrah of the school holidays. Despite the lower turnout, the sound of tiny footsteps from the sub-juniors filled the air with a different kind of excitement. My training plan chirped about an easy 90-minute run, but let’s
Edge’s Dash: A Not-So-Average Club Run Read More »
The rain gods weren’t exactly on my side for my second race of the season. It was at McCann Dam, one of my favourite 5km tracks, and a place I hadn’t raced at in over two years. Heavy rain just days before meant one thing: the infamous muddy section along Poverty Hill Track, was guaranteed
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May I ask you to come running with me? Yep, that’s right it’s that time again for our monthly running date. Strap on those shoes and let’s catch up. April was a big month when it came to events. A change in the SAAC running calendar meant that we could attend our running club event
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Tom and I joked about this particular club run. I missed the week prior as I had to work. Now it was Tom’s turn to miss it (he does the photography), as he was meeting up with a work colleague. Of course, I had to go win the club run, on the day he was
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A lot can happen in 6 months, so strap on your running shoes and let us chat about how the running has been going. June was a cracking month and was super busy with; Just to name a few. We didn’t attend a couple of SAAC events due to the long weekend and then missed
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Now that the days are getting cooler, the running season has begun. The kids have been asking when it will start again, as they have missed it. Our local running club is quite family-orientated, so we cater for the kids with a 1km run. This was the first week that the kids were able to
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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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I am a lone runner. There are moments however when I really crave company. Sometimes there is only so much listening to music or an audiobook that you can do. They don’t talk back to you. Running with a friend makes the run so much more fun. Which is why I decided to change our
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Coffee ✓Snack ✓Comfy seat ✓ Then let’s get this coffee date started! If we were sitting down for coffee I would tell you that July has been an EPIC month of running. July saw me in the last phase of my Peaks and Trails training plan. I knew it was going to be a big month of running.
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