I have been on this running journey for a long time now, and I am particularly interested in distance running. I suppose my genetics and history lend me to this distance, and I enjoy the challenge of longer events, but also am certainly not made for short explosive speed. So in a runners journey we [...]
My longest run before my marathon in Toowoomba on the weekend was a 34k run which ended at 32k. It was windy, raining and I was stuffed. I had not another metre left in my body and I though to myself " There is NO WAY in hell I can run another 10k on top of [...]
Can you do it twice? It was a dare. The question posed by the Lamington Eco Challenge taunted me. Could I do a 42km trail run twice in two days? Sure, there were 8km and 21km options, but I am too stubborn – some might say foolish! – to not throw myself at a challenge [...]
I love trail running. I used to be a road runner before I transferred over to the dark side, and I must say I love it much better over here. There is something about a trail that makes me feel at peace. I think the art of running a marathon on a trail is so [...]
I’m a ‘back of the pack’ runner, and it’s taken me two years to feel okay with that. Going back to my high school days, which (dare I say it) was 20-odd years ago now, I was a star pupil with my after-school activity, spending every minute and every hour dedicating myself to training [...]
City 2 Surf may very well be the biggest event of its type in the world, but I have never really known much about it. This seems to be my calling card this year, signing up for an event and turning up on race day with very little knowledge of the course and the event. [...]
When I started to run more seriously after having children to get fit, I lived in suburbia in the south west of Sydney. My normal running route was around the streets, on the sidewalk where I battled the pavement for kilometres at a time, my only scenery the houses that lined the streets and the [...]
Everyone has a story and this is mine. When I was 12 years old I was hit by a car and was quite badly injured. I woke in the hospital and was unable to feel anything down the right side of my body. I had to learn to walk again. It was very frustrating, in [...]
The time has come to focus on the marathon again… My relationship with the marathon really started for me in 2014, when my husband and I decided to run our first. It was a special training process together and a goal we conquered together, while raising over $5000 for the Royal Women and Children [...]
I started running in January last year when my daughter was 5 months old. I’d had gestational diabetes during pregnancy and was warned to stay active if I didn’t want to end up with Type 2. Inspired by two of my sisters, I decided to try running. It was ideal as I could literally start [...]
When I got the email inviting my family and I to attend the Hamilton Island Active Women's weekend I was in absolute shock. I had never travelled to this part of Australia. I had always wanted to, but to be INVITED as a SPECIAL GUEST, among a panel of amazing women such as Libby Trickett [...]
I started training for the race of a lifetime on 1 December. I followed the "find your feet" program provided by UTA. It was a challenge. I poured many hours into training, all the while my husband and 3 kiddies stood by me supporting. I was always concerned about the hills and stairs, I knew [...]
When I logged onto the website to enter the Numinbah to Polly’s 35km trail event there was a phrase on the home page saying 'the toughest trail event in South East Qld'. Although I hesitated this didn't deter me. I knew this track well through previous events (Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge) and many training [...]
