I’ve been asked to write about any aspect of running so far in my life for Runners Tribe, which is my first time, so bare with me! I’ve decided to write since the start of cross country season in August last year. From this time onwards, the time went...
Welcome back! I’m sure we are all inspired by watching the Commonwealth Games especially with a Gold Medal performance by Michael Shelley and a Bronze Medal from my Team Tempo Team mate Jessica Trengove in the Marathon! And of course all the other great performance in Athletics!
As you know...
There is something hard to define that I miss about competitive distance running. A small part of it is the training – feeling super fit and training towards a race (or races), but mostly it is the races themselves that I miss. The build up towards a race, the...
This season has been the most exciting and enjoyable, both on and off the track. It has also been a time where I have endured the most change in what has been a very “cruisy” life to date. I have learned many lessons in compromise and discipline and although...
When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she had eaten some “magic cakes” before spending time with a smoking caterpillar, chatting with a talking cat, and drinking heavily with some guy in a massive hat surrounded by flamingos. Most of us can only get this kind of experience in...
Whether it is on the track, on the road, or on the rough terrains of a cross country course, running puts your mind and body to the test. Running asks the muscles in your body whether they have what it takes to push that extra yard, to take that...
While some of us are still dating everything with ‘/13’, the first month of 2014 is done and dusted. The summer track season is in full swing, crop top and shortie tans are well baked in and the average athlete protein intake has been upped by a mouthful of...
I have just arrived back from Iten, Kenya, after spending a solid five weeks training there in preparation for the track season here in Australia. Whilst I always enjoy heading down to Falls Creek over the December/January period, it was nice to have a change of scenery and run...
All I wanted for Christmas...
This is for all those whose Santas wish lists included GPS watches, compression tights, heart rate monitors and racing flats. For anyone who started off Christmas Day with a hills session or snuck out of the family gathering before dinner for a recovery run. For...
2013 saw some pretty massive changes in my life. The biggest of these was finally graduating uni. With my thesis due in late November I had a pretty interrupted final few months of the year in terms of training. I was pretty fit in September, but with uni work...
