Since my last blog not alot has happened to be completely honest. After travelling back from Perth I raced in the mens 800m the following weekend at the Brisbane Track Classic and had an absolute shocker. At this stage I was feeling pretty flat and after talking to my...
Unlike a lot of the girls, I race against who have transitioned as juniors into seniors I didn’t start competing in athletics until I was about 23. I grew up playing basketball but had a break from sport altogether for a few years through uni, until a friend asked...
By Michael Beisty
Mature distance runners could be excused for thinking you only have to concentrate on high quality speed work to offset the impacts of aging on distance running performance. Certainly, a lot of the contemporary literature supports regular fast running as a means to reduce the impact of...
My name is Jaylah Hancock-Cameron, I’m 16 years of age and am currently a 800 and 1500m runner for Bankstown Sports Club. I live in Broulee, a small village down the far south coast of NSW and I’m currently a year 11 student at Moruya High School.
Originally my sporting...
Wow, what a day! I'd never won a really big race and I think winning the City2Surf, a race with 85,000 entrants, may just about usurp my Berlin 10k win dressed as a stormtrooper. Just about. I knew I had as good a chance of winning this race as...
The 2011 athletics season has finished and it's been an interesting one to say the least. In a season that promised so much at the beginning it was unfortunate that it all unravelled not long after.
After completing a solid training block with the Melbourne Track Club boys in Mt....
I had another great 2014/15 summer track season and by the end, had taken 23s off my 10k, 14s off my 5k and 16s off my 3k PB. Although my times are getting down there, I knew I needed another big winter if I wanted to be mixing it...
On the 20th July I woke up feeling nervous and excited. I laced up my shoes and went off for a easy 20 minute jog, I still had 12 hours until my race. My body was feeling really good, I had done all the hard work back in New...
I’m happy to say I’ve been up and running for a few months now and I’m feeling great! However, my return to training has been quite challenging, not realising taking a month off training would take such a big toll on my conditioning. As a result, it was important...
I’ve been up here at Mt. Laguna for 10 days now. We are at about 1800m altitude and this place is extremely hilly. I’m here with Collis Birmingham, Ben St. Lawrence, Jeff Riseley, Jack Bolas, our coach Nic Bideau and our assistant Garry Henry. Mt. Laguna is only about...
