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This week’s episode is sponsored by New Balance, New Balance’s Fresh Foam X version 12 range represents a revolutionary advancement in the material that cushions the high impact foot strikes that occur on roads, tracks, courts, and fields everywhere. Brad hands drinks out at the Canberra Marathon. Julian hosts a successful...
Australia's largest and most famous trail race has been post-poned from May until  October. The following email has been sent to all runners.
Entries are now open to Victoria’s premier Trail Running Series for 2022 as it returns to its usual winter and spring seasons.
 Three more Australian track and field athletes are Oregon bound, with Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Kelsey-Lee Barber and Ash Moloney, as well as World Athletics Indoor Championships silver medallist Eleanor Patterson named as the newest additions to the Australian team heading to the World Athletics Championships this July.
Viewers of the recent world indoor championships may have noticed the take-off board in the horizontal jumps was an official-free zone. No-one  standing there as the athlete sprinted down the runway and launched into the jump, then peering closely (and theatrically) at the board for an incriminating toe-mark in the plasticine and raising a white (for a valid jump) or a red flag (foul, there was nothing).
The sun failed to shine for the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Brisbane Track Classic but Australia’s top track and field talent and some international visitors brought light to the afternoon with strong performances seen across the board.
This week's episode is sponsored by New Balance, New Balance’s Fresh Foam X version 12 range represents a revolutionary advancement in the material that cushions the high impact foot strikes that occur on roads, tracks, courts, and fields everywhere.  Brad cruises through the week with some intervals on the treadmill....
Some of Australia's best track and field talent will gather this Friday at Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre (QSAC) to put their finishing touches on their preparation ahead of Saturday's Brisbane Track Classic. 
At last weekend's Australian Champs men's 1500m final Olli Hoare dropped a final 800m of ~1:48.80. His second last lap was ~54.7 seconds, his final lap was ~54.1 seconds. Ramsden wasn't far off these splits for second, with Callum Davies also not too far off. World class finish boys..... Reproduced with permission from Athletics Australia....
The Surf Coast Century upholds its’ position as a must-do ultra marathon with an influx of solo competitors from across the Nation securing their spot within 24 hours of entries opening.
                   

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