Donna Voysey - Living the dream The Six Foot Track Marathon: The final few weeks building up to the Six Foot Track Marathon had me questioning if I had bitten off more than I could chew. I am a pretty positive person by nature, but I was...
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21 years, the rediscovery… my six foot adventure (disclaimer – a long personal account, targeted at runners wanting to just make the cut-off) I wanted to wait a few days to reflect on my race, the journey, lessons learnt (and yes you can still...
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While there was just a minute separating their finishing times at the end of the race, the emotions felt by both athletes couldn't have been further apart. One athlete goes home with the prized Six Foot medal while the other is left to wonder...
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parkrun and kids Here at UP Coaching, we love the parkrun movement and everything about it. There are simply not enough words to describe the positive community impacts it has and we support parkrun from our Junior Squads right up to all our...
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Surf Coast Century Race Report By Kathy Thurlings After originally deciding not to write a Surf Coast Century race report, I changed my mind, and here it is! I figure that if I'm brave enough to have a go at this crazy long distance running...
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UTMB Race Report By Andrew Hough On the 11th January 2018, Lara, Daisy and my life would take a dramatic change of direction. I just found out I had got into my dream race in Chamonix, France. Ultra Trail Mount Blanc (UTMB). UTMB has this...
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Sinister 7 Race Report Having never written a race report before or anything that’s been shared publicly this race report is the final challenge (or Leg 8) of Sinister 7. The idea for this race came to fruition when I was looking for...
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Race Report Three years ago I weighed 55kg more than I do now and had no idea a running event existed at the International Regatta Centre. Even if I did there is no way I would have ever considered entering it. It is amazing how quickly you can...
Read moreThe Triple Challenge So a few people have asked me which event I am doing at this weekend's Western Sydney Marathon. Brendan responded perfectly with a comment that you should ask which event I wasn't doing as that would be easier. The answer was...
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My First UTA 50 Ultra Marathon by Richo Caws This was the phrase that I heard countless times when I told my friends and family about my plans to run in the UTA 50 this year. After I had explained that UTA stands for Ultra-Trails Australia and...
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It's Race Time STOP! It’s race week and the paranoia is setting in, the nerves lead to thoughts that something just has to go wrong to prevent you having the best race you can. Shut down those thoughts and dwell on the positives you can take out...
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Ultra Trail 50km Recap I was going to crap on about how my 2018 UTA story started on the 6th of June 2017 after I had my hernia repaired but I’m sure I’ve bored everyone with that story already. What I will say is that UTA, since the first time I...
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