Beginner’s Guide to Trail Running

Beginner’s Guide to Trail Running

Do you like running, but also walking your local trails or climbing a hill? Are you bored with “pounding the pavement” on your morning or afternoon run? Do you want to avoid hip, knee or achilles pain from your previous running efforts?   If so, trail running...
My Journey of Running

My Journey of Running

This morning my heart went out to the anguish of my 9 year old, when facing another year’s swimming carnival, and the disappointments that come from not being naturally gifted with speed. My thoughts then journeyed to my own years of athletic carnivals (we didn’t have...
Five Tips for Starting a Running Program

Five Tips for Starting a Running Program

Last month I wrote about how to start a walking program to avoid injury – this month I’m giving you my top five tips for starting a running program. There are many reasons to start a running program including improving your energy levels, assisting weight loss or...
Five tips for your next endurance event

Five tips for your next endurance event

The Melbourne Marathon is a big deal for lots of runners. If you have entered you only have 2 weeks and 2 days until race day and you should be starting to think about how to maximise your chances of everything going right. As a keen mountain bike rider with an...