Sep 30, 2014 | Active Travel, Marathon Majors, Marathon Majors, Race Recaps, Race-cations, Running
I have to say the start of the Berlin marathon is very un-German. From the hour long queues for the loos, the less than rigorous checking of bibs to get in the right corral (this actually worked in our favour) and having to hop a fence to finally get into the start...
Oct 6, 2024 | Active Travel, Marathon Majors, Marathon Majors, Race Recaps, Running
There’s a chance that after 15 marathons that I have become a little too relaxed about things, and make interesting decisions…like wearing new shoes on race day, or testing our beetroot loading for the first time. One of those things turned out to be a...
Dec 10, 2024 | Active Travel, Marathon Majors, Running
Sydney Marathon ballot opens tomorrow and is the latest marathon to join the World Marathon Majors. The original Six Star medal won’t change and they won’t be making a 7-star medal, rather waiting for a 9-star option, likely when the two other candidate...
Apr 28, 2024 | Active Travel, Marathon Majors, Run Fuelling, Running
In my opinion, the Marathon Majors are special. All marathons are special in their own way but there’s something about the Majors that I just love. The extra fan fare, the events in the lead up to race day, the ‘stash’. It’s the running...
Jun 16, 2019 | Running, Running Advice
We all have amazing races where all the hard work comes together, we feel great and things just click. Those are the races we all dream about. Most of us have also had one of those races where things don’t go to plan. Either the weather, our stomach,...
