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 races (Cape...
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 good...
I know a lot of people who are on the hunt for their Six Star Medal and for many, they are missing one or two elusive bibs; Boston & Tokyo. To run the Boston Marathon you have a couple of options - run a time qualifier, run for charity (usually $10,000+) run...
When Brooks invited me out to Barcelona to run the half, I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a long run in marathon training. But then my training plan had it down as a race so with 24 hours to go, I decided to opt for the Brooks Hyperion Elite 4 (Brooks'...
I often google race dates before booking a holiday, just checking to see if there's anything I can sign up for while I'm there. Typically it's a local 5K but every once in a while you hit the jackpot and manage to overlap your dates *coincidentally with a big city...
My feet hurt, my throat is sore and I got a blister from the New York City Marathon. Cheering is HARD! I was in the city for marathon weekend and working at the expo for Erica Sara (check out her personalised running jewellery) including the official New York Marathon...
I know a lot of people who are on the hunt for their Six Star Medal and for many, they are missing one or two elusive bibs; Boston & Tokyo. To run the Boston Marathon you have a couple of options - run a time qualifier, run for charity (usually $10,000+) run...
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 equivalent the the Golf Majors...
When Brooks invited me out to Barcelona to run the half, I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a long run in marathon training. But then my training plan had it down as a race so with 24 hours to go, I decided to opt for the Brooks Hyperion Elite 4 (Brooks'...
