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The Trails for Change https://trailsforchange.com.au/ is a 100km Stage trail running challenge in Victoria requiring specific preparation. Competitors will require wise planning, preparation and prolonged focus to perform well.   Here are some tips I recently gave competitors in their final prep...

Our runners performed brilliantly across the 4 races in Melbourne on October 16. The standouts were Marlene Gourlay who won her age group in the half marathon and Ashley Miles and Michael Donges who placed highly in the marathon. It was nice to catch up with fellow runners for brunch at the George S...

The ‘16 Sydney marathon was my 2nd marathon (in ‘14 I ran Sydney). I enjoyed every second of it, keeping a steady pace throughout and crossing the finish line in 3:29:18, 25 min faster than ‘14. My body felt great, nutrition and hydration went according to plan, and weather was ideal. Of cours...

After a few years of not running much and with very little training I ran the SMH half and whilst my time of 1:51 was not a PB I was delighted to be back.  Shaving a few minutes off at the Gold Coast Half Marathon at 97:48 I then set my sights on some goals I have had for years but never really got...

It’s 5am on Sunday morning. Race day for the Blackmores Sydney Marathon has finally arrived. I begin my pre-race ritual of morning bed yoga (yes, it is a thing and no, it’s not that thing!), get dressed, grab something to eat and hop on a bus down to Milsons Point with around 3,500 other Sydneys...

We have all been through patches in our running where we just can’t seem to improve- in fact we may even get slower. This can be particularly true for masters runners. Since joining with Sean Williams for online coaching early in 2016, I have seen a tremendous improvement in my running and re...

It was a cold and wet morning for this year’s Bathurst Edgell jog, but the weather did not deter hundreds of runners from attending the fantastically well run event. Nathan Sutherland, who is coached online by Sean Williams,  lined up in this year’s event hoping to run under 29 minutes...

James is an online running client from New Zealand. Aged 28, he is training the most consistently he has for many years, and as a result is regaining his best form. An extremely enthusiastic runner, James is also building a successful coaching business. It is always wonderful to see young coaches g...