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RUNNER PROFILE 6: John Bulleem, now in his 60s, is getting faster. He smashed his parkrun PB on Saturday with a 24.52. After tweaking his Thursday session with easy starts and big kicks at the end, this speedy athlete continues to become older yet faster  — at Melbourne Pack. John is very encoura...

RUNNER PROFILE 5: Alexander Gibson is one of several promising juniors in the squad. He joined our running group 3 years ago, with this 14 year old has blooming nicely so far. He has been most impressive over 800m and 1500m where he has moved up to the top half a dozen in Victoria for his age group....

The Gold Coast Running Festival Half Marathon saw two Melbourne Packers reach for the stars and grab the with both hands on Sunday. Nikki Lesberg was stunning in executing her half marathon race. She beat her PB by four and a half minutes to bolt home in 16th place in a swift 1.21.53. Kang Lim had r...

Patrick Hughes from Ireland ran a blinder in the 2019 Gold Coast Half Marathon, finishing in the top 25 in a top class field with a 4 minute PB. Patrick has been coached online by Sean Williams for the past 2 years and has improved markedly in that period. Here is Patrick’s account of the race...

Wilson’s Prom 44km trail run - Race Report After tearing my calf 8 weeks earlier, I wasn’t sure that I would get to the start line of the Wilson’s Prom 44km trail race - I’d already had to withdraw from the Murray Marathon a month earlier and was still dealing with some ongoing a...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE 4: Michael Kernahan. This 22 year year old was making awesome progress over the summer, including a win at Zatopek B race in shocking conditions. In early January he broke his 5th metatarsal when rolling his foot on a descent in a mountain run. After training hard in Po...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE 3: Julie Fly has made enormous improvements so far in 2019. This gritty, extremely determined runner has broken the 30 minute barrier for the #5km twice in the last two weeks, with a big PB at the #chelseabicentennialparkrun on Saturday of 29.13.

Well done to the Melbourne Pack and SWEAT SYDNEY athletes that competed at the Australian Masters Athletics Championships over the last 4 days. A mighty medal haul of 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. RESULTS: Marlene Gourlay: (65-69) 1st in 1500m - 6.25.92, 1st in 2000m steeplechase- 9.51.48, 1s...