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Here is LARISSA TICHON’S race report of the recent Christchurch 100km ultra, where she rana qualifying time for the world 100km championships: It was definitely a long journey to this. Most people knew this race as ‘the mystery race.’ I’ve found over the past few months the r...

No Australian runner has broken 2.10 for the marathon since Lee Troop in 2003. That is now 14 years of great runners and teams trying. They have put in the hard yards in training, looked for races with ideal fields and conditions. The result however, has been Aussies have continually come up short f...

The granddaddy of foot racing, the historic Boston Marathon, was held once again on Patriots Day, April 17, 2017. This 26.2 mile race from Framingham to Boston in the USA has long been the favourite of many a runner around the globe. Ten of our SWEAT SYDNEY/MELBOURNE PACK runners made the long trip ...

SIMON GLENDENNING WINS HALF MARATHON AT PRINCES PARK: Melbourne Pack runner Simon Glendenning had a massive win at the Princes Park Urban Trail Run 21.1km on April 2. Simon’s wife Bea also had a super run, coming 2nd in the 10km at the same event. They both wrote race reports on the event. Che...

WHAT DO YOU DO AT THE BEACH? Check the photo of Bondi Beach. Have a think about it for a minute….. In this article, I’ll be discussing the behaviour of Australians during their leisure time at our number 1 leisure location- the beach. I offer some advice on how we can adopt a more active app...

MELBOURNE PACKERS, SWEATERS and online clients had a busy weekend of racing all over Australia and in Japan over the weekend. At the Curl Curl ParkRun Mike Tozer came 2nd with a stunning PB of 16.44. Frankie Piper continued on her PB spree at the Albert ParkRun with a superb 33.30. Chelsea Bicentenn...

EDITHVALE SESSIONS NOW ALSO ON AT 5.30pm The MELBOURNE PACK 9.30am  sessions have been going for 9 months and are very popular. However, with this popular running group in Melbourne now gaining momentum, a 5.30pm session has been added on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. The head running coach for thi...

COMPUTERS RULE OUR CHILDREN’S WORLD (and their guts) In this chapter I’ll be discussing the negative impact that computers have on children’s health and give some advice to parents about what they can do. Where would you be without your computer/smart phone these days? How would you organise ...