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Each month, one runner from MELBOURNE PACK will win a special award for being the “Runner of the Month”. This may involve a person running a PB, fighting adversity, winning their age division in a race, defying the ageing process or several other achievements. The prize is: a) A copy of ...

PREPARE FOR YOUR UPCOMING RACING SEASON with some quality sessions on sandhills. Resistance training for runners comes in many forms. My favourite would have to be Sandhill running. We have had close to 100 training camps over the last few decades. Many of these camps have include Sandhill running s...

RUNNING versus GYMS for weight loss and conditioning.  Do you know many people that have been members of gyms for months, even years and have gained very few physical benefits at all? Have they lost only a little weight or none at all? Do they still raise a big sweat and puff a lot just climbing on...

TVs, PCs and Smart Phones- PILE ON THOSE POUNDS: The way in which you spend your recovery time between training sessions could have a big impact on your weight and shape on race day. Is your 160 hours or so of recovery time per week partially “active recovery”? Or is it close to 100% ...

At Melbourne Pack we cater for all standards and ages of runners. Pictured in pink is Hannah Littler who will be attending the Phillip Island Running Camp from January 24- 29. Spots are still available for this camp, with more info to be found on the RUNNING CAMPS page on this website on the “...

Coach Sean Williams and Gayle Evangelista lined up in the 6.4km over a beautiful single track and 2 metre wide trail. The course was a combination of smooth flattish sections and some decent hills in technical trail. Sean came 3rd overall in 23.50 whilst Gayle did well to complete her longest event ...

It was a busy weekend for Melbourne Packers who have maintained great commitment and spirit to their running as the festive season hots up. The Chelsea Bicentennial ParkRun saw Packers Sean and Gayle volunteering. Plenty of Packers lined up and ran. Alex and Ed Gibson both ran sub 22 minutes to land...

Cars are absolutely dominating modern Australian society. Given the choice between a 2 minute drive and a 15 minute walk/8min run to buy the milk, the majority of people will choose the 2 minute drive. The sad fact of the matter is that, by the time you have gathered the car keys, locked up the hous...