22 04, 2016

The RMA Spirit

By |2021-02-16T11:18:46+11:00April 22nd, 2016|Member stories, pacing, Running Stories|0 Comments

It was still dark when I jumped out of bed on the morning of 10 April. Whilst my body went through my mechanical race morning routine, my mind flittered between the inspiration of Jodie Oborne and her team at Oxfam 100 the day before and my amazing friends in Canberra lining up to race that [...]

7 01, 2016

A question of pace….

By |2021-02-16T11:18:47+11:00January 7th, 2016|pacing, Training Tips, Uncategorized|3 Comments

I see it all the time, posts about pace. People worried about pace, people thinking they are not fast enough...or they are too fast, or too slow...or...whatever. The thing is, pace is an individual thing, and it is determined by a few factors such as genetics, training and what you are training for. It is [...]

25 10, 2014

Pacing in the Melbourne Marathon – by Erin Black

By |2021-02-16T11:18:54+11:00October 25th, 2014|marathon, Members, pacing, Running Stories|1 Comment

I applied to be a pacer in the Half Marathon at Melbourne several months before the event, I knew it wouldn’t be a great idea for me to race an event so close to New York Marathon but I still wanted to be involved and participate in Melbourne, hence the idea to apply to be [...]