As I look back I can hardly believe my year. I have run all over this great land of ours and for the first time since I took up running again five years ago I finally ran in my first International event. I was invited to the Queenstown Marathon as an Ambassador. To review and [...]
What a way to finish my 2017 season!! For me this race was a chance to practice so many aspects of running, taking a risk, following a defined race and nutrition plan, respecting the course and distance, resetting in the face of demoralising moments, watching the pain in my body and learning not to “suffer” [...]
Many wonder what goes on in the mind of an ultra runner. All that training. The hours and hours on end of running and building strength for their chosen event. The greatest thing to train in an ultra runner is the mind. This is often the first thing to go...but it needs to be the [...]
Hi my name is Ashley Barnes and I am a mother to 2 children (Hamish who is 4, and Piper who is 2). I first began running in September of this year (2017) when I went to my first local parkrun in Orange NSW. I wanted to increase my own fitness as I could barely [...]
Flat, fast and festive is how the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is described. We relocated to Toronto in February of this year from Brisbane and I was keen for the challenge of another marathon and to experience one on our new home soil. After running the incredibly scenic Great Ocean Road marathon in Victoria last [...]
