I first saw the inaugural Coastal High 50 advertised in about April this year. I have never run that far, at that time I was still training for my first marathon at the Gold Coast. The lead up to my marathon training had been marred by many injuries – 3x bulging discs, a disc protrusion, … Read more
Phew!! What a month this has been, to say it has been challenging would be an understatement… I knew it was going to be a challenge to keep up my running this month as I was working towards running an event in Melbourne (organised from Canberra) for 300 pharmacists! So the first thing I did … Read more
8:30 am Saturday 5th September 2015, a bunch of crazy RMA ladies were in place at the start line outside Otford Primary School for the annual 29km Coastal Classic. It was a gorgeous morning, and we had fun chatting and taking selfies as we inched our way towards the starts line. The organisers original plan … Read more
It was in May last year that my hubby advised me that he’d gotten a job in Kuwait for a year. My first questions were ‘Can I drink wine, and can I run?’. Well, there was no wine, but I sure could run!! My hubby had returned from deployment in Afghanistan only 5 months earlier, so … Read more
This time last year I had just upgraded from what was to be my fourth half marathon at the Sydney Blackmores running festival to my first full marathon in Sydney with only 3 weeks lead in. My then, amazing coach was crazily adapting my program to accomodate my very random and last minute race decisions. … Read more
Australia houses some of the most amazing runners around, not to mention the most amazing mother runners. One such runner is ultra runner Nikki Wynd. Nikki only started running about 5 years ago and found herself not only loving the sport, but very talented at it too. After working extremely hard to smash all of … Read more
This time last year I could count on one hand the number of International trips I had made and I had never been to Europe. I am now getting ready for my 2nd trip to Europe in 6 months and by the end of the year I will have doubled the number of international trips … Read more
Around this time 2 years ago I decided it was about time I got myself back into shape after giving birth to my son 8 months earlier. I had been a bit of a runner a few years before, mainly to help with my 1st grade hockey training but I had never really considered myself … Read more
Can’t believe a last minute decision to enter the Track Ultra WA 24hr race would turn into my biggest achievements to date!!! So turns out I’m kinda made for running around a 400m track for 24hrs! I had no big plans other than maybe get 100km under my belt as my longest run is 65km … Read more
FULL NAME: Rachel Frearson NICKNAME: Rach AGE: 38 So a bit about lil ol’ me… I’m a mum of three crazies – Maia, my 7yr old going on 16, going on 40; and 5year old b/g twin terrors, Emeline and Eli. Wife to a world travelling hubby who somehow gets asked on to a ridiculous … Read more
Rewind to December 2013…My bestie Carmen calls me to tell me she is engaged! I am sooooo excited, until she asks me to be her bridesmaid and announces that the wedding is in 12 weeks’ time! I panic! Carmen was my bridesmaid in 2005 when I was a fit, svelte size 8 bride. On that … Read more
At the beginning of this year I was coming off an amazing 2014 running year. I had run numbers half marathons, 3 marathons, a 30k trail race and a 60k ultra. I was being coached by a fantastic coach, and I felt stronger and fitter than ever before. I was looking full ahead at my … Read more
Running is a sport that brings so much emotion in all of us. For women, there are so many reasons why we run. It might be to conquer fear, it may be to break a PB, lose weight, time with friends, fulfil spiritual enlightenment….whatever the reason, we run because, well, we love it right? We … Read more