Recently I turned 40 and while I tried to tell myself it was just another day, a birthday like any other, I found myself reflecting on where I have been, where I am now and where I want to be. The thing about my birthday is that for many years it has not just been … Read more
** Please note some of the images in this story some people may find distressing** Following the stillbirth of my daughter, Luca, in January of this year, I sought solace in trail running to keep me getting out of bed every morning. My first real goal of 2018 started with UTA22 which went beautifully and … Read more
‘True friends are there for you when they would rather be anywhere else’ It has taken me a few days to process the experience that was Surf Coast Century and work out exactly what I wanted to share in a race recap. 100km is a long way, conditions were extreme, but the take away from the … Read more
Hi My name’s Nicki and I’m mum to 4 girls aged 17, 15, 12 and 10. Here is my recap of the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival 2018. Last weekend at Blackmores Sydney Running Festival can only be described as an amazing, once in a lifetime experience where everything fell into place. I’m still on Cloud 9. … Read more
My earliest memory dates from some time in 1981; at least I like to think that was the year. I remember laying face down on the brown threadbare carpet in our front room; the winter sun streaming silently through floor to ceiling windows and warming my soft blonde hair. I rolled over in my little … Read more
Welcome to the new me, I hope you like her because I sure do! It’s funny, I didn’t mean to change. It wasn’t a goal, I didn’t think I was a bad person, I guess I just evolved. Ten years ago, I was a grumpy nineteen year old, trying to work out what I was … Read more
I never thought 8 years ago that I could run ..any distance…I mean ANY distance..from the front door to the letterbox I thought was for crazy people! At the age of 45, while holding down a major corporate job, raising two great kids, supporting 2 step children, supporting my parents as dad was slowly passing … Read more
The more races I enter the more I find that the most memorable runs are not the ones where PBs are broken but the ones that are defined by the people I share the adventure with. Flinders Tour 52km was always going to be a training run for me and so in all honesty I … Read more
I’ve been a little quiet on the social media front since the Commonwealth Games. A campaign like the Commonwealth Games takes a level of focus and commitment that is all consuming. You find yourself saying “I’ll sort that out after the marathon” multiple times per day. Once the race was over the to-do list was far … Read more
It’s daunting signing up to an overseas trail event because it’s very hard to know exactly what’s in store for you. Couple that with limited understanding of technical language and a remote mountain location and well, all you can do is laugh, lace up and make the most of it. I was born in Portugal … Read more
I thought I better write my BVRT100miler recap before it all became a distant memory. Who chooses to run 100 miles and why do they do it? For me, it hadn’t been one of my running goals…not like my goal to run the NY Marathon…one day!! I heard about the BVRT100miler through a friend a couple … Read more
It is hard to talk about our own life and experiences because that involves so many details and emotions. I will try to simplify it for you, so I can share a little bit of my journey of “finding myself”. Motherhood is the most beautiful, magical and sweetest thing that happened to me. Though, for … Read more
To truly understand my running story I need to take you back almost 30 years to 1989 when a 12 year old me started high school. I had always been somewhere in the middle of the pack at sports, but then I found myself at an elite high school with a strong sporting focus. It … Read more