12 02, 2017

Road to 100k part 3 by Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:44+11:00February 12th, 2017|Member stories, mental training, six foot marathon, Trail/Ultra Running, trailrunning, Uncategorised|8 Comments

Training for any long distance event, especially ultra's is tough, and I have been running and training for them them for 4 years now. Without a break really. I am beginning to wonder if it is all catching up with me. My first ultra was in 2015 and was the 60km race in Carcoar called [...]

21 03, 2016

Finding strength on the 6 foot track

By |2021-02-16T11:18:46+11:00March 21st, 2016|Running Stories, six foot marathon, Uncategorised|0 Comments

Over 12 months ago I was hit with a major injury after falling on a training run. It left me with a badly damaged ankle and I had to pull out of the events I had worked hard to train for, the North Face 50 and the 6 foot track marathon. Fast forward to the [...]

18 03, 2015

ON THE TRAIL TO 6FOOT MARATHON – by Erin Black

By |2021-02-16T11:18:51+11:00March 18th, 2015|races, six foot marathon, Trail/Ultra Running, training, Ultrarunning|0 Comments

Ever since I ran my first marathon in Canberra in 2006 I have wanted to run the Six Foot Track Marathon, a race that has been described as the toughest marathon in Australia. The course itself runs from Katoomba to the Jenolan Caves, a distance of 45 kilometres following the Six Foot Track, a bridle [...]