Trevor

Trevor is the first runner that Coach Chris ever coached, and his dad!  Trev is now a spritely 65 years old and has run for recreation and fitness for over 30 years, completing 6 marathons, over 20 half marathons, plus many other shorter races road and trail races.  Over a 14 week period, he was coached and prepared for the Great North Run half marathon, which takes place in his home town of Newcastle (UK) in mid September every year.

After he successfully ran his best half marathon time in 7 years (2:06:32), Coach Chris asked him to jot down his side of the story, and thought it would be great to share his response…

Scott

Meet Scott (aka Dr. Scott). Scott ran the Gold Coast Marathon with guidance and coaching from GoRun. Running one marathon is impressive.  At the time of writing, Scott had run 7 marathons, which is really impressive.  Running his fastest of all seven, by 73 seconds is super impressive, but none of this comes even close to Scott’s real story….

Susan

Susan is a busy business owner, with a love of rugby, technology and helping organisations and individuals realise their potential. She can now add running to that list and her go-to distance is now the half marathon. She got into running in her 40’s and now loves her parkrunning at Albert Park in Melbourne and supports her friends to keep running as well. Thank you to Susan for allowing us to share her running story…

Meagan

Meagan took on a year long challenge of endurance events in 2018, that in her own words, helped her ‘climb out of a dark hole’. After several epic life challenges, Meagan set herself an inspiring goal of #8in18 – to compete in an event in every state and territory of Australia in 2018. In her runner story section, she shares what she learnt from the challenge and the final event - Ironman Busselton, Western Australia - and how she’s been keeping busy since then. Thank you to Meagan for allowing us to share her running story…

Tim

So many runners get injured through overtraining and have to then tread the delicate balance of coming back from injury, managing volume and intensity and also changing their mindset to their training. Tim was one of those runners who managed to navigate his way back and ended up surpassing all of his expectations both with his running but also his triathlon. Here is his story and the lessons that he learnt along the way. Thanks to Tim for sharing this with us.

Debs

Being a self confessed workaholic and having had serious health complications earlier in her life, led Debs to seek out life changes. A move to a new suburb and taking up running gave her a new lease on life, new goals and new friends. Now Debs is a hugely important part of several running communities including our own here at GoRun. Here is Debs’ inspiring running story…

Sheree

After having two kids, Sheree was ready to get back into running long distances. With her sights set on a half marathon, Sheree enlisted Chris as her Coach to help her gradually build up her distance and speed, and keep her accountable to her training. Now she’s set herself another challenge – to run 2020km in 2020 – and she wants others to join in! Here is her runner story…

Sarah

Sarah has come back to running after a full ankle reconstruction and has continued to push her own boundaries in terms of distances, times and her own image of herself as a runner. A self-confessed and named ‘Turtle,’ she loves the trails and the trail running community. In this blog she writes in her own words about her journey of taking up running, through to completing a marathon and tackling an ultra marathon in 2019. Thank you so much to Sarah for contributing this story. This one is for all the turtles out there…

Abbie

As a new mum, Abbie is navigating the tricky path back to running. Having previously ran 10km and half marathon events, she is looking to get back to that level of fitness, but has to contend with a new life and changes to her body. Here is her story of how she got into running and the differences she has found in her running post-baby. This one is for all the new mums out there…

Natalie

Since joining GoRun, Natalie Moore, has run a few long distance marathon or ultra distance events, including Chicago and New York Marathons! In this piece, she looks back at the Chicago Marathon in 2019 and reflects on some of the learnings that she had from that event, in particular how running and specifically long distance running is an emotional roller coaster! Nat's experiences in Chicago certainly resonated with other GoRunners and I wonder if they will resonate with you...

Sally

Sally took on the half marathon at Melbourne Marathon Festival with a goal of training consistently and working towards a new PB over the 21.1km distance. Her Achilles trouble was managed over 10 weeks of training and she grabbed a 4 minute PB on race day, with no achilles issues!  A couple of great results all round!   Here is her story...

Ali

After two unsuccessful attempts at training for a marathon distance, Ali was determined to make this attempt at Melbourne Marathon count. Shin splints and a dodgy back had hampered her previous attempts but with structure, accountability and a 6 month block of time to work with, she nailed her training and race day. Here is her story in her own words…

Julia

“I’m just going to do one…..I probably won’t even like it, I just want to know how it feels” - 2017, signing up for Tarawera 100km

Julia is one of our regular GoRunners who has taken on some phenomenal distance running challenges over the past few years. With ultra running, the mental side of the equation becomes more and more important. Here Julia shares some of her learnings from 2020 and her DNF at ‘The Guzzler’ 100km Ultra. Thank you for sharing your experiences Julia!