Sydney 10 is a race that I haven’t missed since moving to Australia in 2013 and it is one that really shows the depth in NSW running and puts you in your place. After racing 6 Foot Track in March, I had Sydney 10 in mind as my next goal race. My body was pretty battered and it took a while to recover as the race started to loom. It seems that the young gun Jack Maxwell has been backing…
Family Affair – Sydney 10 – 4.05.2019 A grand day on the Sydney Racing Calendar: Sydney 10 Lots at stake for me this year: · Always seeking to get a PB on that course no matter what the preparation · I had dragged my Mother in Law, visiting from Ireland, along to spectate at her very first large scale road race. Surely a visit to Olympic Park is on the Sydney tourist list · Even more importantly, it was the…
Well, May rolls around and suddenly all the big races come thick and fast. And few are bigger than the Sydney10. I was short on the bets on this race but the one I had was a fairly big one; $50 head to head with young Jack Maxwell. Now Jack is a bit of a cheeky lad and has been talking for while about how the HuRT Squad is ripe for a changing of the guard to allow the talented…
LONDON MARATHON DEBUT The Marathon was the one distance I had avoided signing up for over the years, telling myself it could wait until there was no speed left in the legs. But honestly it was probably more the fear of knowing what it would take to execute a great marathon. For many club runners the Marathon really is the ultimate event, with such a long training build up, you feel extremely invested in the final race day. After moving…