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❤️‍🔥 moments in Melbourne.

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HERE IT IS! 🙌🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
The Armidale Run Fest flyer has landed, and entries open in just a few weeks!

Have a look at the incredible sponsors backing our event. If this doesn’t show how amazing our community is, nothing will! A huge thank you to every business helping bring this weekend to life. ❤️

Why jump in as an early bird? Simple 👇

✅ Access cheaper entry prices
✅ Pre-order your race day singlet
✅ Go in the draw to win a custom running program with @dave_stoff
✅ Secure your spot — many distances sold out last year!
✅ Enter before you give yourself time to talk yourself out of it 😂

And this year, we’ve added even more to the weekend!

🏅 MORE 1KM EVENTS
We’ve added extra 1km runs to split runners into age groups. Every event now comes with a race day bib and finisher medal — and YES, the 1km runs are still FREE!

🎟️ THE GOLDEN TICKET
Run ALL SEVEN events, with your times combined for one overall finishing time. Who’s up for the challenge? 🔥

💰 HUGE PRIZE MONEY
The prize money is back! Who’s taking home the purse this year?

Check out the flyer, tag your running crew and start making plans. Whether it’s your first finish line or a new PB, we can’t wait to cheer you home! 🙌

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@tempojournal & @ernioldrunning

Shake out event before the @melbmara

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What a week

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Yesterday was about so much more than running the @melbmara half marathon…

Having my two worlds come together was honestly one of the best parts of the weekend. Steve’s family and friends here in Melbourne and our Gold Coast running crew all together. Two parts of my life that don’t usually cross paths, all sharing the same weekend.

And then there was the race itself!

A 9:45am start… definitely a little late for us Gold Coasters who are used to starting our sessions at 4:45am. Full sunshine, heat and a bit of wind, but instead of complaining, I kept visualising myself running the Seaworld Drive section back home, where we do so many of our sessions in exactly these conditions. Just another hot and windy day on the Gold Coast, right?

I came away with 4th female overall, which I honestly wasn’t expecting! Super happy with the placing, even if the time wasn’t quite what I had hoped for. Maybe it was the conditions or maybe I’m just more suited to the longer distances 🤷‍♀️

The only things I’d love to see changed for future editions are an earlier start and perhaps separate race days for the marathon and half marathon. The water stations also got pretty congested with the marathon runners and all the discarded cups made the surface slippery underfoot. Hopefully, that’s something the organisers can look at.

But the race was only a small part of the day.

Post race drinks with the crew, lots of laughs, an Indian dinner, squeezing into a maxi cab together and heading back to the hotel… just one of those days you wish you could bottle up.

This is what makes running so special. It’s the people, the connections and all the memories made around those kilometres.

The running brought us to Melbourne, but the people made the weekend ❤️

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Race weekend update …

The good news? My scans came back clear of any bone injuries! HamduilAllah

The not-so-good news? I’m dealing with tendinitis, FAI and a few other minor issues that I’m hoping to work through. Unfortunately, the pain in my lower back is still there, and I can’t even jog at the moment. So, there’s no marathon for me tomorrow, not even just for fun.

Am I disappointed? Absolutely. After all the work that goes into a marathon build, it’s hard to accept that you won’t get to the start line.

But it’s important to look at the bigger picture. Europe will be an opportunity for me to work on my speed, race some shorter distances and rebuild before returning to the marathon distance. My sub-3:15 goal isn’t going anywhere! And I’ve already registered for Seoul Marathon in March. InshAllah, I’ll be back stronger. 🤞🏼

For now, I’ll be cheering on all the lucky ones who get to experience the magic tomorrow.

And of course, a special shoutout to my man @mattinglisfox ! The day is finally here, and he’s going after his best. Wish him some luck! Have fun, race smart and run for both of us! 🥰

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Great morning at the @tempojournal shakeout run in Melbourne.

The Gold Coast running crew has officially relocated to Melbourne for the weekend. We really can’t leave each other alone, can we?

A shakeout run, a bagel stop and catching up with familiar faces. What a way to kick off race weekend!

Now it’s time to pick up the bib, put the feet up, rest up and get ready for tomorrow.

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Here’s what our athletes have been up to recently 👀

Proud to be fuelling the work 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼

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queenstown moments part. 2

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Much needed change in altitude ☁️

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a trip to remember 🖤

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We packed so much into 5 days in Queenstown & it was the best time ever. Feeling very grateful for quality time with my favourite people 🤍

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