The biopsy resulted in a diagnosis of melanoma. Fortunately for me, it was a very early one, meaning it hadn’t spread beyond the skin. However, if it had not been for the extraordinary circumstances that led to my Dad finding this mole, I may have not been so lucky.
Throughout the year I train in many different locations. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan, Forster, Falls Creek, Hoyos del Espino, Mount Laguna, Nijmegen, and London. This is partly because as an Australian we have to spend a considerable amount of time overseas for competitions, which means we also...
RT Journals The Workout Series | Maudie Skyring
I train in Wollongong with my coach Paul Micale. We have a fairly big squad of boys and girls who all push each other hard. I love turning up to training and being able to socialise with all the squad, and...
Hello everyone,
I’m always unsure what to write about in blogs, so I think I will just update brett robinsoneveryone on my last few months and what I will be doing over the next few months, hopefully it won’t be too boring.
My season was pretty long but it was kind...
The Dream Roll – Inspiration Written by Richard Colman
The word “inspiration” has been used a lot lately to describe people with a disability; I am a believer that not everyone in this world is an inspiration and that people with a disability are no different. I am now out to...
Forgive me for bringing the sport of cycling into this but my most recent inspiration came from watching Hell of the North, which follows the Paris-Roubaix one day classic from the eyes of 2007 winner Stuart O'Grady. With cobblestones, sharp corners, rain, mud, snow and sometimes scorching heat, the...
Aaaah. Ross from Runner’s Tribe recently asked me to write another blog...
As I was injured late last year and have spent the past couple of months slowly getting back to fitness, I was at a loss as to what to ramble about. Surely not another blog detailing in fine...
“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” - Dalai Lama
I can vividly remember my mother’s courage in her battle against breast cancer in...
This morning I laced up my runners and walked down the hallway to the gym of the private clinic that I am currently at. I stepped on the treadmill and ran 20 km. To put that in perspective I’ve been in hospital for just under four months and just...
Friday March 18th – Sunday March 20th, 2022
“… a backyard ultra with Phil Gore is everybody runs as far as they can and then Phil does one more lap and wins!” – Kevin Matthews
The start corral before lap 1. Photo credit: noeko.film
The pressure was on to do well at...
