Training disasters and how to avoid them - ActiveEquip
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Our Top 4 Hated Pre and Post-Training Disasters - and How you can Solve Them

We have all had it happen – about to head out on your long training session, you are prepping everything ready to go and there it is staring back at you… Empty shelves… Yep, you are out of your...
What exactly is ultra running - ActiveEquip
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The Unnatural Un-Ultra /Ultra Runner

I had grand visions, huge visions, amazing visions of being a seriously athletic, tall, lean strong runner that could leap into burning buildings and be the hero. You see the entire reason I starte...
Womens night running issues women face when running - ActiveEquip
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Women's Night Running

I get it. I am not your usual thin, svelte, gazelle like long distance runner and MOST days, I am ok with that (yeah, some days I really am not….). I have crossed the line at events in the very las...
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Cairns Ironman 2019 - Race Report

Guest Blog by: Ben Shepherd First of all, let me paint the scene for you. It’s 0100 h the morning after the race, the only muscles that still work are my fingers, my digestive system is in overdriv...
What it takes to run an ultra - ActiveEquip
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The Road to an Ultra

In my head I have written this post a thousand times (generally on each long run), but this is actually the first time I have sat myself down and put words on the screen. I remember that feeling la...
Marathon running the internal runners dialogue and little voices ActiveEquip
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Marathon Madness

Ok, you know me enough by now to know that I am a seriously crap liar…. I’m going to level with you here… seeing the “M” word laid out in my run plan terrified me, in fact it pretty much made me po...
Thoughts you have while preparing for a marathon a runners journey ActiveEquip
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42 Random Thoughts as I Build for My First Marathon

A lot of you will know that I am currently in build phase for my first marathon in a little over two weeks, yep the shit is getting real people. Because of this my training is starting to really be...
Running really is a team sport and you deserve to be supported ActiveEquip
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The Year That Was

2017 was a year of amazing learning and realisations for me and the beginning of friendships that I know will last forever with some amazing people that are now considered family. In 2017 I lear...
Summer running and training in the heat our top tips in the ActiveEquip musings
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Summer Training

Tonight, in Melbourne it is a very balmy 35 degrees, or at least when I went for my run tonight at 6.30pm it was, the mercury is currently hovering around 29…. It makes for an interesting training ...