Jul 8, 2019 | City2Surf 50
Last week I was invited into the home of the much loved City2Surf gorillas. The gorillas first entered the City2Surf in 1986 and have been in it every year since. (Albeit in a few generations of gorilla suits!) We had a fabulous time chatting over a bowl of bananas...Dec 4, 2014 | Health and Fitness
Over the last 30 years I’ve been to a few different gyms. The question I’m always asked at the first appointment is, ‘What is your fitness goal?’ Most people have no idea how to answer this question, myself included! If the person is obviously overweight,...Dec 31, 2013 | Goal Setting
It is that time of year again, when we think about our New Years Resolutions. (Where did 2013 go!) Anyone can come up with a bunch of new years resolutions, but how many resolutions last past February? The reason for this is because most people make empty commitments... 
Sep 14, 2013 | Inspirational
Thelma Davies had never played sport and never run in her entire life until 1985, when at the age of 62, and with no training, Thelma completed her first Sydney City to Surf. She went on to run the 14 km fun run 22 times, achieving her personal best in 1989 when she... 
Sep 6, 2013 | Inspirational
This time last year we were on our first leg of a drive around Australia. At times it was quite hot, dry and dusty. The road trains hurtled past in the opposite direction and created a blast of wind that buffeted our fully laden 4WD. Coincidentally, this week I... 
Aug 15, 2013 | City2Surf, Doing Now
Only Seven More to Go It was another perfect sunny City2Surf day in Sydney. I was pleased with my preparation and expected to run the 14k fairly comfortably in under 80 minutes, but things started to go wrong on the Wednesday before the event. I went for a slow...Jul 27, 2013 | Health and Fitness
My killer mental and physical running training performance boosting technique If you’re never heard of a Seven K SuperSet, don’t worry, this is a training activity that I created with the aim of improving your ability to mentally push yourself, improve your running... 
Jul 24, 2013 | City2Surf, Reminiscing
It has been a busy few weeks for me, peppered with media interviews about the City2Surf and my upcoming book, Begin With The End In Mind: The Untold Story Of The City2Surf. I’ve been interviewed by The Canberra Times and The Sun Herald and chatted with Dicko and Sarah... 
Jul 4, 2013 | Goal Setting
Sometimes my biggest obstacle is myself Every year I decide to do my City2Surf training and frequently, after an enthusiastic start, something happens that triggers me to miss a week or more of training. This results in suffering the loss of most of the fitness I’d...Jun 10, 2013 | Health and Fitness
You’ll only achieve your Personal Best (PB) with a lot of effort. So it you aren’t up for effort, then this isn’t the program for you. Having said that, I’ve designed this slightly harder program in a similar format to the ‘Beginner to Intermediate’ program so that...