Australia’s own Craig Mottram is currently setting the World on fire as he circles various athletic tracks in Europe. Last Friday night Craig was narrowly defeated over 5000 metres by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele at London’s Crystal Palace meet. I have put together a brief article centered around the significance of Craig’s achievement and also the opportunities the sport of distance running offers to us all.

A long time member of my Brisbane running group is in training for the Oxfam Trailwalk. An event which will find Scott reducing his usual pace but venturing over a distance he has never traveled before. Scott is hoping you can help him raise funds to help fight poverty.

Gaining entry into the London Marathon is often more an arduous task than running the 42.2k itself. Pat McCormack was fortunate enough to join thousands of other runners on the start line and wishes to share his experience with you.

Riding high on recent success at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon, PatCarrollOnline Pacers will be showing the way on August 21 at the Noosa Journal Half Marathon. If you would like to help make a difference and be a pace runner at Noosa I would love to hear from you.

Achieving your goal can be a rewarding experience and you may wish to share such an experience with other like minded individuals. Please feel free to email your story to me and I will do my best to post it on my site.