Pooch to 5k
Running with dogs
We had a great night at the Twilight Half Marathon last weekend, it’s one of the few dog friendly runs here in Brisbane. Cinnabar, Guinness and Bobbie were running in the half marathon, and we were delighted to see another dog in the event – a small white fluffy dog running fast in what I …
This was written by Melissa Kelly, after her first trail race with her dog. Melissa is pictured on the right of this photo, with Chris. When you think of Easter Sunday, you think of chocolate for breakfast and late sleep ins. This year, this was not to be for a large group of runners who …
On Sunday 18 March 2012 Audrey and I did something no-one else in Brisbane has done, as far as we know. We took our dogs Guinness and Cinnabar into the Twilight Half Marathon. OK, so maybe it’s not up there with Kathrine Switzer’s first running of the Boston Marathon, but for us, it represents a …
This morning found the Pooch team at the 4.9km Run with your Dog fun run, which aimed to raise funds for Guide Dogs Queensland. The venue was the lovely Roma Street Parklands. We were thrilled to see a fun run specifically organised to include dogs and their owners. It wasn’t too warm when the race …
Audrey and I were going to go trail running the other day at Kobble Creek while the kids were going to a Scout activity. I have a cold and Audrey has been away from the hills for a while. So we were under no illusions of setting a cracking pace, instead just wanting to spend …
Parkruns are free timed 5k runs which are conducted by volunteers, and are held in many countries around the world. There are three parkruns in Australia, with a fourth on the cards for next year. We’ve been trying to get along to a parkrun for a few weeks now, but work commitments and weather haven’t …