I arrived at the campus with little expectation and belief in my running ability, and left at the end of the year with an 11th place in the marathon and my first experience of what hitting the wall felt like. Given the location, the running conditions varied from hilly long runs in the afternoon sun, to muddy cross-country runs along the many hiking tracks in the Alpine National Park and even 6 AM runs along the school drive as punishment, or “getting a Buller Road” as we used to call it. Every student is expected (barring injury) to take part in the 2 to 3 scheduled runs per week, building from a 3 km ‘crossie’ in term 1 up to the 28km end of year ‘Timbertop Marathon’.
At Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus situated between Mansfield and Mt Buller, outdoor education is the main focus of the curriculum and running is one of the core activities. My long-distance running journey started in 2002 as a 15 year old away at boarding school. When I completed my first Melbourne Marathon I couldn’t have imagined that 9 years later I’d be preparing to lace up to tackle number 10. In October this year, I will (hopefully) join a proud group of marathon runners who have completed at least 10 Melbourne Marathons. There are also many stories that aren’t on the website but have been published in newsletters.
The most recent entries are at the top of the page: click on the names below to go directly to earlier stories.īob Ansett Paul Ban Pete Battrick Tony Berry Cath Bombardieri Ashley, Adrian and John Burt Ken Bowes Ray Cilia Paul De Stefanis David Foskey Paul Fraser Ian Gainey Brian Glover Jack Gubbins Bruce Hargreaves Bruce Hargreaves (Comrades 2014) Jim Hopkins Eric Heine Jon Holmes Carlo Iovenitti John Kaparelis Manny Karageorgiou Rohan King Ken Matchett Cyndi Nunn Andrew Selby Colin Silcock-Delaney Stewart Family Jake Ward Steve Williams James Yatomi-Clarke Mitsuo Yonemori Stories in Newsletters If you wish to share yours, send it in! Photographs are welcome, but please ensure that they are not subject to copyright restrictions.
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