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Ella Steele, Samara Rigg and Ebony O’Donoghue are the faces and brains behind the viral run club.

The run club for people who hate run clubs is selling out in 30 seconds

This Brisbane-based run club focuses as much on bars as it does running, and it’s so popular, it’s turning people away.

  • Neesha Sinnya

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Konrad Marshall ran every day for a year.

I was 46 years old with sleep apnoea and deemed ‘obese’. I decided to run every day for a full year

When the goal is to hit the track every day for 12 months, it helps to have inspirational people to keep you motivated. So who better than resilience educator, podcaster and sprint evangelist Hugh van Cuylenburg?

  • Konrad Marshall
Brewery running clubs.

The brewery running clubs that quench a thirst and foster a community

In Nthside Collective’s Friday night running club, Oliver Herrera found a much-needed social outlet that combines drinking beer and running.

  • Carolyn Webb
Zali Steggall.

Forget ‘work hard, play harder’. This is the new mantra for high achievers

Federal MP Zali Steggall epitomises a new breed of C-suite executives, focused on setting goals and finding their physical limits. But is it doing them good?

  • Sarah Berry
Parramatta Half Marathon organisers Alex Treglown and David Bennie, co-founders of 180 Cadence, hit the pavement in Parramatta Park.

Parra gets a (half) mara: New running event for Sydney’s west

Eight thousand runners are estimated to descend on Parramatta Square and the city’s park and river foreshore as a global running event heads west.

  • Anthony Segaert
Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crosses the tape marginally ahead of countryman and Alexander Mutiso in a thrilling finish to the New York Marathon.

After running 42km, a blink of an eye was all that separated these two Kenyans in the NY Marathon

The ending of the New York Marathon has to be seen to be believed. Of the 50,000 runners who competed, the first two across the finish line were separated by just three hundredths of a second.

  • Scott Cacciola
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Andrew Regan (pictured with Nedd Brockmann) has been walking 100 metres with assistance every day since October 20 to raise money for the fight against homelessness.

A rugby tackle gone wrong paralysed Andrew instantly. That hasn’t stopped him from walking a full field

The father-of-one spent more than 10 months in hospital recovering from that fateful game. Then, he stood up – and it was on.

  • Bronte Gossling
Tony Birch: “When you’re a long-distance runner, at some point in a run, your mind empties out of any problems and anxieties. It’s like you have this clean slate.”

Having a serious political battle? There’s one approach this author will never take

Activist, historian and author Tony Birch on waging a political argument, the one type of friend he won’t have – and the joyful link between running and writing.

  • Benjamin Law
Raring to go: left to right Wayne Thompson, John Dobson and David Foskey training for the Melbourne Marathon.

The trio who refused to let cancer or broken bones stop them running 46 Melbourne Marathons

John Dobson remembers his body screaming as he crossed the finish line in his first Melbourne Marathon in 1978. But he’s gone back every year since.

  • Carolyn Webb
Jermaine Jones a Sydney construction worker has run 34 marathons around Centennial Park in 34 days for charity. Last one is Saturday. He ran out of annual leave so he’s been running after work every day, Centenial Park, Sydney, 25 September 2025. Photo Jessica Hromas

Like thousands of Sydneysiders, Jermaine ran a marathon last month. But he didn’t stop

Jermaine Jones will on Saturday complete 34 marathons in as many days, mostly by running laps around Centennial Park after a full day at work.

  • Mary Ward