Inclusive running clubs – how your club can be a disability ally ‘Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.’ Liz Fosslien I truly love this quote…
Category: Achilles News
Achilles Melbourne Position Paper on Adaptive Athlete Classification in Events
Achilles Melbourne encourages inclusion in a range of community sporting events, advocating for opportunities that allow all individuals, irrespective of their abilities, to participate. We recognise that individual opinion from some athletes express the need for the introduction of an…
International White Cane Day
A person’s legs in black trousers and shoes at the edge of a footpath with a white cane touching a bitumen road over a curb. The 15 October marks White Cane Safety Day.Achilles Melbourne President, Claudia S shares a few…
Insights from Guiding at Adelaide’s City Bay Fun run
Rhiannon R is a sighted guide with Achilles Melbourne. This past weekend, Rhiannon R guided and ran alongside blind runner, Peter E at City Bay in Adelaide, South Australia. In this blog post, Rhiannon shares her experience as a sole…
ExploriNG the emotional dynamics of athletes with diSability and sighted guides
By Peter E and Emily HaddowGuide running and being guided carries a wide range of emotions from both people with vision impairment, and sighted guides. …and this is on top of the physical and practical mechanics of guiding. The process…
Does Achilles Have Enough Guides?
This is probably one of the most common questions we get from prospective guides. For a simple question, it’s a complex answer. It depends on the situation and location.In short, the answer is, no, we don’t have “enough” guides. This…
Achilles Melbourne Year in Review 2023
By Maddy Seiter, President Achilles Melbourne With 2023 behind us it’s time to reflect on what has been a bumper year for Achilles Melbourne.It has been yet another busy year for Achilles Melbourne filled to the brim with training opportunities…
Achilles Boards Trail Bus to Werribee Gorge
By Peggy Soo A chilly start to the day on Sunday 30th April, Achilles Melbourne joined Trail Bus to Werribee Gorge on Wurundjeri country (and a tight border with Wadawurung Country to the south of the Werribee river). We met the…
Melbourne Thank-yous
On the 23rd of April, our committee met for our regular meeting.At each meeting, we take the opportunity to express gratitude to those who have gone above and beyond, or have done little things that made a big difference. While…
Guiding in the GOldfields: Achilles Melbourne in Bendigo
by Miwa Tominaga On 28 October 2022, members of Achilles Melbourne travelled to Bendigo for a weekend of guide training at parkruns, trail running, First Nations’ Welcome to Country, ecology education and community building. Six athletes with a vision impairment…
New York Marathon 2022 – Simons Success
By Simon Bernard Build Up to New YorkWhen Simon W put a request out for a guide for the New York Marathon, I didn’t hesitate knowing that, during the build up to the event, I was training for the Melbourne MarathonSimon W arranged…
Stadium Stomp 2022
With events back on in Melbourne after an almost 2-year hiatus, our members recount their return to the MCG Stadium Stomp, held on the 13th of February. We hear from full course stomper, Claudia and half course stomper, Francois about…