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Achilles Melbourne Volunteer of the MOnth - March 2020

26/3/2020

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A screen shot of a video conference with five participants: a man in a white t shirt with his arms crossed, Sarah in a black top in an indoor space, a lady smiling down at her camera from an indoor space, a lady with an Achilles top in an outdoor space smiling down an her camera, another lady in an Achilles top in a darker indoor space smiling at her camera.
Three people stand shoulder to shoulder: Sarah A in a black puffer jacket over her Achilles top, Rob De Castella in a black hoodie and hat, Amir with a navy jacket over his Achilles top and dark sunglasses.
A selfie with 6 people sitting on grass, Sarah with sunglasses and an Achilles buff is in the bottom right of the camera. The other 5 people are arranged in a seated circle with a tangled arrangement of colourful exercise bands between them.
March has been an incredibly testing time for everyone. We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has reached out to a fellow Achilles member, offered shopping support, had a good old fashioned phone call, or helped with staying active.

This month's Achilles Melbourne Volunteer of the Month goes to Sarah Allport - supercoach. She has been instrumental in keeping morale high in the Achilles Strength, and wider Achilles Melbourne group. She's provided some practical advice, as well as led some online workout sessions. In normal times, Sarah has been one of our three stalwart coacheteers alongside Deb Christie and Catherine Noone. She's coached a few of our members into long distance runs, and helped shaped our Wednesday Achilles Strength sessions. She also helps with Sunday Coordinating, and the unsung hero of carting Achilles equipment and shirts around Melbourne. 

You can find Sarah at Sunday Achilles sessions and leading Wednesday strength sessions (when they're back up and running in real life!) as well as online via our Facebook groups during virtual workouts. 

Thank you Sarah, for all that you have done for Achilles Melbourne. 
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Run Warrandyte

6/3/2020

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A group photo of around 16 Achilles athletes standing side by side, two squatting at the front with two guide dogs.
By Peggy Soo

On 1st March some of our Achilles teams went to leafy Warrandyte to run amongst the trees, trails and squawking birds for the Run Warrandyte Running Festival.

We had a number of enthusiastic teams running from 15km to 5km. The course was a mix of trail and road run. This really tested the guiding skills of our guides due to the unpredictable nature of the course of rocks under our feet (lots of high knees and lifting feet).

Along the run it was greet to hear the sounds of birds, running waterfalls and feeling the trees and leaves brush past. We were cheered on by lovely volunteers who gave directions, water and cheered us along the way. Such a different atmosphere to our city streets.

We were also joined by South African blind runner, Carl, who took in the smells and sounds of beautiful Warrandyte. You can check out his experience through the lens of his GoPro, commentary, and Rhiannon's guiding here. 


I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to everyone who helped make this event possible. Of course our amazing guides did a wonderful job with a very challenging course. Thank you to Deb for organising logistics on the day and being our support crew and thank you to Heather for all the ‘behind the scenes’ work you have put into this with pairings, registrations and helping us with car pooling.
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    • Achilles Code of Conduct
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  • SYDNEY
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    • COVID1 9SafetyPlan
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