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Blackmore's Sydney Running Festival

3/11/2015

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The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, which took place on 20th September, has become an iconic event in the Australian running calendar. The organisers generously let our guides run free-of-charge and this year Achilles entered 3 teams in the 9km Blackmores Bridge Run.
Team Zhila consisted of Zhila Hasanloo and her guide Deb Colebrook, Team Ben was Ben Gibb and guide Tom Alfry, and Team Bill saw Bill Connolly running with his regular guide Michael Levy. [In 2015, Bill and Michael have competed in the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon, the Sydney Harbour 10k and the City2Surf.]
As is the case in all Achilles community events, each of the teams demonstrated the ethos of Achilles. Zhila had not run for many years when she joined Achilles in mid-2015. She initially walked most of the training sessions but is now confidently running in large community events. Ben joined a couple of years ago and has steadily improved as a runner, requiring the Club to allocate faster guides to accompany him at training and in races. Bill has overcome a series of injuries to become a strong competitor and, like Zhila and Ben, is a regular at our Sunday sessions. Each has fun running at his or her ability, with guides happy to keep the appropriate step.

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The Southern Highlands Challenge

3/11/2015

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Achilles receives generous support from the organisers of Australia’s running events and we are pleased to give something back when we can.  One of the key individuals in organising the Challenge, April Palmerlee, is a great supporter of Achilles. We were happy to return some of her many favours to the Club. On August 30th an Achilles team of vision-impaired members and guides attended the Camelbak Southern Highlands Challenge. The main purpose for the trip was not to compete but to lend a hand at the drink and support stations needed for the various events.
The Challenge events are held in the beautiful Wingello Forrest. Ranging from 6K to 50K, these off-road races provide opportunities for the trail novice as well as the experienced ultra runner. One our vision-impaired members, Ben Gibb took the opportunity to enter one of the trail races and performed well in the 6K event. He was guided by Tony Durand and Jacqueline Le. The whole team enjoyed the day handing out drinks and giving to support to the many competitors. [Julia Wenner, a regular Achilles guide, had a successful run in the 25K.]




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The trip to the Southern Highlands also included an overnight camp in the forest. This feature was introduced in 2014 largely for logistical reasons and has become an attraction in its own right. Achilles will be back at Wingello for this popular community event in 2016. here to edit.

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