Excitement builds for ACT Junior Championships Canberra Sprint Coach, February 7, 2024 The 2024 ACT Junior (U14-U18) Athletics Championships are being held at Woden Park, from 16-18th February. The best talent in Canberra will be on show as athletes chase an Australian Championship qualifier as well as a podium finish. FAST Running will be well represented at the three day event. With Nic, Josh, Daniel, Grace, Mathias, and Siena, all keen to compete for glory and a new Personal Best. Training this week has focussed on competition phase with everyone running high quality repetitions . Nate in particular continues to demonstrate he’s in career best form in the lead up to Nationals. The purchase of new starting blocks by FAST has meant that members don’t have to fight over the ageing equipment on offer at the track any longer. Members can focus on their start and not slipping or injury. There’s been detailed analysis on everyone’s performance out of the blocks which has resulted in slight tweaks that have generated increased power and explosiveness in the first 30m Time trials at training are showing just how much faster each athlete has become this season already There is a Summer Series meet being held this weekend and folk are keen to get some further race practice in before the finals in a week’s time. FAST Track News Ginninderra AthleticsSprintingWoden Athletics
FAST Track 2019 Australian Masters Athletics Championships April 19, 2019February 7, 2024 The Australian Masters Athletics Championships were held in Melbourne from 16-19th April 2019. FAST was represented by three athletes who were all competing at their first National Championships in Athletics. Luke Allard won two silver medals, in the 400m and the 4x100m Relay. Caleb and Neil both enjoyed top ten… Read More
FAST & Active Mobility makes a huge difference July 19, 2022February 8, 2024 When athlete’s hips are stiff and inflexible, muscle imbalance may occur and increase the risk of injury. Muscle imbalance in the hip often causes knee and hip pain, due to the hip flexors and quadriceps overworking in order to compensate for weaker muscles. FAST proactively works with its members to… Read More
FAST for Sport Ty’s a Giant on the track October 24, 2023February 7, 2024 You can’t miss Ty Shepherd when he’s training with FAST. Ty’s a GWS Giants Academy player (AFL) and he stands out. The sixteen year old can play ruck, mid field or in attack. Ty recently played in the AFL National Development Championships and played the Grand Final for Eastlake FC in… Read More