Community Getting ready for School Athletics Canberra Sprint Coach, March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 March is here and schools are already organising their Athletics Carnival. The FAST Kids program is designed to help primary school aged children prepare for their upcoming tracks and field carnival at school. Sessions feature small group numbers to ensure everyone is getting the attention that they deserve. All sessions… Continue Reading
Community Empowering Sprinters: Equipping Our Team with Life-Saving First Aid Skills Canberra Sprint Coach, March 6, 2024 At FAST Running we appreciate that Sprint training can be physically demanding and may sometimes lead to injuries or accidents. Having members of the group trained in first aid ensures that immediate assistance can be provided in case of any mishaps during training sessions. We are pleased to announce that… Continue Reading
FAST & Active Rediscovering the Track: A Journey of Strength, Speed, and Self-Discovery Canberra Running Coach, March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 FAST & Active welcomes Madi Duberal on her journey of strength, speed, and self-discovery. Madi was introduced to FAST Running by her good friend Jaimi-Lee. Madi, a UC Graduate, hopes to train regularly and improve her fitness over middle distance events including the 800m. Recently she has been training on… Continue Reading
FAST for Sport Ava versus bike Canberra Sprint Coach, March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 On the weekend, Ava went looking for a hard training session, and she found it at Governor-General’s Hill. The uphill sprint session requires greater force production than running on flat terrain. This helps to improve speed, acceleration, and explosive power, which can translate to better performance on the pitch or… Continue Reading
FAST for Sport Behind the scenes: Core workout Canberra Sprint Coach, March 4, 2024May 7, 2024 FAST Running strength and conditioning sessions are held three days a week from the FAST Recovery Centre in Belconnen. The Core Workout is a team favourite and this week we captured some of the shenanigans that goes on behind the scenes, which make our training so much fun! For more… Continue Reading
FAST Track Summer Series: 2 March 2024 Canberra Sprint Coach, March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 The Canberra Track Classic pre-meet at the AIS was just as hot in action as the Chemist Warehouse Classic in the afternoon. FAST Running was well represented by Nicholas Porter and Mathias Lal in the 100m and 200m respectively. Nick has continued his blue vein of form of late with… Continue Reading
FAST Track Back in Stride: Revived, Recharged, Ready to Race! Canberra Sprint Coach, February 27, 2024March 7, 2024 FAST Running is super excited to welcome back to the track Rose Cajetan. The very popular Papua Guinean Sprinter is now studying at the University of Canberra, having gone home, she’s now back and following her dream, she’s super excited to once again be part of the FAST Running team…. Continue Reading
FAST Track Down the hill we go Canberra Running Coach, February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 The athletes in FAST Running enjoy sprinting up hills but they love to run down the hill even more. Overspeed training helps to recruit and activate muscle fibers more effectively, leading to improvements in speed and power output. Stromlo Forest Park is our training venue of choice when it comes… Continue Reading
FAST Track You can’t make an Omelette without breaking some eggs Canberra Sprint Coach, February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Canberra’s hardest hill session has again proven it lives up to its motto with another gruelling day out for the sprinters from FAST Running. One-by-one, with Brendan and Nate the exceptions, came crashing to their knees at the end of the program, following what had been high quality uphill sprinting…. Continue Reading
Community Do you have all the pieces to run FAST? Canberra Sprint Coach, February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Learning to run FAST is more than high intensity interval training and a great strength workout in the gym. Members of FAST Running joined forces through the guidance of Canberra Sprint Coach, Steve Dodt, to explore each element of the puzzle in a speed workshop at FAST Running HQ in… Continue Reading