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 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
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
FAST & Active FAST50: No pain, no gain Canberra Sprint Coach, February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 A series of niggling soreness from the lower back right through the hamstring to the knee has seen Steve back and forth from Soft Tissue therapy and Physiotheraphy. The number of days since his last running session is 90 days and counting. The meniscal sprain attributing to the medial, inside… Continue Reading
FAST & Active Jason is the King of the Mountain Canberra Sprint Coach, February 21, 2024 Every Wednesday lunchtime since 2012. Jason Widdowson has been doing a sprint ride up the famous GGs Hill in Yarralumla. Week in, week out, Jason is there and training hard. The ride is always the better for it! Today Jason is proudly wearing his FAST Running Cycling Jersey as he… Continue Reading
FAST Track Transitioning to more regular training Canberra Sprint Coach, February 20, 2024 Sanjna has been training regularly with FAST Kids since December 2021. This week she has begun her transition to more regular sprint training with FAST Track. The change provides her with more sessions each week to improve her running, whilst consolidating what she’s learned previously, as she applies more complex… Continue Reading
FAST Track 2024 ACT Junior and Masters Championships Canberra Running Coach, February 20, 2024 The 2024 ACT Junior and Masters Championships was held at Woden Park over the weekend. FAST Track members Daniel, Joshua, Nick, Grace, Vish, and Siena represented the squad in the 100m, 200m, and 400m events. The squad had a very impressive showing with a combined 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 1… Continue Reading
Community Going green to win gold Canberra Sprint Coach, February 13, 2024 FAST Running has become one of Australia’s first fully sustainable sprint squads. The recent investment in an all electric cargo bike to carry training gear and coaches to the track further strengthens FAST’s commitment of going green to win gold. For sessions requiring more gear or the transport of athletes,… Continue Reading