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…when your goals keep changing Written By: Bianca Drieberg, About that Trip By now we’re used to plans changing. No one likes it, but we’ve all had some practise in this area over the past year. The challenge we have as runners is how do you then train for an event when the goal posts […]

And having a marathon mindset. Written By: Bianca Drieberg, About that Trip Hey, good news! The new year is the perfect time to restart. We get to shake off the last year, even previous habits, and start fresh. For experienced runners, albeit potentially void of races in more recent times, it’s important to remember the […]

Marathon du Medoc Date: 12 September 2020 The Marathon du Medoc is not just an ordinary Marathon for many reasons. Set in the stunning Bordeaux region of France it meanders through ancient villages, vibrant vineyards and along gravel tracks. Almost all participants wear fancy dress, the aid stations allow for wine and cheese tasting as […]

Written by Neil Jones The Bagan Temple Marathon event (or the half marathon option in my case) was a magical experience.  It’s not often you get to run in a 10,000 year old archaeological zone surrounded by over 2000 Buddhist temples and pagodas. The short flight to Bagan from Myanmar’s capital Yangon was a great […]

Written by Helen Heaver The day started at 5.45 in the lobby, expertly shepherded onto coaches in the cold dark of a NY morning.  90 minutes later deposited on Staten Island, a 20-minute walk away from the start.  At this stage thanking myself for all the layers of Salvo’s clothing to be left at the […]

Written by Ian Olsen Boston is a beautiful place where you can immerse yourself in the history of the city and you are made feel so welcome by the locals before the event as they thank you for coming and afterwards they congratulate you for the effort and support of the Boston Marathon. This year’s […]

Written by Paul and Robyn Madigan and family. I must say it was an experience of a lifetime for our family, which consisted of my husband and me, our daughter and husband and two children ages 9 and 11 as well as our second daughter and her son aged 3. To say China was on our […]

Written by Anthony McAlister For many years I have long held the belief that when we stop challenging ourselves, a small part of us inside stops living. So after three attempts at the Petra Desert Marathon it was a matter of unfinished business and the planning for a fourth attempt began. I rang Travelling Fit […]

Written by Glenn & Josette Merchant Berlin was the 7th overseas marathon that I have been able to participate in with the assistance of Travelling Fit. As with all of our previous events our Travelling Fit representative Lee Peacock was an excellent host whose efforts made the event go as smoothly as possible. Lee was both […]

It’s on again, the Runnation Running Film Festival is coming to a town near you. Once again Travelling Fit is proud to be the presenting partner for this amazing showcase of short films all about running Come along and be inspired