Trail Talk | July 2026 It's been one of those weeks where the ground's gone hard as biscuit, and everyone I've spoken to about a run has mentioned the heat within about thirty seconds! Let's get into it, there's a fair bit on this week. August schedule The August schedule is going up in dribs and drabs this week, a session or two at a time, and should be fully there by tomorrow morning. So if you go looking today and find a gap where next Thursday should be, that's not us forgetting you,...

I remember the first time I stepped off the pavement and onto the dirt. Two days earlier I had flown long haul to Australia with no real plan other than escaping a life I knew I could not stay in. I had been stuck in hospitality in the UK; everything felt stagnant; nothing was tying me down. So I booked a flight, packed a bag, and within two weeks I was on the other side of the world. I landed in Torquay, Victoria, at the start of the Great Ocean Road. I had been a road runner for five years,...