On Track Running

🇦🇺 NATIONAL XC 2026 — BALLARAT 🇦🇺

What a day for our On Track Seniors! 🔥

Ballarat brought the mud, hills and a course that tested every ounce of resilience.

Today wasn’t just about results. It was another step in the journey. Growth. Progression. Learning. Building.

Every tough race, every hard session and every challenge is preparing these athletes for bigger goals and bigger stages. 🌏

The destination is exciting, but the journey is where the magic happens.

Keep turning up. Keep getting better. Keep believing.

This is just the beginning. 💪🔥 📸 photo 1 Michael Coombes photo 2 Gareth Lyle photo 3/4/5 Kerry Schreiber

🇦🇺 NATIONAL XC 2026 | BALLARAT 🇦🇺

Mud. Hills. Cold. Pain. Plenty of character.

What a day for our YoungStar On Track U18 athletes at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Ballarat! 💪🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

The course was brutal — but so were you.

When conditions got tough, you found out what you’re made of. Today wasn’t just about fitness or talent. It was about courage, resilience, determination and backing yourself when you wanted to stop.

The mud will wash off. The memories won’t.

Congratulations team — what a performance! 👏🔥

Cara Feain Ryan,

The work is done. The body is ready. Now it’s time to trust and execute.

Tonight in Glasgow (6:23am Thursday AEST), you line up against the best 3000m steeplechasers in the Commonwealth.

Trust yourself. Trust your preparation.

Race fearlessly. Embrace the hurt.

Now go show them who you’ve become.

We’re all with you.

Congratulations to our two masters teams who competed in the QA State Relays and came home with the gold 🥇🥇

Our adult squad trains every Thursday night at Sheldon. If you’re interested in attending, please leave a comment below 👇

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Good time for our On Track parents to start running in our adult squad starting this Thursday 4th September.

Can’t wait to see you at the track.

Parents don’t just pass down their DNA—they pass down their lifestyle. 💪✨

A classic study by Moore et al. found that kids with two active parents were almost 6× more likely to be active than kids of inactive parents. Later, Zecevic et al. confirmed it: parental support alone makes children 6× more likely to move consistently.

👉 Translation? Your kids aren’t listening to what you say—they’re watching what you do.
If movement is normal in your household, they’ll treat it as a lifestyle, not punishment.

Breaking it down:
• Active mums = kids 2× more likely to be active
• Active dads = kids 3.5× more likely
• Both active parents = nearly 6× more likely

And it doesn’t stop in childhood. Active kids grow into active adults. That 30-min walk, gym session, or backyard game? It’s more than fitness—you’re literally setting the tone for their entire life.

Every rep. Every run. Every choice to move.
You’re not just training—you’re coaching the next generation. 🏋️‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

📖 Sources: Moore et al., J Pediatr (1991), PMID: 1993947. Zecevic et al., Int J Pediatr (2010), PMID: 20671967.

What a day of entertainment State XC Championships in Toogoolawah. So many great races and lessons learnt. Now on to the State School Champs tomorrow at Nudgee. Good luck everyone!!

We opened the XC season with All Schools and Short Course XC. This is just the beginning and so many great results to build on for the rest of the season. Bring on the next one!! .rehabperform

As the sun sets in the West on another successful Open / U20 championships, we celebrate the achievements of our crew.
1 x Championship Record and 🥇 in OPEN steeplechase .

1 x 🥈 U20 Steeplechase 9.12 PB .

2 x 🥉 (2x PBs) U20 800m 1.49 and 1500m 3.51 .

2 x PBs Open 400 & 200 para .

1x top 10 U20 400m hurdles .23.

Australian National Junior Championships Recap 🚨

7 PB’s across the week and our 10 athletics gaining valuable experience against the best in the nation 🇦🇺 special shoutout to Elliott Gabb who nabbed 3rd 🥉 in the u15s 2k Steeple 🥳

🏃‍♂️ ON TRACK SENIOR CAMP 2025 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

The senior squad kicking the year off right with a team building camp . Thank you to for leading us in team building activities and helping us to be accountable and set big goals for the 2025 season 🤩 Another huge thank you to and for hosting us in your amazing facilities and killing us in Pilates 😅

Here’s to a huge and successful year for our senior squad 🙌