CONQUERING THE SIX FOOT TRACK MARATHON
As a coach, I value all my athlete interactions, as they are all meaningful.
It is edifying to engage with people who are trying to create a new normal and put themselves through something that, regardless of the outcome, will be ultimately transformative. Taking that view, all my athletes’ successes are meaningful to me, however I feel comfortable saying that sometimes a performance will stick.
One such performance is Hobart resident and former orienteering world champion Hanny Allston’s 3:34:50 course record run at the 2015 Six Foot Track Marathon.
The Six Foot Track Marathon is one of the oldest and most storied races in the Australian trail running calendar.
Taking place every year in Katoomba in New South Wales. The 45 kilometre event, which some consider the toughest trail marathon in Australia, was first run in 1984
