Road running by numbers

Road running by numbers

Geelong Road Relays
Distance from Rawlinson Track, University of Melbourne to Belmont Criterium Course Geelong: 80.5km Distance run by MUAC athletes at Geelong Road Relays: 157.5km Cumulative time run by MUAC athletes: 9:36:19 Average pace by MUAC athlete: 3:39min/km Fastest…
The hills are alive!

The hills are alive!

Bundoora XC
The hills were alive with the sound of muddy foot stomps as runners tackled the lovely rolling plains of Bundoora Park. With a number of runners returning to race, the White Train team was like an army with…
Questions asked on 'Col de Brimbank'

Questions asked on ‘Col de Brimbank’

Brimbank Cross Country
On the 23rd of June, 29 Melbourne Uni athletics runners braved the chilly 18 degree Melbourne winter cold and gusting 5km/h wind to tackle heart-break hill in what turned out to be an epic showdown of fitness…
There's gold out west

There’s gold out west

Lake Wendouree Road Race
Much like pioneering  Americans in the nineteenth century, 26 Melbourne University Athletics Club runners struck west across the dusty plains of Victoria in search of gold. A full contingent of MUAC athletes piled into the bus,…
Golden day of racing at Flemington

Golden day of racing at Flemington

Big V 10
Melbourne Uni Aths Club resembled a clan of avid Spartans out in unrelenting force on Saturday, at Victoria’s premier 10km road race, and the third race in the XCR 2012 campaign: the Big V 10. Not unlike…
Honour to whom honour is due

Honour to whom honour is due

2012 MUAC Awards Night
Melbourne University Athletics Club gathered on Friday, 27th of May to celebrate the myriad achievements by the athletes and teams of MUAC in the past year.  Resplendent in   black tie, the MUAC cohort descended on the…
MUAC Busts Balnarring Track

MUAC Busts Balnarring Track

Balnarring Cross Country
The Balnarring course, in its second year of running, served up a soggy wet track built for those that are bred thoroughly for such a track. Distractions of the wafting smells from the nearby BBQ were put…
Jells Bells for the start of XCR'12

Jells Bells for the start of XCR’12

Jells Park Cross Country Relays
Melbourne University Athletic Club was back in white (with a royal blue sash) on April 21 for the first event of the 2012 Athletics Victoria cross country and road racing season. Jells Park is a…