Weekly Newsletter 11 June 2025

This week's newsletter showcases the Perth Running Festival; along with interesting articles, including looking at what a progression run is and how do you do it.

2025 Perth Running Festival | Discount for Regional & Interstate Runners!

Sunday, October 12th at Optus Stadium

Perth Running Festival is offering a 15% registration discount to all Regional WA and Interstate runners. Join one of Australia’s most beautiful runs, finishing inside Optus Stadium, voted the world’s best-looking stadium.

The 2025 Marathon is now sold out and the 2025 Half Marathon has limited places remaining! Feel the thrill of crossing the finish line inside Optus Stadium after mastering a fast, flat and AIMS-accredited course, with a total elevation gain of only 118m, perfect for a P.B!

Interesting Articles

Ask the pro: hill repeats, hiking, fuelling, and more

Ultrarunner, race director, and coach Gabe Joyes looks at what is beneficial in hill workouts, hiking technique, under-fuelling, and downhill running in the latest edition of "Ask the Expert" at iRunFar.

Does your watch’s “training load” actually mean anything?

Sure, your legs hurt—but what does your watch think? Find out more at Canadian Running.

What is a progression run and how do you do it?

Learn how to pace yourself, and get faster, with this type of workout at Runners World.

Feeling sluggish or in a running plateaux? Maybe you’re overtraining

Feeling sluggish, tired and finding it hard to improve? These might be a sign of overtraining. Here's what you need to know and the signs to look out for.

Recent updates

To find out what's been recently updated, check the recent updates page regularly for date changes, event postponements and cancellations. Check out the full calendar of upcoming events.

Until next week...

Have a great running week!

Regards,
Jane & Chris
The Running Calendar Team