Mike currently holds the record for some of the best race photos! 1. Name or Nickname: Mike (aka Magic) 2. When did you start running and why? I got into running when I was about 26. My friend had registered for a 12-person, 216 mile relay race and desperately needed runners to fill the team. I went and had a blast. We ended up finishing the race with only 8 runners. I loved the atmosphere of being around so many active people. After that, another friend started dragging

Ian Ferguson, an awesome addition to the PTR family and not only because he supplies wine at the top of hills. 1. Name or Nickname: Fergy 2. When did you start running and why? I started about 10 years ago. I had retired from playing Hockey a few years before and had put on a lot of weight. Exercise was part of my diet regime and initially it was walk 200m then run 200m and it has grown from there. 3. What do you love most about running? Group runs – the company. Solo runs –

1. Name or Nickname: Seema, Hey You 2. When did you start running and why? It was something I could do with my dogs and I was told it doesn’t cost anything. BTW I no longer run with my dogs and doesn’t cost anything… yeah right! 3. What do you love most about running? I love the beautiful locations, how it clears my head, the great feeling I get from it, the awesome people I’ve met through it. 4. What can’t you run without? A device- watch or phone. 5. What is your most memor

1. Name or Nickname: Gene McGoldrick 2. When did you start running and why? 2014/5 because I wanted to join Mum with her running. My first race was Seaford wetlands 10km... it was tough but thats what got me into running! 3. What do you love most about running? The adventure, experience and meeting new people 4. What can’t you run without? People, I lose confidence when I am by myself 5. What is your most memorable run/event? Surfcoast 2017 6. What is your favourite

1. Name or Nickname: Matt Horton, fatman, baldman, hey you!, Stop Police!!! 2. When did you start running and why? I started when I turned 39 as I was 130kg with high blood pressure and needed to get healthy for my then baby Ned (I'm 46 now and Ned is 8), I couldn’t run 100m 3. What do you love most about running? I love the feeling when finishing a big run, I love the people who are involved (special mention to PTR and Kirsten) 4. What can’t you run without? Pants 5.

One day in July 2015, I told my husband Paul, that I was going to meet up with a bunch of total strangers in a dark carpark, then go for a trail run with them… A few days before, I had found PTR on Facebook, a small, local group with fewer than 100 followers. There was talk in the group of a night time pilgrimage to the Chrome Gnome sculpture on Peninsula Link, so that someone called “Pitty” could drop off an owl statue there, and everyone could pay homage to the Chrome Gnome

I have been an open water swimmer for 20 years, and about 3 years ago I took up running as a challenge with the idea of completing a triathlon. It did not come easily to me. I was (and still am) really slow, but I am also quite stubborn and don’t give up if I decide I want to do something. I completed the Surf Coast half marathon in my second year of running then decided I wanted to do a marathon for my 50th birthday I first met PTR when I was working toward that, 2 years ag

So why did I join PTR? Well, let me give you some background first. Just going to put it out there. I suffer from depression, I have never been diagnosed with it, but I know I have it. I have had it since I was 12. Majority of times I am very good at covering it up and pretending I am all good during the times when I am not, but some days I can’t. I have been running on and off for about 12 years and it is quite reflective on my mood. When I am up I run lots, when I am in a b