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Powerhouse Noosa team By Abbey Cannan Noosa is sending a powerhouse team of seven athletes to the HYROX World Championships in Chicago on 12 June, including inspiring mums, an emergency doctor, and a Eumundi teacher. HYROX has taken over the fitness world, combining both running and functional workout stations, where participants run 1km, followed by a functional workout station, repeated eight times. The HYROX World Championships are the pinnacle of each season, where the fastest racers from around the world come together to battle it out. The tight-knit group from Base Training Co Noosa who have made the cut are: Monique Martin, Jenny Zernich, Tanya Bohlmann, Lara Graham, Jay Clark, Justin Brewer, and Paul Quincey. “HYROX is a hugely competitive race with 25,000 racers in the upcoming Sydney event next month,“ Noosa business owner Paul Quincey said. Eumundi teacher and mum of two, Monique Martin said, “Three of us are ’mummas’ of two kids each. It’s a mental challenge and I think being mums helps us kind of run into the fire, you know?“ “It’s really humbling, but we keep going back for more, so we’re a bit sick in the head, really. We get in a pain cave. And we’ve made a really good group of women that are really supportive of each other.“ Continued page 3
Monique Martin, Tanya Bohlmann and Jenny Zernich. (Abbey Cannan: 478588)
Runaway success Runners from across Australia and around the world are putting the finishing touches to their preparations for this Saturday’s ASICS Runaway Noosa Marathon, with the 2025 edition set to be the biggest in the event’s history. The Runaway Noosa Marathon will see runners take on four distances on Saturday 24 May, with 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon events on offer, with more than 8,500 runners registered to take part. The marathon and half mara-
thon are already sold out, with only limited spots remaining on the start lines for the 5km and 10km events. The flat, fast and friendly multi-lap course is set in the heart of Noosa, with the start and finish line just steps away from Hastings Street, with runners never far away from fellow participants and supporters. Leanna Ali, regional director for The IRONMAN Group Oceania, organisers of the ASICS Runaway
Noosa Marathon, said that the team was looking forward to welcoming runners back to Noosa. “The Runaway Noosa Marathon provides a great opportunity for runners to spend the weekend in this incredible region, on Saturday morning they take part in the run of their choice and then relax and enjoy all that Noosa has to offer,” Ali said. “We’re thrilled with the response from runners from home and abroad with this year’s event the biggest in our history.
“The Runaway Noosa Marathon has a fantastic mix of social runners who are out for a fun morning right up to those who are out for a marathon PB on a flat and fast course,” she said. “Last year was a record-breaking Runaway Noosa with more than 7000 runners taking part and we can’t wait to see many, many more take to the streets of Noosa this Saturday.” Continued page 2
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