FAST Running

FAST Running Established in 1995, FAST is Canberra’s longest running sprints and hurdles training group.

19/09/2026

Apparently running a performance program now requires carpentry skills. 😂🪚

The FAST Buzz needed a better way to carry our starting blocks. Something secure, practical and quick for coaches to load and unload at every session.

There wasn’t an obvious off-the-shelf solution, so the FAST HQ balcony temporarily became a workshop.

Treated pine. Circular saw. Drill. A few newly acquired skills. And one novice builder with a fairly clear idea of what he wanted the finished product to do.

It’s a small thing, but these things matter. If we can make the training environment safer, more organised and easier for our coaches to deliver, we make things better for our athletes too.

Athletes first doesn’t only describe what happens on the track.

Sometimes it means learning how to use a circular saw. 😂

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

Eight FAST athletes. Eight ACT uniforms. Nationals bound. 💙💛🖤❤️We are incredibly proud to have eight FAST athletes selec...
16/09/2026

Eight FAST athletes. Eight ACT uniforms. Nationals bound. 💙💛🖤❤️

We are incredibly proud to have eight FAST athletes selected to represent the ACT at the 2026 School Sport Australia Track & Field Championships in Melbourne.

Finnley Knight • Jake Andonovski • Jungone Kang • Kudi Mutumbu • Lucy Porter • Scarlett Taylor • Milla Golack • Abi Dunn

Between them they’ll take on the sprints, jumps, 800m, shot put and combined event at Lakeside Stadium.

For athletes aged 10–12, earning national selection is something worth celebrating. But it doesn’t need to define what comes next. They’re still young athletes learning, developing, competing and discovering where athletics might take them.

For now, though, they have earned something pretty special:

An ACT uniform and a place on the national stage. 🇦🇺

Read their story:

https://fastrunning.com.au/seven-fast-athletes-selected-for-2026-school-sport-australia-nationals/

Canberra to Melbourne. FAST to Nationals.

Congratulations Abi, Finnley, Jake, Jungone, Kudi, Lucy, Scarlett and Milla. 👏

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

6 days to go School Sport ACT #2026
16/09/2026

6 days to go School Sport ACT #2026

15/09/2026

Train. Recover. Go again. 🏃‍♂️

We’ve been putting the Endurance Recovery Boots to work at FAST — at the track, at GG’s and apparently even at the beach. 😎

Another recovery option for our athletes, wherever training takes us.

Thanks to Endurance Recovery for supporting FAST and our athletes. 🙌

Before the gun, there is the work. 🖤❤️Next week, FAST athletes will step onto the track at the ACT 13 Years and Over Cha...
15/09/2026

Before the gun, there is the work. 🖤❤️

Next week, FAST athletes will step onto the track at the ACT 13 Years and Over Championships.

For some, it will be familiar territory. They’ve raced at ACT Championships, represented the Territory and competed nationally.

For others, this will be their first big track and field stage after qualifying through their school competitions and only recently joining us at training.

Over the past few weeks, they’ve been preparing side by side.

Different experience. Different expectations. Different points in their athletic journey — but next week, they share the same track.

The results will eventually tell us who ran fastest, jumped furthest and made the podium. What they won’t show is everything that happened before the gun.

Read our Championships preview:

https://fastrunning.com.au/before-the-gun-fast-athletes-prepare-for-act-championships/

To everyone preparing to compete: trust the work, enjoy the opportunity you’ve earned, and go compete.

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

How fast can Sami become? 🇵🇰🖤❤️Sami’s ambition is refreshingly uncomplicated.Run the 100m. Get faster. Challenge Pakista...
14/09/2026

How fast can Sami become? 🇵🇰🖤❤️

Sami’s ambition is refreshingly uncomplicated.

Run the 100m. Get faster. Challenge Pakistan’s best. And discover just how far his ability can take him.

The ambition is enormous. The raw ingredients are exciting. But the journey towards big goals is rarely a straight one.

There will be great sessions. Difficult weeks. Injuries. Interruptions. Competitions that matter enormously.

The destination hasn’t changed simply because the journey became difficult.

FAST won’t promise Sami where this journey ends.

We’re interested in helping him find out.

Meet Sami — the latest athlete in our FAST Performance Pakistan series. 🇵🇰

https://fastrunning.com.au/sami-chasing-pure-speed/

Different countries. Same pursuit.

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

From FAST to the Canberra Chill 🏑🖤❤️Not every FAST athlete is training for the finish line.For Tess, speed is about gett...
14/09/2026

From FAST to the Canberra Chill 🏑🖤❤️

Not every FAST athlete is training for the finish line.

For Tess, speed is about getting to the ball first.

Tess has earned her place in the Canberra Chill women’s squad for the 2026 Hockey One season — a fantastic achievement and another step in her development as a hockey player.

She also represents something we’re increasingly passionate about at FAST: taking the principles of sprint performance and helping athletes apply them to their sport.

The goal isn’t to turn Tess into a sprinter. It’s to help make her a faster hockey player.

Read Tess’s story and how FAST for Sport, FAST Performance and FAST Females fit into her journey:

https://fastrunning.com.au/fast-for-sport-tess-earns-her-place-with-the-canberra-chill/

Congratulations, Tess. Now we can’t wait to see that speed wearing Chill colours. 🏑

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

13/09/2026

PBs. Milestones. Momentum. 🖤❤️

With the ACT 13 Years and Over Championships just around the corner, there were plenty of encouraging signs at High Noon.

PBs across the track and field. A first steeplechase. Athletes putting together increasingly consistent performances. And one more name added to FAST history.

Annabelle Renda ran 13.03 (+0.3) — another PB, another step towards that magical sub-13 barrier, and a performance that puts her into the FAST All-Time Women’s 100m Top Ten.

Afsa found another gear. Seth produced a huge triple-jump improvement. Leo and Joby moved their 800m performances forward. Clare discovered what racing a steeplechase — water jump and all — is actually like.

The Championships are next.

Things are shaping up nicely. 👀

Read the full High Noon story:
https://fastrunning.com.au/high-noon-13-september-2026/

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

Back to Nationals! 💙💛🖤❤️All the very best to Frida Schuster, who is heading to Sydney as part of the ACT State Represent...
13/09/2026

Back to Nationals! 💙💛🖤❤️

All the very best to Frida Schuster, who is heading to Sydney as part of the ACT State Representative Team for the 2026 School Sport Australia Cross Country Championships. 🇦🇺

This will be Frida’s second Cross Country Nationals — another opportunity earned to pull on the ACT colours and compete against some of the best young distance runners from around Australia.

We’ve seen plenty of Frida across the track and field this winter too, from the 800m and 1500m to long jump, with her recent 5:49.55 over 1500m showing she’s heading to Sydney in good shape.

The championships run from 14–17 September in Sydney, and we’re very proud to see another FAST athlete representing the ACT on the national stage.

Enjoy the experience, race bravely and soak up everything that comes with representing your state.

Good luck, Frida! 💙💛

Your FAST family will be cheering you on from Canberra. 🖤❤️

Running Excellence grows.

13/09/2026

First steeplechase. First water jumps. No swimming required. 💦😂

Clare Rice took on her first steeplechase at High Noon today — and one of the coolest things about this event is watching young athletes figure it out in competition.

Barriers. Rhythm. Water. Commitment.

You can practise the pieces, but eventually you’ve got to race it.

Great to see Clare and her fellow competitors taking it on today. 👏

Running Excellence grows. 🖤❤️

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