Rejoov Runners

Enormous lead up and day for Rejoov with 66 runners in the TCS Sydney Marathon 2026 earning their Major Star (plus more in the 5km the day before). The marathon had >36,000 finishers (>3,000 more than last year’s first Sydney Major) and very loud crowds round the course, deafening in parts! On a tough hilly course Rejoov still had 28 pbs and only 1 dnf. Most happy with their runs. If anyone had a tough day, take heart that you were a part of a very WILD experience, you had a go and look forward to the next thing. Awesome to unwind at the official Partner Run Club after party at Jackson’s on George 🍻🍻🥂🥂

Thanks all Rejoov supporters, volunteers💜 & ploggers >> we had a big clean up round Centennial Park 💚

🌟 Sydney Marathon 2026 results x 65 what a big Major team!!
Hamish Wiltshire 2:43:10 debut, negative split by ~1minute.
James Brown 2:51:13 6min PB redemption!
Josh Timmins 2:51:24 7min PB Mara #3.
Jason Shein 2:53:06 (training for Chicago, fundraising Can Too).
Eamon Ritchie 2:57:49 PB
Antony Karpin 2:58:57 PB
Hawn Trinh 2:58:41 PB, 4min negative split. Mara #4.
Ian Gabriel 3:00:22 (post injury).
Dave Hurdle 3:02:46 #20 Mara, 5th Major.
Chris Knight 3:04:04 PB
Sean Reville 3:05:27 post injury so sweet!
Ron Levi 3:05:43 PB post Goldie.
Cheryl Greenway 3:07:14 hips held up.
Greta Truscott 3:07:16 #12 Mara (3rd 🌟).
Liam Flynn 3:07:25 tribute to baby on the way.
Matt Morris 3:07:45, pacing others, negative split by 40sec. Post Larapinta!
Ruby Liptak 3:09:54 debut
Yury Glikin 3:10:00 PB by 7mins!
Kurt Hayward 3:10:36 PB by 18mins!
Patrick Shields 3:10:37
James Hewat 3:14:14 training run.
Ryan McKernan 3:14:21 PB
Gareth Stewart 3:15:10 #7 mara, 2nd fastest.
Chloe Breen 3:17:40 PB by 20min!
Matt Millar 3:20:32 PB down from 3:42, 21min PB biggest of the day!!
Danelle Dower 3:22:08 PB, Mara #4, (2nd 🌟)
Chris Truscott 3:22:17 (injured) #36 Mara (7🌟).
Giulia B 3:22:40 PB by 17mins!
Akiko Akashi 3:25:30 beat GC!
David Lowry 3:26:27 PB by 20mins!
Donal Connery 3:26:34 (sickness)
Jonny Pisanelli 3:27:28
Nicola O 3:28:00 #2 mara.
Christian B 3:28:13 #3 mara, post injury.
Megan Doyle 3:28:20 PB by 9mins!
Jonty Brunner 3:28:27 training run.
Maia D 3:28:37
Honor J 3:33:31 PB
Huss H 3:36:41 course PB by 5mins off last years!
Amy McGourty 3:40:30 PB by 20mins!
Maddy Church 3:41:35 debut.
Dan DR 3:41 training run.
Jacq Chow 3:42:08 (5th 🌟)
Jenny Doak 3:42:35 (7th 🌟)
Rob Truscott 3:42:53
Myf 4:43:45 PB by 16mins off NY 30yrs ago!
Luke Austin 3:47:46 PB
Ainslie 3:51:38 Mara #11, (5th 🌟)
Elle McDonnell 3:53:56 PB mara #2.
Chelsey Peace 4:04:09 PB, (3rd 🌟).
Claudia Brock 4:07:12 PB
Sophie Smith 4:30:06 & a few hundred Premmie Babies charity runners on a 16week Rejoov plan.
Merinda Arico 4:30:13 debut for charity Breast Cancer Research.
Annie Bains 4:35:30 PB by 10mins, Mara #3
Diane Tremain (Penny) 4:46:12
Megan Paton 4:48:39 #8 Mara.
Justine (Irene) 4:53:22 debut
Tim R 4:54:48
Coralie 4:57:27
Emma Nicholson 4:58:55 (injured)
David W 5:00:25
CathyR 5:09:28 #10 mara, course pb by 12mins faster than last year!
Rachel C 5:11:00
Fran B 5:25:33
CathieSh 5:27:36 fundraising for Indigenous Mara Foundation.
Joy Yeoh 6:42:41 incredible with bilateral hip replacements.

⚡️High energy Hoka House Sydney Marathon shake-out run led by . Thanks everyone for bringing the energy 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We enjoyed fueling & hydrating, the release of the new and the shake-out tune-in for the downhill Macquarie St and, of course, the climb up Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

Lovely to meet runners from all over including Korea 🇰🇷, Poland 🇵🇱, America 🇺🇸, Romania 🇷🇴, Japan 🇯🇵 and beyond. We also met coaches .aifer & from the biggest running club over there!

Keep on fueling & hydrating 🔆🔆

Good luck everyone 🌟

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Rejoov x TCS Sydney Marathon TAPER TIPS:
1. 🧠 Distract yourself so that you’re not getting “too” nervous and overthinking things. Allow some time to plan & visualise but other than that keep your mind on other things.

2. 🧘‍♂️ Reduce all training including gym (Easy run Mon or Wed 5-6k, Rejoov run session Tuesday, easy run Thursday 5-6k incl strides, Rejoov x Hoka House city shake out 5-6k Friday with G & CT ( or 7am Saturday homestead with Yury).

3. 👌🏼 Fueling properly everyday even if you have a loss of appetite due to nerves, keep tracking that you’re eating and hydrating properly.

4. 🍌 Carb loading Friday & Saturday, avoid high fibre to avoid poo💩 stops during your event. It will seem like a lot but also be careful not to over-carb load which can cause gastric upset.

5. 💧 Hydrating with plenty of water & electrolytes. Remember to use products that you’ve been using in your training block. Every block needs specific conditioning including the guts.

6. 🫵🏼 Don’t give up on yourself even if you haven’t had the ideal block. Still do all the taper things. Adjust your goals, keep these realistic. Be positive & proud of your efforts. Strive, aspire & no matter what, be a good sport, your team will love you 💛

7. 💤 Bank early nights all week especially 2 nights before in case you don’t sleep much the night before.




📸 Sydney Marathon 2024 2nd yr candidacy incl Abbott Majors World Age Group Champs: coaches Chris 2:50:43 & Greta 3:03:21

🔵 Rejoov x TCS Partner Run Club taper long run 1wk out! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️✨ A HUGE thank you to all the Rejoov team, run leaders and guests who joined us for our final long run of our 4 x official Sydney Marathon Partner Run Club long runs 🎉

With nearly 33,000 runners last year, Sydney Marathon is looking to welcome close to 40,000 runners this year - incredible 🤯

🎉 Quick-fire quiz:
Congrats lucky draw winners, THANK YOU for donating 4 x $50 gift vouchers 🙌

1. What does TCS stand for, the official naming rights sponsor of TCS Sydney Marathon?
👉 Tata Consultancy Services! — Dan 🏆
2. How many suburbs does Sydney Marathon run through?
👉 19! — Myf 🏆
3. How many thousand runners completed Sydney Marathon last year, to the nearest thousand?
👉 33,000! — Claudia 🏆
4. What is the electrolyte drink sponsor?
👉 Powerade! — Coralie & Cathy 🏆

Plus, congrats 2 x Fractel cap lucky draw winners: James & Jacqui 🧢🎉

And just like that… we’re into taper 😍! Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend everyone. Get stuck into the recovery, look after yourselves and most importantly, keep smiling 😊💪

Bring on Sydney Marathon! 🏃‍♀️🔥🏃‍♂️

🔵 Rejoov x TCS Partner Run Club 13km FINAL TAPER LONG RUN this Saturday 22nd August. All runners, all clubs welcome. Please register via this link (free). Share with friends 🤗 https://raceroster.com/events/2026/114007/2026-tcs-sydney-marathon-partner-run-club 🎁Lucky draws including gift vouchers at the briefing.

Date: Saturday, 22nd AUGUST
Meet: Centennial Homestead
Time: Meet at 6:45am for 7am start
Distance: 13km https://www.strava.com/routes/3472019708448317510 Starting at CP Homestead, head out the park, up Driver Ave, around Moore Park, Anzac Pde, Federation Way, round to Alison Rd footpath, Darley Rd, cut half way across Queens Park, Moriah College, up York Rd, to Oxford St along the top of Centennial Park, down Paddo Hill, finish at Homestead kiosk for coffee.
[Easy to make this shorter or longer as required, some might do 10k, others 18-20k by adding on a few km before or after].

Pace Groups (min/km):
Sub 5:00 with Ian Gabriel
5:00 - 5:15 with Greta & Yury
5:30 - 5:45 with Chris & Nathan
6:00 - 6:15 with Zac & Keira
6:30 - 6:45 with Emma Trehy
7:00 - 7:30 with CathyR & CathieSh

🍌 Prepare: pre-long run carbs i.e. toast + banana. Bring a gels (1 per 30mins at least)! Carry soft flask or water bottle (with electrolytes). Good long run shoes.

We go ahead rain or shine 👏🏼👏🏼

90 Rejoovers take on from 48mins upwards incl 33 runners with sub 60mins and nearly half the gang got pbs!! Josh Arthur 48mins PB & 54mins PB our fastest rejoov male & female today 🏅🏅 whilst Monica & AndreK win our best dressed! Shout out to ChristianB 56yrs doing 17 C2S incl 5 in a row sub 60mins. Well done all having a crack or having fun with family & friends & raising funds for charity close to your heart ♥️ Fun after party at Hotel Bondi! Looks like record amount of finishers over 77,000 this year!! .au

A few fantastic recent events Aug ‘26:
- 🏆 Harriet Beavis winning female Townsville Half Marathon 1:24:11 official superb race in hot, windy conditions.
- Mick Truscott Sunshine Coast Marathon PB 2:50:52 official what a come back from injury & Ballarat Marathon 3:15 in April.
- Tom Bragg Sunshine Coast Marathon PB 3:36 official awesome run and managing gut trouble. Enroute to Kosci50.
- Liam Flynn Sunshine Coast marvellous 8th marathon, managing injury and looking forward to Sydney Marathon.
- Sam Stalley brilliant debut 100km 180 Carence Sum 💯 15:49 official including only 15mins of checkpoints, he kept on moving strong 💪🏼
- Susan, Robin, Cathy & friend win gold 🥇in the 60+ ANSW road relays congrats.
- Chris Dwyer 75yrs ran in the winning teams for the 70+ and 60+ 🥇🥇double congrats!

.10 26.7.26 superb conditions & record numbers over 9,000 runners across the 5k & 10k events!! Rejoov honoured to take out the “Top Turn Out” team win 🏆 (74 on the team) including 21 pbs & runners across 12-64 age categories. We had a blast up on stage accepting the trophy and at the official after party brunch at the .barandrestaurant with fab views of the harbour. Open all year round! Next up and . Back to work 😅

Harbour 5km including:
Andrew Fox 17:17 PB 17th male
Donal Connery 18:02 PB 31st male
Sean Reville 18:14 34th male post injury.
Greta 19:00 15th female (🥈45-49).
Freya 19:50 22nd female
Jaden 20:41 (8th 12-15yrs) post arm plaster, hadn’t run for a few weeks.
Jenny 21:47 30th female (🥉45-49).
Ella 23:11 PB (8th 16-19)
Marlee 23:55 (7th 12-15)

Harbour 10km including:
Conor Gallagher 34:01 PB 32nd male
Spencer 34:24 PB 39th male
Josh Arthur 34:39 46th male
Hamish Wiltshire 34:40 PB 47th male
Josh Timmins 35:03 PB
James Browne 35:41 PB
Chris Truscott 36:21 (🥈50-54)
Hawn Trinh 37:16 PB
Matt Morris 37:19 PB
Jamie Broom 37:29 post injury.
Emily Bassett 37:40 PB 18th female (after 113k 🚲 the day before!).
John Clarke 38:37
James Moate 38:41 PB
Liam Flynn 38:46
Gareth Stewart 38:47 PB
Stuart Plumb 38:54 PB
Yury Glikin 38:55 PB
Brendan Nee 39:47 PB
Neil Rosenbaum 40:39
Oliver Ashworth 40:48 mapleROO
Geoff Sinclair 41:08
Sarah Thorne 41:12
David Lowry 41:37 PB
Nathan Archie 41:57
Gabi Lauria 42:06 PB
GeorgeDouble 42:43
Tim Baldwin 43:26
Christian Borkowski 43:27 (14th 55-59).
Ryan Joyce 43:33
Grant Sherman 43:56
Danelle Dower 43:59 PB
Paul Jabbour 44:07
Leanne Hegarty 45:04 (4th 55-59).
Carl McDonald 45:09
Peter Truscott 45:26 (23rd 55-59).
Nicola Logan 47:06 PB
Catrina Henderson 47:22 (8th 50-54) managing injury.
Kieren Truscott 48:03 (30th 16-19yrs)
MeganD’s bib 48:24
Matt P 48:27
Merinda Arico 48:44 PB
VictorBasa 50:55
Tom Bragg 50:58 taper 1wk out Sunshine Coast Mara.
EmmaT 54:38
Susan 1:00:21 (20th 60-64)
Polina 1:00:43
Polina fam 1:00:44
CharlotteS 1:02:23
Lee Anna 1:02:51
RobinB 1:09:18 (40th 60-64)
Amanda with nephew :))

The mountainous UTMB Eiger 100km in Switzerland, congrats Jimmy in 21hrs27mins!! He felt really good up until 80km then 6500+ of elevation took its toll, slowing down but he rang that bell at the finishline! WOW the scenes!!! Beautiful, stunning and challenging. Epic support crew & family. Jimmy has a go at everything from 5k to 100miles (Kosci end of last year). He got his 2:38 marathon in Chicago last year after a GC dnf. He’s done a back yard, now the most mountainous 100km. Living life to the full, we’re on the edge of our seats!!

More recent events June / July ‘26:

- The new Run Through SOP half marathon at Homebush!! Terrific race prep for Sydney Marathon. Ruby Liptak 🥇 female 1:27:59 pb and Josh Timmins 4th male 1:17:28 pb, Gareth Stewart 1:25:19 pb & David Stubbs 1:31 with sickness.

- Bay to Bay, Central Coast - Megan Doyle 19th female scoring a half marathon PB 1:35:52 having a tough tussle with Rob Truscott 1:36:11 (12th in 50-59 age). Sam Stern 12km super strong running! Look at those heart rates!

- 🥉 well done Robin and Susan team bronze in the 4 x 4km ANSW short course cross country over 50s team, however they could’ve been in the over 60s team so they did extra awesome! Also Chris Dwyer 75yrs old racing hard!

- Jacqui 🥇 and Robin 🥈 in their age groups for the 10km Dolls Point Sri Chinmoy! Cathie, Myf, Anne & Grant in the half marathon!

- Catrina representing Rejoov on the spectacular Ha Giang Loop in China ⛰️🙌🏻