The Body Mechanic

04/06/2026

🏃‍♂️ Want to run your fastest City2Surf yet?
Our 8-week training plan is packed with our best advice to get you stronger, faster, and racing up Heartbreak Hill.

👉 Grab it now: https://app.streek.run/sales/city2surf-training-plan/

03/06/2026

Injury doesn’t always mean your training has to stop completely.

In many cases you can still maintain fitness, strength and routine while your injury settles down — you just need to train differently for a while.

Here are 8 practical ways to keep training when running isn’t possible.

https://app.streek.run/how-to-keep-training-when-injury-stops-you-running/

03/06/2026

A lot of runners are surprised how different running can feel after a proper gait assessment.

Small technique changes can improve efficiency, reduce impact, and help running feel smoother and easier.

You don’t need to completely rebuild your running style overnight — often it’s just a few key adjustments that make the biggest difference.

The longer you stay injury-free, the more consistently you can train.

https://thebodymechanic.com.au/running-gait-assessment/

03/06/2026

Let’s push for better mental health—together.
We’ve joined The Push-Up Challenge to raise awareness for mental health, and we’d love YOU on our team.
📅 June 3–26
💥 3,307 push-ups (or squats/lunges/sit-ups) for the 3,307 lives lost to su***de in 2024. (the most recent data). You can choose half this number.
All fitness levels welcome. Donations are optional—participation matters most.
Join us: https://app.streek.run/the-push-up-challenge/
Let’s move for a cause. 💙

01/06/2026

🧠 Let’s push for better mental health—together.
We’ve joined The Push-Up Challenge to raise awareness for mental health, and we’d love YOU on our team.
📅 June 3–26
💥 3,307 push-ups (or squats/lunges/sit-ups) for the 3,307 lives lost to su***de in 2024. (the most recent data). You can choose half this number.
All fitness levels welcome. Donations are optional—participation matters most.

Join us: https://app.streek.run/the-push-up-challenge/
Let’s move for a cause. 💙

Last June we entered a Body Mechanic team in The Push Up Challenge to help raise money and awareness for mental health and fitness, and this year we are going to be push upping again!

31/05/2026

One of the biggest mistakes runners make after injury is returning too quickly once the pain settles down.

The problem is that symptoms often improve faster than the tissue has actually recovered.

This simple guide will help you return to running safely and rebuild confidence without constantly flaring things up again.

This guide has been used by thousands of runners to successfully return to running after injury. Created by physio and ultra runner Mark Green

30/05/2026

Be kind to yourself when things go wrong.

I ran the UTA11 with my daughter, which was great fun, then paced a friend, Scotty Hawker, for the final 30km of the miler.

To be honest, I was slightly nervous before the weekend that I would become the first pacer in miler history to get dropped by their runner. If Scotty was flying, keeping up with him was going to be difficult.

As it turned out, he had been vomiting for around 40km by the time I met him at the Fairmont — and we still had another 30km to go.

From there things only got worse.

By the time we reached QVH, with 22km still remaining, he was completely cooked.

We stayed there for about 90 minutes trying to see if he could start eating and drinking again, but it wasn’t to be and he eventually had to withdraw from the race.

Scotty has previously finished 2nd at CCC and 3rd at UTMB, so it’s a pretty stark reminder of how harsh ultra running can be, and that nutrition issues can (and do) happen to everyone.

Sometimes even the best-laid plans simply don’t work the way you want them to.

If your UTA didn’t go to plan, take heart that it happens to the best of us.

29/05/2026

Kosci Ultra. Will you be there this November? It is so calm in this video!

29/05/2026

Cycling knee pain is incredibly common — but the root cause can be difficult to pin down.

Seat height, cleat position, training load, bike fit, strength, mobility and technique can all contribute.

Here are 8 of the most common reasons cyclists develop knee pain — and what you can do about it.

https://thebodymechanic.com.au/8-reasons-why-cyclists-get-knee-pain/