A reminder that the City to Bay is now under two months away and our P&F is entering a team. If you haven't yet registered to be part of it with us, please do so today.

• Date: Sunday 21 September 2025
• How to Get Involved: Walk, run or wheelchair 🏃‍♂️ 3 km, 🏃‍♀️ 6 km, 🏃 12 km,🏅 or even a Half Marathon!

There’s a distance for everyone—students, staff, families and friends! Let’s make it a fun and memorable day together!

We would love for all Concordia College team members to wear a CC sports cap during the event. If you're not a student, a free cap will be provided to you.

A reminder that all participants are invited to a Concordia community gathering at Wigley Reserve, Glenelg. We will have our own tent and light refreshments.

We hope to see you there!

Darren Klingner
P&F President

Reflections and Training Tips from Tara Palm

Reflections and what the City to Bay means to me

The City to Bay holds a place in the heart of the Adelaide sporting community. Runners, walkers, footballers, netballers, people dressed in costumes, young and old, all gather. Every year the atmosphere is fun. We line up behind the traffic lights outside the Adelaide Festival Centre. Readying ourselves for the long road of Anzac highway. It is a fast net downhill course. On lucky years the wind blows in a NE direction creating a tail wind. It’s a feeling of relief when you can see Glenelg in the distance. One kilometre to dig deep from Jetty Road.

I took part in my first City to Bay when I was in Year 8 in 1999. According to the Advertiser, how we used to get sporting results, my time was 49.30. Two decades later my best City to Bay performance came in 2019, I placed 2nd in 39.10. Last year I was fortunate to win the half marathon event. It’s special to see my longevity of improvement and to have had my grandparents waiting for me at the finish line every year.

Following on from Clay, here are some more tips to help you train for race day:

1. Good running shoes. It is important to have shoes that fit correctly and will optimise comfort and performance. There are several running stores that will allow you to try shoes on a treadmill and provide specialist fitting advice.
2. Training locations. Explore some different locations. Adelaide is surrounded by parklands making it the perfect city for a distance runner. All parklands have accessible often marked paths, perfect for walks, jogs or interval sessions. My regular places to train are the Linear trail, Karen Rolton ovals, Semaphore to Largs Bay beachfront and Uni loop.
   
3. Enjoy trails and nature. Once a week I drive out of the city to run in national parks and reserves. The hills provide a different training stimulus and being in nature makes the run go quickly. My favourite locations are Rocky Creek Hut, Happy Valley Reservoir and Belair National Park.
4. Complete a practice race. Five-kilometre Park Run events are on every Saturday morning at a variety of locations. Participating in a lead-up race or park run can be a fun way to train and practice your race day routine.
5. Practice good nutrition and hydration. Good pre- and post-race nutrition will promote performance and recovery. Bircher muesli, chocolate milks, 'fruit and nut' bars and bananas are some of my top choices.
6. Listen to your body, enjoy the training process and all the best for race day.

Tara Palm
Science Teacher