Tennille Ellis to run in Toowoomba Marathon
With three weeks left to go, the return of the Toowoomba Marathon is already drawing champion entrants from around the country and world who are excited to take on the Garden City.
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A Queensland champion who placed in her very first marathon in 2019, is now looking forward to taking on Toowoomba’s inland route.
Gold Coast pharmacist manager Tennille Ellis, 39, is a standout entrant in the upcoming Toowoomba Marathon and recently finished in the top 20 at the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in March.
It will be her first time in Toowoomba, and she said she is in good shape for the challenge, a route that has more up and down hill variations from the flat sea level course on the Gold Coast.
“It will be a great layout to test myself over some elevation after being so used to the flat sea level courses that most of us like to compete on,” Ms Ellis said.
“For me, it’s an ideal challenge at the perfect time of year.”
She said her training up to the event has been consistent and quite solid
“I’ve built a strong foundation with strength training twice a week and include some cross training on the bike as active recovery,” she said.
“It allows me to increase my fitness without the extreme mileage, which I think is so important to optimise potential, as well as focus on nutrition and hydration.
“I’ll have to measure the energy I put in over the coming month, but Toowoomba will be a fun challenge only two months out from my home marathon on the Gold Coast,” she said.
Entries are now open for the Toowoomba Marathon on Sunday, May 5.
The course offers routes for all types of runners, all ages, and all abilities and entrants can choose from the 42.195km marathon, the half marathon, 10km or 5km run or the 2km junior race.
Visit toowoombamarathon.com.au for more information.
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