About Frankie:

Frankie is an ultra runner who likes challenging himself.  In 2018 he is planning on re-enacting the famous Sydney to Melbourne Race.

Associated Teams:

• Diamond Creek Runners
• Dandenongs Trail Runners
• Mill Park Posse

What runners do you wear:

ASICS – Asics GT – 1000, Asics Gel – DS Racer II, Asics Gel – Fuji Trabucio 5 (trail runners).

Favourite 32Gi Product: 

TruMag

Scheduled Races for 2017:

• Two Bays Trail Run (56kms) completed in 8hrs 10mins (Sweeper) January
• 65km for Cystic Fibrosis (Princes Park/Royal Park) Melbourne
• Frankston to Portsea road run (55kms)
• Traralgon Marathon, Victoria
• Perth Marathon, Western Australia
• Surf Coast Trail Marathon, Victoria,
• Tower Trail Run (Marathon) Mount Gambier, South Australia
• Run Melbourne (Half Marathon)
• Shepparton Marathon, Victoria
• 11th Melbourne Marathon
• Ned Kelly Chase (100kms) Wangaratta, Victoria
• 3 Bays Portland Marathon, Portland, Victoria

Favourite Race: 

3 Bays Portland Marathon, an awesome, organized event, friendly people, fantastic volunteers, great course, lovely scenery.

What drives you to compete at an Elite level? 

Because I can and to live a healthy life.

Favourite inspirational quote(s)?

“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”

(John Bingham)

 

“I’ve learned that finishing a marathon isn’t just an athletic achievement. It’s a state of mind; a state of mind that says anything is possible.”

(John Hanc)