Cameron Banks

✌️ 🇪🇸 A Spanish “Winter” 🏝️ ☀️

🥘 Valencia & Palma De Mallorca🍷

🏃‍♂️ Trafford 10km! 34:40! 🔥
Absolutely elated with today’s race! Smashing out a 66s PB!
I’ve unfortunately finished a number of races over the past 18months being disappointed with myself, but today I couldn’t be prouder! 💯🏆

I thought I was optimistic lining up ahead of the 35min pacer, but in turn this helped me tremendously as instead of looking at my watch, all I wanted to do was race hard, get into packs and keep that pacer behind me.

Thankfully it all came together and I was able to complete my first negative split race (17:27/17:12). ✅

A perfect momentum kickstarter leading into my London marathon build. 🤙

🇦🇱 Southern Albania 🏝️ ☀️

A vastly different landscape to the north of this beautiful country, full of sunshine, beaches and stunning architecture! 💯

🚨Tiranë
🚨Berat
🚨Himare
🚨Gjirokaster
🚨Sarande

🎄 2025 White Christmas! - Genuine bucket list item completion!! ❄️❄️❄️
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💯🤯 Consistently still pinching myself that many of these amazing holidays are making it out of the group chat and forming into unforgettable memories! 🔥
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As I scroll through these photos, I realise that despite a few, less than 12 months ago, many of these people were complete strangers to me; but mow I get to call them some of my closest and dearest friends. ❤️

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

⛰️ A destination I’d always wanted to do, and was so fortunate to share it with some of the best! 🥾

🇪🇸 Valencia Marathon 2025 🔥
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The pinnacle of fast racing, loud cheering, and beautiful city backdrops. ☀️ 🏖️✌️
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💯 Absolutely stoked to have watched one of my best mates smash out a PB and fly through the finish line, as and I stood up and screamed him on. (Even if he was wearing a Richmond jumper 😅). He won't give himself any attention, but to witness his development over the last 18months since moving over to the UK, shaving off over an hour from his PB, and transforming himself into a genuine runner, has been bloody impressive to watch. ❤️
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🏃The weekend itself was electric! ⚡ The notion of walking around the city, knowing that a large portion of the world's best and fastest marathoners were in the same place, and about to do the same race was very cool. 🚀
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Unfortunately, despite the weekend being an incredible experience, I personally had my worst race of my life. Many things to unpack, but none worth complaining over, and none worth making excuses over. 😮‍💨
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I trained my arse off for this, and build myself for this day, but unfortunately was not right to go. Despite that, 99% of the runners who stand on that start line have something that has not gone to plan in the prep; it's about putting that aside and still racing hard. Upsettingly, it wasn't meant to be.
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Bring on London '26 🔥

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh Marathon 2025! 🏃‍♂️
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💯 What a weekend and great opportunity it was to be able to toe the line with some of my closest friends, and watch them all individually go out and dominate their respective races. 🔥
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🤌 Each time I visit this city I am once again blown away by its articultural beauty, and on Sunday I got the chance to race through some of the most stunning buildings in the world. I can hand on heart say that the first 15km of this race was by far the most fun I've had in a running race, it was brilliant. 👌
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After moving overseas and living a very different lifestyle over the past 9 months, and having my A goal in December, I went into this event not putting too much weight on this race. Despite this, I am still very proud of how the day played out. I put my money on the line, trying some new things leading in and then again during the race; some paid off, some were a learning opportunity. 🧐
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🏝 I got myself in a very good position up until the 30km mark, but then was unfortunately faced with some nasty headwinds for the 12km return journey. 🌪🌪🌪
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However, I still ran with a smile on my face as I got to race those around me and was challenged in a new way, and luckily was able to come away in 30th position overall, being my highest placing in a marathon to date.

🏃‍♀️ Calderdale Relays 2025 💯
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🤫 "Do as I say and not as I do", was definitely the motto being used in the last month to my running clients when I told them I was racing a 'Hard Trail/Fell Race' 1 week prior to my marathon. 🫡🙈
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But there was no way I was going to miss out on this event! 🔥
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12 people, all racing as 1 team across six legs, throughout the rugged and rough Calderdale Valley (Yorkshire). Sounds fun right? 😄
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No drink stations, no signs telling you where to go, no Marshalls out on course, just a simple 'Give it the f$%^ing berries, and we'll see you on the other side' mentality. 🥵
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🏃‍♂️ Thankfully, our team of 12 were able to break the Chorlton Club Record today, coming out in 13th position overall out of 95 teams. 🏆
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😎 More precisely, thanks to an unreal team mate who ran with me, we were able to have the 7th fastest leg out of 95 for our section, and convincingly create a new record for Chorlton in this leg time. 💯
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I have definitely found my happy place in running. ✌️🤙🙌

🇬🇧 London might have the "Bright Lights", but Manchester's prime location right next to the Peak District is unmeasurable. 🔥
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A nice little country town (Rainow), within the Maccelfeild region that we went and raced through last night.
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Combining many of my favourite things in life; running through the countryside, visiting farms, and discovering great country pubs.

🔥 2️⃣1️⃣twentyones - Delaney Troon’s stamp against Men’s Mental Health! 🤟
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In today’s day and age, you would be hard pressed not to have either experienced a formation of mental health, or been close to someone who has. And the stats wholeheartedly support this. 😢
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🤯 Tragically, for Young Australians, Mental Health is the leading cause of mortality, with 1 in 4 between the ages of 16-25 experiencing symptoms. Furthermore, Men are three times more prevalent to experience symptoms. 🥺
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These are terrible statistics to read, as unfortunately, many of these people suffer in silence. This point, is exactly why I’m hoping we can keep the momentum going for Delaney’s campaign! Spreading awareness and creating conversations across every dinner table in the country. 🥘
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I’ve had the fortune of working alongside Delaney over the previous six months as she trained for this goal, and although I am geographically far from Ballarat, a movement like this takes you right back home. 💚
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Although, I am unable to run alongside her, I am hoping that many of my family and friends might see this post, and go and join Delaney for a lap or two, whether that be walk, run or ride, the message is still conveyed. 💯
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🏉 There are a lot of footballers and netballers out there putting in big preseasons, why not put an added layer of purpose behind your training, and help bring the community together. 🏏⛹️‍♀️
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If anyone is wondering about the times she is running, please either jump on to her socials, or flick me a message and I’ll point you in the right direction. 📱
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The team have already raised a large amount of money for the Ballarat Community Health across their first week, but they’re aren’t finished yet! Get involved!