Is it just me or is time flying? There’s so much happening at the moment there’s not a lot of time to stop and reflect. I’ve found myself working a lot more recently. And I say working. But when you love it, it doesn’t feel like work so much. It’s an exciting time in the Runly-sphere. We’ve got lots happening, lots of plans in the works and now it’s about just making sure we make it all happen!

I've had a pretty wild start to the year! There's been so much happening, there hasn't really been a moment to take a breath! Are we really at the end of March already? Feels like we were just bringing in the New Year last week. Easter? Stop it!

At around 8pm I came to the realisation that for the previous four days no enquiries from our website’s contact form were getting through to us. The good thing is, we have a lot of ways to get in touch with us - live chat, social media, and of course replying to any of our emails directly. But I do fear that we have missed some enquiries from our customers, which really rattled me last night.

It was a long weekend in Victoria last week. It’s fair to say that my crew and I did not waste it. Stinking hot, 40 degrees couldn’t stop us. We made the drive up the highway to the Victorian Grampians where we spent 3 full days exploring this magnificent region. And, you guessed it. The whole crew was wearing their R700 Hydration Vest.

I don’t think I could ever start a Runly newsletter without saying something along the lines of ‘well, it’s been a big week here at Runly’, because it really does feel like every week is a big one! Since I wrote last week’s email, we’ve attended our 2nd event of the year at Geelong River Run, locked in several more events and have planned our next product release for (hopefully) the end of this month.

This newsletter marks one year of writing a weekly founder update for you, the Runly fam! It’s been a real pleasure offering you insights into the brand, the business and also to me. It’s been a crazy 12 months, if I’m being honest. I don’t want to reflect too much, because there’s so much to do, but I’ll take just a moment to give you some context. This time last year, we had sold 50 running vests for the entire month - less than 2 per day.

It’s been a stressful 72 hours. You know me, in this weekly email I share the good stuff, but I also like to share the challenges, too. I personally think it’s just as important, if not more to share the stuff that’s hard. Because good things are built on the back of adversity and challenges.