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.

Wow. 50 weekly emails.The half-century. raises bat. I've thoroughly enjoyed writing these emails each week to you, Runly fam. It's never felt like something I've forced myself to do, I really enjoy sharing the Runly journey with you - both the good and the bad. When I started writing these emails almost a year ago, Runly was a very different brand.