{"id":15411,"date":"2022-05-18T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T23:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2022-05-18T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T23:11:09","slug":"fun-fast-and-fierce-the-origins-of-the-nathan-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2022\/05\/18\/fun-fast-and-fierce-the-origins-of-the-nathan-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun, fast and fierce: The origins of the Nathan Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 21 April the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/sport\/sport-and-recreation\/events\/nathan-dash\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nathan Dash 2022<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> took place. This is a 660 metre sprint through the heart of Nathan campus with competitors running along Johnson Path, starting and finishing outside Caf\u00e9 Rossa (Building N76).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first organised competitive staff\/student race held by our University was the \u2018Great Griffith Ring Road Race\u2019\u2014held in 1980. As the name suggests, the race was run around the Ring Road (and along other paths) at Nathan campus. 120 competitors took part across male, female, over 30 and under 17 divisions, and only amateur competitors were allowed to run.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first iteration of the event now known as the Nathan Dash was held in 1989 as the \u2018Spine Sprint\u2019. In the 33 years since, the Nathan Dash has attracted players from the Brisbane Broncos, Brisbane Lions and Brisbane Bullets. Olympic swimmers and Australian representative triathletes and runners have also competed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you enjoy playing sports or keeping fit, check out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/sport\/sport-and-recreation\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sport and Recreation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> page to find out more about team sports, gym and swimming facilities offered at Griffith campuses.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more stories about the history of the University, head over to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/griffitharchive.griffith.edu.au\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffith Archive.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 April the Nathan Dash 2022 took place. This is a 660 metre sprint through the heart of Nathan campus with competitors running along Johnson Path, starting and finishing outside Caf\u00e9 Rossa (Building N76).\u00a0 The first organised competitive staff\/student race held by our University was the \u2018Great Griffith Ring Road Race\u2019\u2014held in 1980. As<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2022\/05\/18\/fun-fast-and-fierce-the-origins-of-the-nathan-dash\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Fun, fast and fierce: The origins of the Nathan Dash&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[162,178],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-griffith-archive","tag-general","tag-griffith-archive"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Luke Mysliwy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}