For the Long Run

An enemies-to-lovers lesbian sports romance about making it to the finish line.

A koala ruined her life. Well, that’s how elite athlete Shan Metz sees it.
When an idiot charity runner in a koala suit trips Shan during a community fun run, her knee blows out, destroying her dream of making the Australian Commonwealth Games team. Recovering from knee surgery will be bad enough, but living on her building’s fourth floor will make it a nightmare.

Consultant Lizzie Carras, aka the dream-wrecking koala, does guilt like a pro. The only decent thing to do is offer Shan her spare bedroom during recovery. Their incompatible lifestyles don’t help matters. Neither does Shan’s training partner, the haughty and possessive Celia. But they’ll muddle through until Shan’s knee has healed enough to get out of Lizzie’s life.

Because it’s not like Shan would ever miss a dream-wrecking koala or anything. Right?

Runner Shan is tripped by a “koala” blowing her knee, and ruining her national team dreams. Life post-surgery will be hell, as she lives on the fourth floor.

Lizzie, a.k.a. the dream-wrecking koala, offers Shan her spare room. Their clashing lives and Shan’s aloof training partner aren’t ideal. But they’ll figure it out. Right?

About this book

What readers are saying about the book

Neen Cohen

Elite athletes, a runner in a koala suit, unexpected housemates, presto puppy, hot hot hot hot hot scenes, beautiful writing and description, hot sex scenes, heart squeezing moments, laugh out loud times, the beauty of gay Melbourne Australia, oh and did I mention this book is HOT?!

Mari Stark

From the moment I started reading until the end, I didn’t want to stop. The story grabbed my attention from the beginning and I only wanted to keep reading, I forgot completely about the outside world. My mind was in Melbourne, with Lizzie, Shan and Presto, of course.

Queer Aussie Reviews

For the Long Run just shot to number one on my list of favourite Cheyenne Blue novels. […] Blue set’s the scene of an elite athlete, and casual runner perfectly, by showing passion and commitment at both levels and making the reader feel it (even for those non-runners like myself).

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Sapphic Book Bingo 2026

  • Sports romance
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IHS Reading Challenge 2026

  • Set in Australia

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