Category: Running
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London Day 7: The Marathon
Sunday 27th April This was the big day, the reason we were in the UK—the London Marathon. G is trying to do the Abbot’s Big 6 (or 7 now) and this is his third. There was a bit of stress in the morning as the group we were travelling had organised a bus but it…
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London Day 6: Hampstead Heath Parkrun and The British Museum
Edited to add: I’m finishing this post up at Heathrow, waiting for our plane back to Melbourne via Hong Kong. We’ve had the most wonderful trip and the recaps will probably spread out over the next few months, if my previous track record is anything to go by. Saturday 26th April 2025 Today I had…
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Melbourne Weather and Other Things
Melbourne has been living up to its reputation for unpredictable weather. Last Thursday, we had a top of 35C and a low of 23C, which made my morning run hot and sweaty. On Sunday, we had a top of 19C, yep, it didn’t even make Thursday’s lowest temperature. Sunday also happened to be the day…
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Lorne Long Weekend
We spent last weekend at Lorne with friends at their beach house. Their place is stunning, set up on the hill, backing onto the Coastal Park bushland that abuts the Otway National Park. We were socialising on the deck our first evening, eating cheese and drinking wine while two wallabies munched on the grass down…
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It’s Probably Time for a Bit More routine …
I’m staying with my parents over the summer holidays and haven’t quite returned to routines after the disrupted Christmas/New Year weeks. Those public holidays smack bang in the middle of the week mess with my sense of time. I volunteered to look after dinner for everyone on Wednesday night. I knew it was Wednesday, yet…
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Good Things Friday
This week will be my busiest week before Christmas. We are in the full swing of Christmas stuff, but things should quiet down after next Tuesday. After that, I’d like to see if we can squeeze in a night visit to the city. On to some good things: Have you ever had a strength assessment…
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Ask Me Anything: Vol 1
Today, I’ll be answering some questions you submitted. When I set up the form, I didn’t include a place for people’s names, so now I don’t know who asked me the questions. I apologise for that. The first question I have no idea who asked it but the next three comes from someone who loves…
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List #14: Return to Running Program
Earlier this year, I got a stress fracture in my foot. It finally healed in July, but I put off a serious return to running until after I’d done the Camino—I did not want to jeopardise our holiday. I feel like the days of strenuous walking while we were away helped build more strength in…
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Good Things Friday
Last weekend was the Gold Coast Marathon Weekend when both G and I were supposed to run the marathon, and we were out of action. So instead of completing my first marathon, there was a lot of eating, lazing around and watching other people running. FRI 5.7.2024 SAT 6.7.2024 SUN 7.7.2024 MON 8.7.2024 TUES 9.9.2024…
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Good Things Friday
Dinner Party “Have my school friends over” is on my list, and I am happy to report that it happened on Friday night. G was away in Noosa with his school friends, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity to have my school friends over for dinner. I reconnected with two of them at…