Category: Running
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Sydney Marathon Weekend
Last weekend we traveled to Sydney for the Sydney Marathon. G and some of our running friends were running, I was up for the spectating and socialising. We took some extra days, flying up on Thursday and returning on Tuesday. The flight up wasn’t great. As we approached Sydney and the plane decreased altitude we…
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City to Surf Weekend 2025
Last year I was unable to run in the City to Surf because of a stress fracture, but I had a lovely weekend and the weather was amazing. This year I was finally able to complete my first City to Surf, the weather was horrendous and I still had a (mostly) lovely weekend. We drove…
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Recent Fails
I think I mentioned that G dumped me in it last month by letting it be known that I could play keys. I did music performance (Electronic Organ) for a year 12 subject, but I’ve only played sporadically for the last twenty years and nothing since we moved to Brighton and sold the piano. Add…
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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…