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2024, my year that was

Posted on 3 January, 2025 by Ryan

It’s amazing how quickly the years pass by. Before the memories fall into a dateless mix of my life, or worse and completely forgotten, I wanted to chronicle some key moments from the last twelve months for future reference. I’m … Continue reading →

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Alternate modes of transport

Posted on 19 February, 2024 by Ryan

On my last commute into the city, my regular train service was unavailable due to their staff members being on strike. I shared the update with my work group chat, and that I still managed to get into the office. … Continue reading →

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Bellarine Sunset Run – 10 Feb 2024

Posted on 14 February, 2024 by Ryan

On the weekend I ran the half marathon at the Flying Brick (Cider) Bellarine Sunset Run. It was my 21st half marathon. I think there were almost 900 people at this event in all. 369 runners and walkers for the … Continue reading →

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Parkrun fun

Posted on 27 January, 2024 by Ryan

I ran another Parkrun this morning, my 40th. It’s not quite a notifiable milestone, but finally getting close. Being part of the local Parkrun community has been more fun than I imagined. I’ve quite enjoyed seeing the same faces, and … Continue reading →

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Surf Coast Trail Marathon 2022

Posted on 19 June, 2022 by Ryan

In terms of number of marathons I’ve run, this was to be my “Unlucky for some” race. So I left nothing to chance. I completed a pretty diligent 16 weeks of training, running 705.4kms in total. An added bonus was … Continue reading →

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My Melbourne Marathon, 2019

Posted on 18 October, 2019 by Ryan

Repatriating to Australia at the end of 2018, and into a new state for us in Victoria, it opened up a wonderful opportunity to run new marathons. I set my sights first on my capital city’s major road race, the … Continue reading →

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Far more than running 10 marathons

Posted on 10 November, 2017 by Ryan

I’ve always run.  When I was young, my Mum and I used to do laps of the local rugby league field – dropping pebbles to count our laps. Through high school and university I ran a few times each week … Continue reading →

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Another RAK half marathon – 2017

Posted on 11 February, 2017 by Ryan

Yesterday the RAK half marathon impressively lived up to being the world’s fastest half marathon. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya set a new world record for the women’s half marathon, in 65:06. I heard she was hunched over after the finish looking … Continue reading →

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2017 Dubai Marathon

Posted on 21 January, 2017 by Ryan

Yesterday morning I lined up to participate (not compete) in yet another Dubai Marathon .. This year’s event had extra interest with a confident Kenenisa Bekele declaring he was going to break the world record.  On top of the glory of owning … Continue reading →

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2016 goals smashed – just. Kind of.

Posted on 3 January, 2017 by Ryan

In 2016 I again tried to make continual progress over 12 months in a couple of personal areas I find important: Running 1200kms, and Reading 12 books. Both of these numbers neatly ensure each and every month I keep running and reading. … Continue reading →

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