The basic story of the Sydney Marathon race report is that I just never got to my target pace with consistency, having in the lack of training sort of forgotten what that rhythm felt like off the top of my head, and then struggling through the start of the race to hit a consistent line… Continue reading Sydney Marathon 2025: Race Report
Last time I tried to run 32 kilometres I didn’t get it done. That was on December 1st, 2024. I ran 23.3 kilometres and had made a range of errors. Today, I reached the peak of my Gold Coast Marathon training program with a 32 kilometre run. This time I did it. I ran from… Continue reading 32 Kilometres Of Marathon Prep
If you're marathon training in Brisbane and you're looking for an almost exclusively hilly route to get your legs tender and ready for what's going to be a pancake flat Gold Coast Marathon, do I have a route for you! This simple hill route is easy to follow but boy oh boy will you start… Continue reading Up And Up And Up
The Gold Coast Marathon, the only full marathon I've run before, is a warm marathon. On July 7th, 2024, on the day of the full marathon, the Gold Coast had a low of 15 degrees Celsius and a high of 24 degrees Celsius. Today in Brisbane on my homemade marathon, we finished in 28 degree… Continue reading Zac & Sean’s 2024 Homemade Marathon
On Sunday December 22nd the plan is to run a homemade Brisbane Marathon to make up for the one proper I missed earlier this year. The current track is pretty simple: from my apartment building in Milton along the river towards the city then further around past the Powerhouse then all the way along the… Continue reading 23.3 Out of 30 Out Of 42.2
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