Tag Archives: Half Marathon
Sunday 12 October – Day 366 – The 2014 Flight Centre Melbourne Half Marathon Race Report
14 weeks of training culminated in the running of the Melbourne Half Marathon at 8am this morning. Heading to the start line I was confident that I had done everything I could do to be prepared for the race. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Park, exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, Health, Marathon, MCG, Melbourne, running, St Kilda, wellbeing
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Friday 10 October – Day 364 – Training Complete!
This morning’s run was both one of the slowest and one of the most satisfying runs I have ever had. It was just an unexciting 25 minute easy run but more importantly it was the last run of my Melbourne … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, Health, Marathon, Melbourne, running, weight loss, wellbeing, winning
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Tuesday 5 August – Day 299 – Game On!
The countdown to the 2014 Melbourne Half Marathon is officially on! I started my training campaign for this event this morning. The first thing I noticed about this morning was that it was freezing! This is the joy of spending … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, Health, Marathon, Melbourne, Parkrun, SMC, weight loss, wellbeing
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Tuesday 20 May – Day 212 – Road to Recovery
I decided I should head out for a little bit of a walk this morning to try and get some blood pumping around the body. After the race on Sunday I was far too exhausted to move let alone stretch … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, Health, hobbling, Marathon, old man, Parkrun, running, Sydney Marathon Clinic, weight loss, wellbeing
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Sunday 18 May – Day 210 – Race Report: The 2014 SMH Half Marathon
Well first things first. That was HARD! Sure I expected it to be hard but still. It was SOOOO HARD! In saying that, I did not do myself any favours to make it easier. The race commenced at 6:45am which … Continue reading
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Tagged Cool Running, fitness, gel, Half Marathon, Health, running, running challenge, SMH Half Marathon', weight loss, wellbeing
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Monday 5 May – Day 197 – 18.1km down, 3 to go!
Sunday marked the day in my training calender that I have been nervously eyeing off ever since I began preparing for this half marathon. The 18km training run marks the longest effort in my plan (apart of course for the … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, happy wife happy life, Health, ICAC, Marathon, pasta, premature baby, running, wellbeing
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Sunday April 13 – Day 175 – Two Laps Before The Sun!
When I agreed to take my three year old neice to church for Palm Sunday this morning it seemed like a good idea. That seems to be the definition of a good Uncle right? A shining light of good influence … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, niece, Palm Sunday, running, Uncle of the Year, weight loss
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Sunday March 30 – Day 161- 12km (or so)
First of all I would like to say I have confirmed my status as the world’s biggest mock! Those of you that read the last entry to this blog (more than likely just my mother and nobody else) will recall … Continue reading
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Tagged bay run, exercise, fitness, Half Marathon, Health, Marathon Challenge, mock, Rabbitohs, running
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Joseph Del Duca 