After running Perth’s famous Chevron City to Surf, I had about six weeks left to train for the Perth Running Festival on 12th October 2025. My training went smoothly… until it didn’t. I overdid it in a strength training class and ended up injured. The first few days were terribly painful. Walking, let alone running,… Continue reading Rookie Running Mistakes | Lessons from My 18th Half Marathon
Four weeks after braving the storm at the Accura Perth Half Marathon, I lined up for Perth’s famous Chevron City-to-Surf Fun Run on 31st August 2025. Its reputation had certainly preceded it. I had heard it described as one of the city’s most iconic races, known for its massive crowds, challenging hills, and that unforgettable… Continue reading Were the Hills at Perth’s City-to-Surf Really That Bad? | Race Recap 2025
Prior to this, my last Half Marathon was over a year ago, where I set a Personal Best of 2:23:03. But afterwards, my training was inconsistent. Though I kept running, I rarely pushed long distances. So, when I registered for the WAMC Accura Perth Half Marathon on 3rd August 2025, it felt like a turning… Continue reading Running Through a Storm | WAMC Accura Perth Half Marathon | 2025
As we made our way to 34 Homestead Road, Gosnells, Western Australia, for the Canning River RunningWorks Festival, my son pointed to a strange formation in the sky and said, “That’s a roll cloud.” I was taken aback by his knowledge, especially as I couldn’t recall ever seeing one before. Later, I read that a… Continue reading Canning River RunningWorks Festival 2025 | 10km Race Recap
The last Half Marathon I recapped was my twelfth, Phikwe, which I ran in July 2023. After 12 weeks of solid training, I had never felt more prepared for a race. I didn’t think I would PB, I knew I would. But I didn’t. Far from it. In fact, I was a whole 17 minutes… Continue reading From Failure to Triumph | UB Half Marathon 2023
Haha! Quite a few people have asked me this so I thought it would make a great title! I think when I expressed how disappointed I was with the outcome of the race, some took it that I hadn’t actually finished! Good news is, I did, and it wasn’t my worst time either. Bad news… Continue reading Did I Finish the Phikwe Half Marathon 2023?
When my father and sister announced they were headed to Tshwane (Pretoria) in South Africa for the long weekend in July, I spontaneously joined them without my little family! But given the Phikwe Half Marathon was only a fortnight away, I knew I couldn’t afford to skip my 18km long run. In a frantic search… Continue reading Springbok Vasbyt Trail Half | Race Recap
Accra, the capital city of Ghana, is located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a complicated and tragic colonial history and was largely formed from the merging of distinct settlements around Fort James (British), Ussher Fort (Dutch), and Fort Christiansborg (Danish). It was the capital… Continue reading Accra Inter-City Homowo Marathon | 10km Race Recap
On Sunday 30 April 2023, I participated in the inaugural Gaborone Striders City Marathon. The Gaborone Striders Running Club was founded in 2012 by “a group of friends who had just discovered the passion in running” and it has since become a well-established and respected part of Gaborone’s running community. One of their well-known and… Continue reading Did the Gaborone Striders City Marathon Live Up to the Hype? | 10K Race Recap
Molepolole is an urban village about 50km from Gaborone with significant historical, cultural and religious relevance to Botswana. I ran in Molepolole for the first time last year. Starting at Scottish Livingstone Hospital, we ran towards the village centre, continuing all the way to the main kgotla before heading back to the hospital again and were amazed by… Continue reading I Came LAST at the Molepolole Half Marathon
The Gaborone Runner 