Category Archives: Running

PyCon AU 2016 runs (not sprints)

PyCon AU 2016 starts next week for five days of mini-confs, the main conference and two days of sprints. With all that sitting around, we want you to pack your running gear and join us for a run each morning … Continue reading

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PyCon AU 2015 runs (not sprints)

PyCon AU 2015 starts at the end of July and I would encourage you to pack your running gear and join us for an informal morning run before the conference each day. These runs are intended to be inclusive rather … Continue reading

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My QS tools & workflow

I have had a few people ask me recently how I track my exercise, so here is the low-down on my quantified self tools and workflow: Food and drink is logged with MyFitnessPal. This gives me total kilojoules intake per … Continue reading

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October and November cycling & running events

I’ve been asked a few times, so here is the list of upcoming cycling and running events that I have entered.  Oct 19: Around the Bay in a Day: a 250km bike ride, counter-clockwise around Port Phillip Bay. This is a … Continue reading

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PyCon AU 2014 runs

For the last two PyCon AU conferences in Hobart, we informally organised morning runs before the conference day commences and had a lot of fun in the process. This year, in slightly warmer Brisbane, the runs will be happening again, … Continue reading

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Dissection of my first DNF

Over the last ten years, I have done a lot of runs, ranging from 2km fun runs with my young son through to 100km ultras. None of those runs has compared to the misery of October’s Lake Mountain Skyrun, which … Continue reading

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I used to jog…

Sign in Little Bourke Street:

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Beach running

I have been slack recently with writing up this year’s runs, so it is time to catch up! The fourth, and last, of the Salomon trail runs was at Anglesea in September. The long run was the Surf Coast Century … Continue reading

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Hills, hills and more hills

Salomon trail run #3 started and ended at Silvan Reservoir, winding its way through beautiful forests on trails ranging from technical single track to wide fire trails and dirt roads. The course headed north to Mt Evelyn and south to … Continue reading

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The mystery of the forest cage

On one of the runs to work this week, I came across this small fenced off area in the middle of bushland. It’s odd: there is nothing obviously special inside the cage: no unusual vegetation, no animal habitat, no gold mine … Continue reading

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