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Wheelbarrow Man David took part in the Perth Marathon (State Championship) today without his beloved wheelbarrow (due to the number of runners), and despite cramps in his left leg, managed to finish the 42km run in 3 hours and 25 minutes. Conditions were near perfect with temperatures of 19c, a flat course and hardly any [...]

Hi to you all David will be running the Perth Marathon this Sunday 20 June 2010.  The weather is expected to be cloudy and hopefully there will be no rain. Unfortunately David  will be without his barrow because the cycle paths are too narrow. Jo is starting half an hour after David at  8am and [...]

David completed the 50 km Ultra Marathon in a fabulous 5 hours and 4 minutes. David covered the first 21kms in 1hr 40 minutes then at the 33km mark his left calf started locking up.  Fortunately we anticipated this happening and had Magnesium powder  available  ( I was riding my bike alongside of David), and [...]

Last weekend David ran a fast 7kms with his wheelbarrow around Lake Monger at the Breast Cancer Mother’s Day run. His time was a fast 32mins 22secs and $30 was collected for Breast Cancer. There were approximately 4,000 runners and David was only beaten by a 35 year old  pushing a pram which is very [...]

Hi to you all Since arriving in Perth on October 2nd 2009 David and I have been busy with our families, have rejoined the workforce and are doing local runs with Masters Athletics WA. As always and hungry for a challenge, David has decided he would like to do a 50km Ultra distance run with [...]