Tag: Covid-19
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Where Am I Going?
Blog Update #19 We’re nearly through one third of the year! What the hell! It’s been a hectic start, a lot of highs and a lot of lows. I’ve participated in 8 ultramarathons, finishing 7, winning 2, finishing top 10 in all of them with the exception of 1 and DNF’ing 1, and I’ve also […]
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Great Ocean Road Virtual Running Festival – Multi-Day 2020 Report
Location: Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia Time(s): 1.5km – 00:05:49 6km – 00:29:37 14km – 01:08:13 23km – 01:55:55 (25km 02:05:55) 44km – 05:06:06 (42.2km 04:52:06) 60km – 05:36:36 Overall Place: 1.5km – 2/36 (Virtual Run) 6km – 10/120 (Virtual Run) 14km – 14/163 (Virtual Run) 23km – 41/256 (Virtual Run) 44km – 107/140 (Virtual Run) […]
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Locked Down
Blog Update #16 Last update wasn’t so positive but was honest and the post before that was extremely positive and also honest, this post finds me at a happy equilibrium. For the past 6 weeks us Victorians have been in an unprecedented stage 4 lockdown, due to a “little” thing called COVID-19. 1 hour exercise […]
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Post Successful Mount Kosciuszko Summit
Four summits in one year and one month, pretty damn lucky I know. Mount Elbrus Russia, Europe’s highest peak in June 2019, Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania, Africa’s highest peak in July 2019, Aconcagua Argentina, South America’s highest peak in February 2020 and now Mount Kosciuszko Australia, Australia’s highest peak in July 2020. Getting to the top […]
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Pre Mount Kosciuszko Expedition
First thing I want to say is I wouldn’t really call a summit attempt of Mount Kosciuszko an expedition, but with the being said I wanted to keep my seven summits project titles consistent, so for this purpose where calling it an expedition. Its been about 4 and a half months since my successful summit […]
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Planning & Moving Forward
Blog Update #11 It’s been a hectic 4-6 weeks, you’d think the COVID-19 pandemic would’ve slown me down due to gyms closing and work drying up, however as a labourer and as someone who’s had access to weights I’ve been very fortunate. My work and training routine has been anything but slow, it’s been crazy. […]
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Great Ocean Road Virtual Running Festival – 60km 2020 Report
Location: Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia Time: 04:42:03 Overall Place: 1st on Leaderboard (Virtual Run) Full Results This was a new experience, due to the COVID-19 pandemic ultra and trail races have been either postponed or cancelled everywhere, it’s left a gigantic whole in everyones ultra and trail running schedule. To help fill in that whole […]
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Chest, Back & Shoulders for Days Workout
3 MAJOR SETS Set 1: Warm Up 1 Set: 30 Burpees Set 2: Push & Pull 5 Supersets: Exercise 1: MAX Push Ups Exercise 2: MAX Pull Ups Set 3: Push & Pull 5 Supersets: Exercise 1: MAX Diamond Push Ups Exercise 2: MAX Chin Ups Set 4: Shoulders & Back 5 Supersets: Exercise 1: […]
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Reflection & Goal Setting
Blog Update #10 April marks 12 months since trekking the Kokoda Track, a life-changing experience that lead to a year of experiences that many would be happy to have in a lifetime. I’ve been on top of the highest mountain in Europe, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest mountain in South America. I’ve […]
Thomas "The Tank" Dade 