Category Archives: Challenges

Year of the Fun Walk 2019—2019 Support Our Girls & You Are My Sunshine Virtual Runs (October)

My October fun runs for my Year of the Fun Walk 2019 were the 2019 Support Our Girls & You Are My Sunshine virtual runs. The 2019 Support Our Girls virtual run was hosted by http://www.virtualrunevents.com. This run was their fifth annual Breast Cancer awareness themed virtual race—SUPPORT OUR GIRLS: Fight Like A Woman. There was the option of five

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2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles—Autumn

My third four mile (6.4km) walk for the 2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles year-long, virtual run challenge was autumn. I completed my autumn walk on October 20 around Lake Albert, in my home town of Wagga Wagga, in one hour and nine minutes. Unlike my previous Four Seasons walks, I registered and received my autumn medal and bib (which I

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Year of the Fun Walk 2019–Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon 2019 (August)

My Year of the Fun Walk run for August was this year’s Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon. This fun run marks the first fun run I’ve completed in my home town of Wagga Wagga since the Lake to Lagoon in 2007. The Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon is a full-weekend running event and is regarded as the premier distance running event in

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Year of the Fun Walk 2019—Happy Birthday Harry! (July)

My Year of the Fun Walk run for July was the Happy Birthday Harry virtual run. The Happy Birthday Harry virtual run was a virtual run to celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday on July 31. It was the first annual Happy Birthday Harry run, with the option of five distances to complete: 1 mile, 5km, 10km, 13.1 miles or 26.2 miles.

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2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles—Summer

My second four mile (6.4km) walk for the 2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles year-long, virtual run challenge was summer. I completed my summer walk on June 22 around Lake Albert, in my home town of Wagga Wagga, in one hour and fourteen minutes. A few weeks after submitting my results, I received my summer medal and bib (which I forgot

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2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles–a year-long fun walking (not running) challenge

In my quest to find virtual runs to fulfil my Year of the Fun Walk, I came across a unique virtual run challenge, a year-long virtual run, 2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles. 2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles is hosted by Virtual Run Events. According to the Virtual Run Events website, 2019 Four Seasons: Four Miles is a 4 mile (6.4km)

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Virtual Running Sites

I’ve talked in my previous blog posts about completing virtual runs, so I thought I’d publish a blog post listing the virtual run sites I’ve used to complete them and other sites that I plan on using at some point in the future: http://www.virtualrunner.com.au—Is an Australian-based virtual run site. Their site states that their aim is to “make a difference

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