Last year, I decided to do a Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I couldn’t start my “real world” Fun Walking Not Running Around the World tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I ended up completing 21 country runs from mid-October until late-December. At the end of last year, I signed up to four additional country
Read moreI’ve previously published Crossing the Finish Line blog posts to reflect on the fun running challenges I’ve completed, such as my Fun Walking Not Running Tour around Australia, and my Four Seasons: Four Miles challenge. I felt I couldn’t let the opportunity to do a reflective post on my fun walking not running efforts in 2020 pass me by, especially
Read moreIn an earlier blog post I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Events, as well as my completion of my first Conqueror Virtual Challenge, the English Channel. I have since completed my second Conqueror Virtual Challenge – the Inca Trail. The Inca Trail is currently the second shortest Challenge at 26.2
Read moreMuch like the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, another major Australian fun run, the Melbourne Marathon Festival also went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Melbourne Marathon Festival is annual walking/running and marathon festival, which has grown since its inaugural event in 1978 to become Australia’s biggest marathon. It offers a variety of distances for participants to complete, with all
Read moreThe twenty-first and final virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Nicaragua run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events
Read moreThe twentieth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Costa Rica run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events have
Read moreDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, many major fun runs have gone virtual (if they didn’t postpone or cancel altogether); one of those was the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival. The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival is an annual running and walking event with a range of distances to suit everyone – all of them run over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The range
Read moreThe nineteenth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Jamaica run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events have
Read moreThe eighteenth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Puerto Rico run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events
Read moreThe seventeenth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Colombia run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events
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