The running, trekking, walking, and other adventures of Robyn from Oz
Saturday, September 4, 2010
From sea to shining sea
Our merry band of trekkers arrived in Robin Hood's Bay, on the North Sea, on schedule yesterday, 13 days after we set out from St Bees, on the Irish Sea. It was the hardest long-distance walk I've done. We couldn't have had a better group or better weather.
Klosters to Davos mountain trail 25 km, Switzerland, July 2018.
Torbay half marathon, Torquay, UK, June 2018.
Leiden half marathon, Leiden, Netherlands, May 2018.
Rock 'n' Roll half marathon, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2017.
Wizz Air Budapest half marathon, Budapest, September 2017.
Hat trick (5K, 10K, half marathon), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 2016.
Wizz Air Budapest half marathon, September 2016.
Way of Knowledge half marathon, Budapest, November 2015.
Steamtown marathon, Pennsylvania, October 2015 (4:21:37; 5th in AG/13; qualified for Boston).
Wizz Air Budapest half marathon, September 2015.
Dubrovnik half marathon, May 2015.
Wizz Air Budapest half marathon, September 2014.
Placing ninth veteran (45+) woman in the Kuching half marathon, August 2014.
Breaking my right (dominant) arm near the shoulder in Marrakech, Morocco, January 2014.
Placing fourth (out of 84) in my AG in the Philadelphia half marathon, November 2013.
Placing sixth (out of 17) in my AG in the Budapest half marathon, September 2013.
Walking to the top of Mt Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, August 2013.
Running 1:53:56 in the inaugural Dublin Rock 'n' Roll/Irish National Championships half marathon, August 2013.
Finishing a 10K and a 20K in Paris, France, over one weekend, May 2013.
Running as a bandit in the Vivicitta half marathon, Florence, Italy, April 2013.
Trekking up Mt Batur, in central Bali, in the dark to watch the sunrise, January 2013.
Placing first in my AG in the Singapore half marathon, December 2012.
Running the Penang Bridge half marathon, Malaysia, November 2012 (started at 3.15 a.m.).
Placing first in my AG in the 25 km Great Railway Run from Cork to Carrigaline, Ireland, November 2012.
Running the Staten Island half marathon, October 2012.
Placing third in my AG in the Reykjavik, Iceland, half marathon, August 2012 (1:53:38).
Trekking in Iceland, August 2012.
Running four half marathons over four weekends in four countries (Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada and the US), April–May 2012.
Running half of a half marathon in a snowstorm in Manhattan in January 2012, a half marathon in perfect conditions in Austin, Texas in February, and a hilly half in steamy Kuala Lumpur in March.
Placing fifth in my AG in the 2011 Niagara Falls marathon in a personal best time of 4:13:00.
Placing third in my AG in the Staten Island half marathon, NY, 2011.
Placing first in my AG in the Yonkers half marathon, Yonkers, NY, 2011.
Walking the 160 km Cotswold Way, England, 2011.
Walking mostly solo for five days along Lake Geneva, 2011.
Running the Half Marathon for the Ponies, Lampang, Thailand, 2011.
Running the Mumbai half marathon, India, 2011.
Running the New York City marathon, 2010.
Completing the 320 km Coast-to-Coast Walk across England, 2010.
Walking the Headhunters Trail in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, 2010.
Running the Rotorua marathon, New Zealand, 2010.
Running the Angkor Wat half marathon, Cambodia, 2009.
Placing third in my AG in the Brooklyn half marathon, New York, May 2009 (1:50:09).
Placing first in my AG in the Wall Street 5K, New York, May 2009.
Trekking in Nepal to within two days of Everest Base Camp before breaking my wrist, 2008.
Walking the Kokoda Track, New Guinea, 2008.
Completing the two-week Mont Blanc trek through France, Switzerland and Italy, 2007.
Congratulations on finishing your trek! An amazing thing to do.
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