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Travel writer Fiona Harper will run the 2022 New York Marathon alongside 50,000 runners starting on Staten Island & finishing in Central Park

My phone alarm goes off at 5.15am and immediately snaps me out of a blissfully dreamy state. Eeek! I immediately start to…

I didnt plan to run 5 marathons this year. But while grounded by a pandemic, long distance running became my social outlet and before I knew it I’d run 5 marathons in 7 weeks

Training for a marathon is all-consuming. It’s also kind of crazy. A program that demands I run five days a week, potentially…

VIDEO: Trail running the rolling hills and dairy country of Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Queensland Australia. Filmed using DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone | Fiona Harper travel writer for Travel Boating Lifestyle

I don’t recall the exact moment when my Cairns Ironman 70.3 dream began. But I know exactly when it fell off the…

With the ink barely dry on my marriage licence I left my husband forever. Not something I’m proud of, I didn’t have…

The blue painted line blending into the irregular cobblestones marks the shortest route through Paris’ historic streets. The line, though itself only…

Running was always something other people did. I wasn’t a runner. It’s not that I was anti-exercise. Quite the opposite in fact.…

Read Part 1 of Running 3 Marathons in 3 Days Here Part 2:  Awesome is as Awesome Does. It’s cold, it’s invigorating,…

Guest post by Clive Harper Awesome isn’t just a word. In recent times, Claudette, my wife and travelling mate, and I, have…

Some of the world’s most beautiful cities are recognisable by their bridges.  The scarlet struts of the Golden Gate Bridge are synonymous…

An extraordinary thing happened down on Four Mile Beach. Strangers became friends. Lovers embraced. Children were subdued. Crowds broke into spontaneous applause…

Training run in Samoa. Image Cam Cope Photography www.camcope.com A blank look and extended silence is all I got when I told…