Hi all.
I have spent a huge amout of time updating the blog Route Page. It’s not perfect as I don’t have the technical skills but have persisted to get some kind of routing up.

My thoughts on the road ahead to Dublin are.
After finishing Australia in Darwin about 1,040km away I will fly to East Timor to begin running across Asia. This may take about 14 months.

From East Timor I will cross the border to Indonesia and island hop some 3,500km and continue on this western peninsula until I cross the equator. As the main peninsula leading to China and eventually Europe begins with Singapore which is above the equator I will stay on this western peninsula until I cross over the equator and then commute to Singapore at a more southern point.
The next sea crossing after Singapore will be at Calais, France.
From Singapore to China border is about 3,000km. I expect to be there around end Oct, ie: Dublin Marathon time when I will have one year exactly to finish this run.
It will be approaching winter when I arrive in the Peoples Republic. 5,000km I am figuring on 4 months but may take 5 depending on weather and other conditions. By this stage I should be comfortably on schedule for my finish needing about 1,000km per month.
Due to certain ‘ new circumstances ‘ and other plans which will be reserved for the book I have decided to revert back to my original Asian route. That is from China to Kazakhstan to Russia. These routes have not been totally decided upon but I am thinking about 4 months total for the latter two. From the Russian Ukraine border it will be about 2 months to Calais, France where I plan to take the ferry to Dover, England.
Now this is the big news. I had planned to run to Ireland from Dover to Wales and still may include off route Wales but I have decided for two reasons to run north to Scotland.
Reason one is I want to push this run over 50,000km as it was a bit short.
Reason two and this is big for me.
From Scotland my plan is to take the ferry to Larne in Northern Ireland.
There is nothing more I would love than to enter the island of Ireland on northern territory. In the past our two communities have had so many problems, to put it mildly. This is my very small way of making some kind of a bond, however small or insignificant that may seem to others, it’s important to me.
It would be nice to get off the ferry in Larne and run to Belfast and perhaps even meet the mayor there and then run over the border west and south perhaps towards Co. Donegal, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and other places in between. It is small things like these thoughts that keep me going over the endless highways of the world.
So there is my plan for the next 20,000km over the next 18 months set out to you on the night I set out to run the 30,000th kilometre of this world run. I hope you will be still there with me for the finish.
Please check out the route page, sorry for it’s untidiness! Thanks for your support.

Hi All, just a quick note. 29,985km run. Finished Friday morning with 43km run and commuted to backpackers hostel in Tennant Creek. I could have run the 15km on Friday but as the distance from where I eventually decided to finish was about a marathon to town we decided to run it next day, or rather night. We had already been thinking of taking a rest day or rest night here, so that’s why it’s Saturday. Anytime I take a rest day I get emails wondering if I am injured! I say give me a break! Talk later, thanks for messages
PS Re: Lindie Naughton’s message of support we have two questions. You say your tent was stolen in this area, Michael asked me if you were in it?
I read with interest that you were attacked by emu’s getting off a bus? So I have decided I will give buses a wide berth just in case any decide to get off when I am running by
This is just another hazard for me on the long list many fatalistic ‘ grey nomads ‘ here warn me about!
Still no kangaroo sightings but Michael did manage to video a dingo. I can no see why people say ‘ you would be lucky if you see a snake! ‘
By the way there is a poster on the hostel wall titled ” Dangerous Land Snakes Of The Northern Territory ”
12 terrifying pictures and descriptions from over two metres long, with horrifying names such as the Desert Death Snake, the Whip Snake, Tiger Snake or the much feared Taipan which was described to me in Tasmania as the ‘ pit bull terrier of snakes ” for it goes after you for no reason (sorry that I can agree with and no apology to pit bull owners!)

Michael submitted the following for publication at my request. I cannot speak highly enough of the man and of his excellent recovery techniques which have help me so much on this grueling leg of my world run.

Michael Gillan has been involved in Ultra Marathon running and walking for many years. In 1995 he developed a simple light legs recovery system that encouraged walkers and runners back out onto the track quickly so they could get more distance for less effort through a better recovery

Since then Michael has worked all over the world including France, Denmark, Montreal, and a run across the United States. Currently he is the support driver and recovery specialist for Tony Mangan on the Australian leg of his world run from Melbourne to Darwin.
Michael has worked with many top athletes which include Cliff Young, Sandra Brown, Yiannis Kouros, Jesper Olsen and Tony Mangan

Michael’s sporting recovery website is http://www.aching-legs-recovery.com He is available to do workshops with clubs and interested athletes to teach his Light Manual Muscle Relaxation recovery techniques.

Running around the world I have lots of time to think up new inventions which I may work on someday!

The designer of this site, Simon Evans, thought up this wonderful invention of “the bike that grows with the child”. Simon previously cycled around the world, so he knows a thing or two about bicycles!

Twist starts as a balance (pedal-less) bike that allows your child to learn to balance and steer with the comfort of having their feet near the ground.

When your child grows out of the small balance bike, the rear of the frame rotates turning Twist into a big balance bike with higher saddle and longer handlebar reach.

After your child becomes confident whizzing around independently, a pedal and crank assembly can be fitted to the balance bike transforming it into a fully functioning pedal bicycle.

Twist can be used from ages 2 to 7 while keeping the correct fit for your child.

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Hi Just a brief update and thanks to Wycliffe Well Holiday Park for an hours free  online!

Am running nights now as it’s cooler, no flies on me! and because of a serious camber on the road so designed to rapidly shift the flash floods. Also Michaels a/c is busted so you can imagine the torment for him sitting in that vehicle which is prob 30 degrees hotter than for me on the road. A fly spray would work for him, or rather several but he is allergic!

I can see the traffic well at night when there is typically only about 8 vehicles, this means I can also run in the middle of the road.

Many thanks to Tom Deniss for sponsoring my birthday meal of kangaroo steak and also for Michaels and my host John in Alice Springs.

Total to date is 29,898km for 690 road days, think thats an average of 43.33km!

I expect to run the 30,000th on Friday, it will be about 30km before Tennants Creek.

All is well, sorry gotta rush, thanks for messages of support,