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Tasmania has been run!

Hi Everyone, Yes still alive and kicking despite not much internet in over a week. Yes Tasmania has been run. I had considered running a couple of days further on along this coast, west even though I finished a day beyond my original proposed finishing location of Devonport. There is a ferry from there to Melbourne, so that would have been the more logical finishing spot. Instead I ran an extra 48km today to finish in Burnie, home of Vlastik Skvaril a Tasmanian ultra running multi record-holder and several times trans Australia and trans Tasmania runner.

Vlastik ran with me much of the last few hours before I touched into the Bass Strait sea to complete my crossing from Hobort. We had a wonderful chat about many of Vlastik’s races.

Vlastik then brought me back to his house for my first shower in Australia! I am going to spend a few days here with Vlastik and his wife Jo who are kindly hosting me. When I heard he lived here I just had to run the extra day. Burnie is also the home town of my great friend Phil Essam who has swapped several thousand emails with me over the last 7 or 8 years. Phil has been an advisor of sorts even during my competitive career. He will be co-ordinating much of my run through the mainland starting in less than a week. Unfortunately Phil now lives in Canberra, the capital, he was following my progress live by the Spot tracker on this site wasting no time with his well done message.

Thank you Phil, Tasmania has been dedicated to you

Yes I have had a wonderful time in my week on the roads. As always I met many wonderful people. I hope to get that blogged before flying to Melbourne on Sunday night. Sorry for this jaded update I am zzzzzzing Talk Thursday

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4 Responses to “Tasmania has been run!”

kevin scanlon Says:
March 6th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
well done tony, another special marker on the journey. the aussies have a lot to live upto after new zealand. the latest blogs are brilliant about the generosity of people. keep it going, kevin.
Ann Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 12:06 am
Enjoy your well deserved snoozzzzze. You deserve it. Well done on yet another great achievement and great write ups. Ann
Bob L Says:
March 7th, 2013 at 2:04 am
from Patogonia tip to dip on the north coast of Tasmania went fast. Looking forward to tales of OZ, Malaysia, China & beyond as challenges undoubtedly increase. You are the prime candidate indeed for your adventurous future:)!
Phil Essam Says:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:53 am
Thanks Tony,

Just doing my job. Saying that, hopefully we can organise a bit for you on the mainland as well. Great that we have Geelong organised.

Phil

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About Tony

I have always considered myself to be an average runner. In school, I was even bullied for I was a sports wimp. Through hard work, dedication, perseverance, self-belief and a strong mind I succeeded in not only running around the world but breaking four ultra running world records during my competitive career. Having previously cycled around the world I didn't start running until I was almost 30. Then I had a dream of running around the world. For many reasons, I waited for over 20 years. One reason was to establish my pedigree as an endurance athlete. I started and finished my world run as the current World Record-Holder for 48 Hours Indoor Track 426 kilometres (265 miles), a record I have held since 2007. I also broke and still hold the World Record for 48 hours on a Treadmill 405 kilometres (251 miles) in 2008. When I retired from competition, more pleasing than any of my world, European or Irish records I had the respect of my fellow athletes from all over the world - in my opinion, sports greatest reward - an achievement I am most proud of. Then I finally put myself out to pasture, to live my ultimate dream to run around the world! This blog was written on the road while I struggled to find places to sleep and to recover from running an average of 43.3 kilometres or 27 miles per day for 1,165 road days. There were many nights I typed this blog on a smart phone, so fatigued my eyes closed. Many journalists and endurance athletes have referred to my world run as the most difficult endurance challenge ever attempted. During my expedition I rarely had any support vehicles, running mostly with a backpack. In the more desolate areas I pushed my gear, food and water in a cart which I called Nirvana, then I sent her on ahead to run with my backpack once again over altitudes of almost 5,000 metres in the Andes. I stayed in remote villages where many people had never seen a white person before. I literally met the most wonderful people of this world in their own backyard and share many of those amazing experiences in this blog. My run around the world took 4 years. There were no short cuts, I ran every single metre on the road while seeking out the most comprehensive route across 41 countries, 5 continents, I used 50 pair of running shoes and my final footstep of the run was exactly 50,000 kilometres, (almost 31,000 miles) I eventually finished this tongue in cheek named world jog where I started, at the finish line of my city marathon. I started my global run with the Dublin Marathon on October 25th 2010 and finished with the Dublin Marathon on October 27th 2014 at 3 05pm! Thank you for your support, I hope you can share my unique way of seeing the world, the ultimate endurance challenge! Read more...