28,000km run!
Hi all,
Today, Tuesday was a tough hot day in which the 28,000th kilometre was run 32 km into today’s 55 :) Yesterday I ran 52k, so that’s 13 consecutive 50km plus days.
Total run to date 28,023km in 657 road days.
Yesterdays finish was near Palmer. We then commuted to a nearby farmhouse and were the guests of Barbara and Guy. They are the parents of my great friend Ash from Runways running store in Dublin WEBSITE. The last time I spoke to Ash he said..
” Hey Tony if you are going to Australia my mam will come out and meet you on the road! ”
” Hey Ash, Australia is a big place you know! ”
” Yeah Tony but are you going to be running in the south? ”
” Yes ”
” Good that’s where she lives so she will definitely come out to meet you! ”
The reality was when we arrived in the area there was no phone signal and we drove from my finish location to Palmer to phone. They drove out to meet us and I couldn’t get out of the car as I had a huge box of shopping on my lap. We did a provisional shop in Murray Bridge yesterday buying a few dozen pasta dinners, coffee, hot cross buns, peanut butter, honey, muesli bars, fruit, oatmeal, etc, etc. We don’t want to pay the Northern Territories prices. The lady in the supermarket check out just before me paid almost $900 for her groceries, So shocked was I that I felt like taking a photo of the cash register! Ours was a more modest $185.
We had a lovely evening last night, I got to talk to Ash on the phone. He has always been a great supporter of my running even during my competitive career giving me some nice clothing. Guy talked about the difficulties of working on a farm and not having any trusted relief for time off as he even missed Ash’s wedding in Dublin a few years ago as he deemed it risky to leave the sheep unattended in case something went wrong with the water as they would be dead in a few days as he put it. One would imagine there would be some kind of an agency for this.
Then today as I mentioned it was a hot day, someone said it was 37 degrees C. It was also very hilly as I seemed to spend the whole morning running up a gradual hill. tonight we are guests of Nancy and her son Mark who just like everyone else Michael and I have met just cant seem to do enough for us.
Today I had the company of a runner called Denis who drove a long way to get to run with me. He is a mailman and finished his shift very early, pulling some favours as he put it. Thanks for making this great effort Denis. I managed to talk him into coming out on Wednesday also as by then I will be closer to his area. We ran for about two hours, him driving his car on ahead and running back to run with me to the car a system mentioned so many times on the blog. The only bad note was when we passed a dead grey kangaroo, a victim of road kill.
Later Cathy and her son Declan also ran for an hour with me near Williamstown, always a pleasure.
We are just a few days away from the start of the great Australian Outback which really starts after I run through Port Augusta. I can hardly wait 
Adventure before dementia is Michael’s catch phrase. His recovery techniques are working well on me… Thanks for all your great help Michael, you are doing a great job crewing…
Forward and onward!
Pictures to follow
March 26th, 2013 at 9:21 pm
Good Man Tony, Another brilliant episode in the most daring expedition of the millennium. Long may it continue !!
March 27th, 2013 at 1:44 am
Congratulations Tony on 28,000 kms. Well done. Another great achievement in your world run. Great you have so many runners joining you on the road and that Michael is doing such a wonderful job crewing for you
Ann
March 27th, 2013 at 9:14 am
Hey Tony,
It was great meeting you and Michael and to have the opportunity to run with someone that is running around the world !!
To be with in driving distance from your route, was too good to miss out on joining you for a couple of hours on your 28,000km leg. CONGRATULATIONS on the huge milestone mate
I hope the new music and movies keep you occupied whilst clicking over the hours, kilometres and borders on your travels. Good luck with all the visas and happy running mate it was a pleasure and your efforts are amazing.
Denis
March 27th, 2013 at 9:34 am
well done tony. another great milestone and another great blog. your numbers are amazing. keep it going. kevin
March 27th, 2013 at 10:48 am
Hey Tony, the ABC891 radio show got back to me about the interview you did on Sunday.
“This is the link to Ashley’s chat with Tony Mangan on Sunday morning.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2013/03/the-world-jog.html?site=adelaide&program=adelaide_sunday
Regards,
891 Weekends”
Cheers,
Denis from South Australia
March 27th, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Text from Tony: Am still goin well pls tell ann to post 53km on Wed.57km Thurs. Total 28080km lu
x
March 28th, 2013 at 11:28 am
Brilliant! Its always a pleasure to hear about your adventures. Its even more incredible when a discussion becomes a reality! Hope you enjoyed Barb and Guys hospitality…