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Rookie Running Mistakes | Lessons from My 18th Half Marathon
After running Perth’s famous Chevron City to Surf, I had about six weeks left to train for the Perth Running Festival on 12th October 2025. My training went smoothly… until it didn’t. I overdid it in...
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Five Reasons to Explore Fremantle with Kids
When we first arrived in Australia, one of my biggest priorities was for the kids to not only settle in but to understand the place we had moved to – its culture, its people, and the stories hidden in...
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Were the Hills at Perth’s City-to-Surf Really That Bad? | Race Recap 2025
Four weeks after braving the storm at the Accura Perth Half Marathon, I lined up for Perth’s famous Chevron City-to-Surf Fun Run on 31st August 2025. Its reputation had certainly preceded it. I had...
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Running Through a Storm | WAMC Accura Perth Half Marathon | 2025
Prior to this, my last Half Marathon was over a year ago, where I set a Personal Best of 2:23:03. But afterwards, my training was inconsistent. Though I kept running, I rarely pushed long distances....
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My Running Journey: From Gaborone to the World | 2025 Update
Hello (again!). I’m Shathiso from Gaborone, the quiet, beautiful capital city of Botswana, and I’ve been running (and writing about running) for almost NINE years now. With so many recent life changes...
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Canning River RunningWorks Festival 2025 | 10km Race Recap
As we made our way to 34 Homestead Road, Gosnells, Western Australia, for the Canning River RunningWorks Festival, my son pointed to a strange formation in the sky and said, “That’s a roll cloud.” I...
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What Did I Think of Perth’s Most Popular Run? | Bridges Run
Having recently relocated to Perth from Gaborone, I’m doing what I do best – discovering a new city on the run. What better way to do this then with one of Perth’s most popular running routes, the...
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First Impressions of Running in Perth – Western Australia
When the opportunity arose for us to relocate to Perth in Western Australia for a short stint, we seized it, viewing it as a grand adventure for the kids and, as a runner blogger, a fantastic chance...
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From Failure to Triumph | UB Half Marathon 2023
The last Half Marathon I recapped was my twelfth, Phikwe, which I ran in July 2023. After 12 weeks of solid training, I had never felt more prepared for a race. I didn’t think I would PB, I knew I...
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Gaborone’s African Mall: Unveiling Hidden History and Charm
Although Botswana is a major tourist destination, its capital Gaborone, affectionately known as Gabs, would never make it to a Most Interesting City list! It is not as vibrant as Dar es Salaam, as...
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Running in Bishoftu, Ethiopia
When I got back from Istanbul in November 2023, I was ready to wrap up the year… that was, until we got another call! *drumroll* We had to be in Ethiopia the week leading up to Christmas. Although...
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Three Iconic Street Foods in Istanbul | Gluten Free Diaries
How I wish I could have tried all the scrumptious street food with such tantalising scents as I walked through Istanbul … As this writer suggests, “Istanbul is a goldmine of culinary variety” – from...
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Running in Istanbul, Türkiye
I had several incredible travel experiences in 2023, mostly for my work in Ghana, where I grabbed every opportunity to run, walk, hike and even race! My last visit to Ghana was in August and by then I...
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What’s MOTIVATING Me to Run This Winter?
Was it all just fake news?! We were told Botswana was going to experience a record-breaking warm winter. And right up until the end of May this certainly seemed to be the case. Then BOOM! June arrived...
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Why I Blog | Why I Stopped
I started blogging over seven years ago. I’d always loved writing so it was something I had long wanted to do. But I spent many years not knowing what I should write about. I didn’t feel I had enough...
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A Motswana Runs the Streets of Nairobi | Guest Blog
When my husband Ditiro said he would be in Nairobi for a conference, my first thoughts weren’t “How will I manage with the crazy school runs?” or even “What is the conference about?” – it was “Content...
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Did I Finish the Phikwe Half Marathon 2023?
Haha! Quite a few people have asked me this so I thought it would make a great title! I think when I expressed how disappointed I was with the outcome of the race, some took it that I hadn’t actually...
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Musline Runs the Lisbon Half Marathon | Interview
Something I love about having a blog is connecting with so many amazing runners around the world and getting to share some of their inspirational stories on this platform. Today, I’m so excited to...
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SPRING Cleaning My Fitness Routine!
And just like that, it’s SPRING! My favourite season – granted, Spring in Botswana, literally lasts a few days, but for purposes of this blog, let’s pretend it lasts all of September! I love this time...
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Battle of the Ultras | Road vs Trail
First held in 1921, the Comrades Marathon, coined The Ultimate Human Race, is the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon road race, run annually in South Africa between the cities of Durban and...
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