When he arrives in Darwin he shall have set two new unofficial Solo records during his Australian Run.  The first is Hobart to Darwin in 85 days and the second is Geelong to Darwin in 73 days.  The major towns covered  enroute were Burnie, Geelong, Gawler, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Alice Springs and Katherine.

After Darwin, Tony will be heading to Timor Leste where he will be commencing the Asian leg of his Round the world Run , which has now clocked up over 30,000km.

Tony would like to thank Vlastik Skavril, Joe Rios,  Doug Kewley, John Birmingham and Terry Cleary for their help during the run.  Most of all, he would like to thank, Michael Gillan for his excellant crewing during the 2 and a bit months on the road!

Phil

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With great pleasure, I can announce that I have registered a company called ”  Ultralegends Events”  .  The sole purpose at this time is to act as a vehicle for talking to potential stakeholders for the proposed stage race in Australia in 2015. Govt groups dont like talking to individuals much these days!    Please be assured, I will not be aiming to make a profit as such from this proposed race.

After 2015,  I may expand the business purpose of the company, but will cross this bridge when I get to it.

Thanks,

Phil Essam

Tony was an extremly accomplished competitive ultrarunner before starting his Journey and Dream of a lifetime.  He has so far covered, Ireland, USA, Central and South America, Fiji and New Zealand.

Here is his route for the mainland leg of Australia.

Mainland route

Tony will be supported during his mainland route by Michael Gillan driving his car.

If anyone along the route can possible help with a bed for the night for both of them , homecooked meal or just want to join them on the road for a stretch of running, please email me at pandbessam  @ bigpond  .com  (join the gaps)

Particularly looking for help /bed/ meal on these days:

Geelong  - 13th March

Ballarat – 15th March

Mildura – 27th March.

Thanks and regards

Phil

TWELVE MARATHONS IN SIX DAYS

With the support of my wife Jo, I ran, scooted or pulled a rickshaw in every year for eleven years, all over Australia, raising over $100,000 for Make A Wish Foundation, CampQuality, Clown Doctors and Canteen, all supporting young Australian living with cancer.   All Reports on http://vlastislav.skvaril.googlepages.com

 Due to Jo’s brain surgery, we had a two year pause, since she could not drive to provide the support for long distance fundraisers as before.

Luckily, she has almost overcome her health problems and we are now hopeful, that in 2014 we might be able to do again something special to raise funds for those young sufferers. But the donations are now more urgent than ever and we have decided to do at least something, more feasible at the moment.

I am going to run at least twelve Marathons in six days.

To do it and have it officially confirmed, I entered a Six Day Race in Hungary (unfortunately we do not have such a race in Australia). We will be visiting our families in the CzechRepublic as well, so this will be part of our holiday.

The race will take place from 8^th till 14^th May 2013. Jo will be with me of course, but will not have to worry too much about me, since all the support will be provided by the organisers. We have already paid for the travel and the entry fees, so, as always, every cent donated will go directly to “Canteen.”

The race is ran on a 900 m track, the results will be available on their website    http://www.unixsport.hu/hatnaposfutoverseny?cid=74255

I will be trying to run more than just twelve Marathons and also will attempt to break Australian and possibly World Age Records.

I am asking all supporters of those deserving young Australian to make a donation  to  https://give.everydayhero.com/au/vlastislav-skvaril   by a Credit Card, the amount will go directly to Canteen Account, or by Cheque addressed to “Canteen” and sent to their address

CanTeen  Tasmania  PO Box 63  BatteryPoint  Tas  7004

The times are tough, we have had floods and bushfires, lots of people suffered big losses and need support, but the young sufferers must not be forgotten. I hope that many people will be able to find few extra dollars to assist. The smiles on the faces of those young brave Australians will be the greatest rewards.

Thank you.

Vlastik and Jo Skvaril