Mark J. Keenan
The 14 Hour Party
‘Tomorrow is the big party day.’ It wasn’t going to be easy and Sam, the race director who said these words, knew it. Eighty kilometres...
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Mark J. Keenan
WRITER, TRAIL-RUNNER, ENGINEER, HUMAN
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Mark J. Keenan
- Nov 7, 2018
- 10 min
A Tale of Two Ultras
This is the tale of two ultras; a story which begins on the golden sands of a picturesque beach on the southern coast, and finishes, in...
Mark J. Keenan
- Aug 21, 2018
- 6 min
Two halves make a whole
Last year, I had planned to run the “whole truth” - a 50 kilometre, double loop, trail event held in Jarrahdale called Truth and...
Mark J. Keenan
- May 28, 2018
- 5 min
Trails, trees and great people.
Trails, trees and great people. Check. Check. Check. The Pemby Trail Fest had all of these. And more. The Friday night run was a cracker....
Mark J. Keenan
- Mar 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Big Cheese
While the Three Steps is the hill most people talk about after running the PTS Summer Series, the long course event with the largest...
Mark J. Keenan
- Feb 23, 2018
- 2 min
Sounds of Zen
It could have been the start scene to any trail running event. The inflatable overhead finish gantry shifting in the morning breeze....
Mark J. Keenan
- Feb 11, 2018
- 2 min
What goes up, must come down.
Snakes and Ladders is the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the PTS Summer Series. It is the run we all remember and talk about for weeks after...
Mark J. Keenan
- Jan 31, 2018
- 3 min
Where's Wally?
In 1987, English illustrator Martin Handford, released a book entitled Where’s Wally? The idea of the book was uncomplicated - it...
Mark J. Keenan
- Jan 7, 2018
- 2 min
Puft Out
What’s more stressful than writing your first ever race report? Writing your first race report for an event that you didn’t attend! On...
Mark J. Keenan
- Nov 22, 2017
- 3 min
The Whole Truth
"There is magic in patience, you know." Zedd. The Sword of Truth, Terry Goodkind. My 2017 running goal, set at the end of last year, was...
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