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Thomas and his guide, Lydia, are smiling as if they actually enjoy running. They are running along a country road in their fluro yellow Achilles shirts. Thomas has dark brown hair tied in a bun, and a close-cropped beard. Lydia is slim with blonde hair and she is wearing a black running cap.
Some of the Achilles athletes and guides up on stage before the start of the race.
Thomas and his three guides, John, Lydia and Mark, all in the fluro yellow Achilles shirts, smiling for the camera before the start of their half marathon run. John is wearing a fluro running cap, has dark sunglasses and is clean-shaven.  Mark has a close-trimmed beard and has fluro sunglasses on top of his fluro running cap.
Thomas and his three guides running along a gravel path at the start of the half marathon race. They have just overtaken another runner who moved aside to let them run past.
Thomas and his three guides running across a narrow road bridge.
Thomas and his three guides running along a country lane with a grass berm behind them.
Thomas and his three guides running uphill towards the camera whilst rounding a left bend. Thomas is in the middle of the group, flanked by Mark to his left and Lydia and John to his right.
Thomas and his three guides after the race. All four of them are wearing their finisher medals whilst John and Mark are pointing towards Thomas as he just smashed his goal of a sub-2 hour half marathon. All four of them have beaming smiles.
Thomas standing at the pb (personal best) bell and about to ring it. As you look at the scene, the bell is on a tall stand and is in the middle of the photo. Thomas is off to the right side of the photo and he is facing the camera whilst reaching up with his right hand which is holding the bell rope, ready to announce his pb.
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Posted On: February 11th 2026, 07:40 am
Not too much snow in New Zealand over the summer but it’s been a productive off-season. First official half marathon, and I came in at a cruisy 1 hour 57 minutes and still felt like I had plenty in the tank. I’m keen to see how fast I can go in the future. Bring on the next one! 🏃‍♂️ 🥇 💥
Comments (9)
wayward.l 9 months ago

wayward.l

Great achievement, as always! BZ 🥃 🏴‍☠️

sheenaonpiste 9 months ago

sheenaonpiste

👏that’s awesome… great going

the_turquoise_dragonfly 9 months ago
vanaessa 9 months ago

vanaessa

Congrats ❤️

nicolaabruce_ 9 months ago

nicolaabruce_

Literally smiling the whole way is crazyyy🔥🔥more left in the tank is crazier🤣🤩

williamsherrattt 9 months ago

williamsherrattt

Go on big rig

soulnamedbeth 9 months ago

soulnamedbeth

Congratulations I am so proud of you

skiingwithnoelani 9 months ago

skiingwithnoelani

So awesome 😍

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