How I got into it
I began running more consistently in my final year of school, when I wanted to set a better fitness example as a senior leader in army cadets. At university, running became a bigger part of my life and I completed my first half marathon.
Duathlon and competitive long-distance triathlon followed. Eventually, the training demands of triathlon alongside full-time work led me to focus on marathon running. I described that transition in my InStitchu interview.
Melbourne Marathon, 12 October 2025
The three-piece-suit marathon
2:38:21Guinness World Records: fastest marathon in a suit (male).
View the verified record →The idea
It started as a joke. I was talking to someone in marketing at a suit company, said something about running in a suit, then wondered whether there was a record for it. There was.
It was a less conventional challenge in a sport that can get very focused on numbers, and a chance to raise money for Movember.
Preparing for it
I worked with InStitchu on a tailored three-piece in Woolmark-certified Australian merino, woven with enough natural stretch to run in, and tested it at City2Surf. The attempt moved from Sydney to Melbourne after illness disrupted the original plan. Preparation for Melbourne was limited, and the later kilometres became difficult as fatigue and the weight of the wet wool accumulated.
The result
I finished in 2:38:21. Guinness records the achievement on 12 October 2025. Australian Wool Innovation reports that the run raised $6,750 for Movember.
Race account: Baseline interview. Preparation: InStitchu. Fundraising: Australian Wool Innovation.
Selected results
*My supplied PB and the linked results listing give 2:24:11. World Athletics records 2:24:13 for the same date and venue. The two-second difference is retained here rather than assigning an unverified explanation.
From athlete to founder and coach
The Marathon Clinic is where my running, coaching and product-building come together. I founded it around one event: the marathon. My role is Founder & Head Coach, bringing the experience of racing and preparing for endurance events into the way I work with other runners.
I want runners to understand why they are doing a session, how to interpret their training and how to prepare for the demands of their chosen course. The Clinic combines that coaching approach with free guides, a plan generator and practical tools for training paces, fuelling and course-specific pacing.
I used AI to help build the website and tools, while the training calculations and plan logic follow defined rules. The technology makes that knowledge more accessible; one-to-one coaching provides the individual conversation and judgement.
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