Nothing august in August here.

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Also good to hear that the Aussie marathon running tradition is still alive and well. Any comments from De Castella?

'Deek' does keep poking his head up from time to time as he heavily promotes his marathon training program for indigenous Australians which takes a group of aboriginal runners to the New York marathon each year.

Actually he was in the news just a few weeks ago for another reason when the Kenyan Silah Limo broke Deek's record for a marathon on Australian soil which had stood for 32 years! Limo's time was 2h09:14, and as the big man said, it was a record that was long overdue for breaking.

Yes, Australian marathonners are undergoing a resurgence at the moment, but they're still a long way behind the top Africans.