The flight home wasn’t until 7:20pm so Mamfa did a morning run and we had a late checkout before heading to JFK.

Day 116 disappeared completely as we crossed the International Date Line en route to a 2hr layover in Auckland. It was then on to Sydney before finally arriving in Melbourne on Day 117 much to the joy of Mamfa as he was reunited with Mawfa, Afa and Jafa after so long away.

Overall the trip was fantastic. Lots of great sporting events to watch interspersed with fabulous sights and other experiences. Happy to be back home where I can rest until the next adventure.

Some stats for the trip (excluding local city travel):

Sporting events attended: 24

Flight distance: 46,500 kms

Train distance: 8,500 kms

Bus distance: 900 kms

Ferry distance: 460 kms

Bike distance: 570 kms

Countries visited: 15

Cities visited: 42

Run distance: 244 kms

Steps walked: 2.1 million (~3,000 kms)

Books read: 29

TV Series finished: Baby Reindeer, The Bear, Shogun, Rebus, The Perfect Couple, Loki

Time wasted on social media: Infinite!

These days in sporting history (18-20 September)

18th – 1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game

19th – 1988 American diver Greg Louganissmashes his head on diving board during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics; recovers to qualify for the final which he wins the following day

20th – 2022 Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record for the marathon in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds in Berlin (previous record 2:01:39)