Tag: 100km

• Princess Park Urban Trail Run – 12 hour 2021 Report

  

  Location: Princess Park, Victoria, Australia Distance: 120.6km Date: 04/07/21 Overall Place: 4/12 Full Results No hydration vest? No mandatory snake bandage? Do you even ultra? The Princess Park Urban Trail Run was to be my first 12 hour race. Run around a 2.5km loop in the city of Melbourne with no mountains, rocks to jump […]

  Tom Dade

  16 Jul 2021

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  100km, 120km, 135, 2021, 50km, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, Foot Race, Gnarly, Hardrock 100, health, health and fitness, healthy, keep moving forward, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Outdoor, Outdoors, Princess Park, Princess Park Urban Trail Run, Qualifier, race, Race Report, races, Run, runner, Running, Southern Hemisphere, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Trailsplus, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner

• Unbreakable – Inspired by the Barkley Marathons – EST.MMXX 2021 Report

  

  Location: Marysville, Victoria, Australia Time: Unbreakable: DNF Fun Run: 28:20:24 Date: 18-20/06/21 Overall Place: Unbreakable: DNF Fun Run: Equal 1/7 Full Results Unbreakable – Inspired By the Barkley Marathons, the name of the ultramarathon says it all, Unbreakable and Inspired By the Barkley Marathons. If you’re familiar with arguably the hardest ultramarathon in the world, […]

  Tom Dade

  7 Jul 2021

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  100 miler, 100 miles, 100km, 100mi, 135, 135 Miles, 2021, 50km, Barkley Marathons, Down Under, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, Foot Race, Gnarly, Hardrock 100, health, health and fitness, healthy, keep moving forward, Lazarus Lake, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Marysville, May, miler, mountain, mountains, Outdoor, Outdoors, Qualifier, race, Race Report, races, Run, runner, Running, Southern Hemisphere, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Trailsplus, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Unbreakable, Unbreakable – Inspired By the Barkley Marathons

• Buffalo Stampede – Grand Slam 2021 Report

  

  Location: Bright, Victoria, Australia Time: SkySprint (10km): 1:09:40 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): 11:14:36 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Date: 9-11/04/21 Overall Place: SkySprint (10km): 4/154 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): Equal 6/60 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Full Results Back to the mountains! It’d only been 2 months since my last mountain […]

  Tom Dade

  9 Jun 2021

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  100km, 2021, 50km, Archies, Backyard Ultra, Buffalo Stampede, DNF, DNS, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, Grand Slam, health, health and fitness, healthy, Hut 2 Hut, Hut2Hut, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Mount Buller, mountain, mountains, Oscars 100, Oscars100, Outdoor, Outdoors, race, Race Report, races, Run, Run the Lighthouse, runner, Running, SingleTrack, SkyMarathon, SkySprint, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultra SkyMarathon, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner

• Down Under 135 – 135mi 2021 Report

  

  Location: Lederderg State Park, Victoria, Australia Time: 53:11:38 Date: 14-16/05/21 Overall Place: 2/35 Full Results Down Under 135, this ultramarathon is like no other, I’m not sure you can even call it an ultramarathon. As the website suggests it’s more like a foot race, much of the course in NOT runnable. Off trail sections has […]

  Tom Dade

  1 Jun 2021

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  100 miler, 100 miles, 100km, 100mi, 135, 135 Miles, 2021, 50km, Down Under, Down Under 135, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, Falls Creek, fit, fitness, Foot Race, Gnarly, Hardrock 100, health, health and fitness, healthy, keep moving forward, Lederderg, Lederderg Gorge, Lederderg State Park, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, May, miler, Mount Wilson, mountain, mountains, Outdoor, Outdoors, Qualifier, race, Race Report, races, Razorback, Run, runner, Running, Southern Hemisphere, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Wombat State Forrest

• Alpine Challenge – 100mi 2021 Report

  

  Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia Time: 26:53:01 Date: 17-18/04/21 Overall Place: Equal 8/38 Full Results Considered one of Australia’s hardest 100 milers and a qualifier for the infamous Hardrock 100, The Alpine Challenge created by Running Wild’s race director Paul Ashton has runners accumulating over 7000m/22,965ft of elevation over the 100 miles. The course takes […]

  Tom Dade

  26 Apr 2021

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  100 miler, 100 miles, 100km, 100mi, 2021, 50km, Alpine Challenge, April, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, Falls Creek, fit, fitness, Hardrock 100, Hardrock Qualifier, health, health and fitness, healthy, keep moving forward, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, miler, Mount Bogong, Mount Feathertop, Mount Nelse, mountain, mountains, Outdoor, Outdoors, Qualifier, race, Race Report, races, Razorback, Run, runner, Running, Running Wild, Slalom Plaza, Snowline Hotel, Spion Kopje, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Victorian Alps

• Duncans Run – 100km 2021 Report

  

  Location: Tarra-Bulga National Park, Victoria, Australia Time: 12:00:13 Date: 20/03/21 Overall Place: 1/27 Full Results Another one, do I have too? Those were my thoughts going into this one, no disrespect to the event organisers and race directors, it wasn’t Duncans Run itself I wasn’t looking forward too. It was the idea of running another […]

  Tom Dade

  5 Apr 2021

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  100km, 2021, 50km, Archies, Backyard Ultra, DNF, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, healthy, Hut 2 Hut, Hut2Hut, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Mount Buller, mountain, mountains, Oscars 100, Oscars100, Outdoor, Outdoors, race, Race Report, races, Run, Run the Lighthouse, runner, Running, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Wilson's Prom 100, Wilson's Promontory, Wilsons Prom

• Run the Lighthouse – 115km (DNF) 2021 Report

  

  Location: Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria, Australia Time: DNF Date: 27/02/21 Overall Place: DNF Full Results My first DNF, this one hurt, it made me question why I run, it shattered my confidence, it made me ask deeper questions about myself and my motivations, it made me want to quit running. I’m not trying to be dramatic […]

  Tom Dade

  14 Mar 2021

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  100km, 2021, 50km, Archies, Backyard Ultra, DNF, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, healthy, Hut 2 Hut, Hut2Hut, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Mount Buller, mountain, mountains, Oscars 100, Oscars100, Outdoor, Outdoors, race, Race Report, races, Run, Run the Lighthouse, runner, Running, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Trails+, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Wilson's Prom 100, Wilson's Promontory, Wilsons Prom

• Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut – 100km* 2021 Report

  

  *DUE TO A SNAP COVID-19 LOCKDOWN THE 100KM COURSE WAS CHANGED TO A MULTI-DAY 53KM COURSE – IT BECAME THE ARCHIES 53KM COURSE IN REVERSE ON THE 19TH THEN THE TRADITIONAL ARCHES COURSE DIRECTION ON THE 20TH* Location: Mount Buller, Victoria, Australia Time: 12:45:47 (Combined Days) Date: 19-20/02/21 Overall Place: 1/147 Full Results Before I […]

  Tom Dade

  4 Mar 2021

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  100km, 2021, 50km, Archies, Backyard Ultra, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, healthy, Hut 2 Hut, Hut2Hut, Hut2Hut Oscars 100, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Mount Buller, mountain, mountains, Oscars 100, Oscars100, Outdoor, Outdoors, race, Race Report, races, Run, runner, Running, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Victorian Alps

• MVP Backyard Ultra – Last Man Standing 2021 Report

  

  Location: Brimbank Park, Victoria, Australia Distance/Time: 201.18km/30 hours Date: 5-7/02/21 Overall Place: 4/56 Full Results Well, that was something different. When I first heard about the concept of a backyard ultra I told myself it was stupid and I’d never do it. I told myself the concept of running 6.7km (4.1mi) every hour on the […]

  Tom Dade

  12 Feb 2021

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  100 mile, 100 miler, 100 miles, 100km, 200km, 2021, 50km, 56km, Backyard, Backyard Ultra, Brimbank Park, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, healthy, Last Man Standing, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Maribyrnong Valley Park Backyard Ultra, MVP Last Man Standing, Outdoor, Outdoors, race, Race Report, races, Run, runner, Running, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Trails+, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner

• New Year’s Eve Rock Around the Clock – 50km 2020 Report

  

  Location: Flinders Peak, You Yangs, Victoria, Australia Time: 04:24:00 Date: 31/12/20 Overall Place: 1/12 (9 Finishers) Full Results What a better way to end the year than with another ultramarathon? Even better an ultramarathon with Trails+! The Brimbank Park Running Festival back in March 2020 was the last Trails+ event run before the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

  Tom Dade

  10 Jan 2021

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  100km, 2020, 50km, Anglesea, coast, Endurance, endurance athlete, Event, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, healthy, Heat, Hot, Marathon, Marathon Runner, Marathoner, Mount Bishop, New Years, New Years Eve, New Years Rock Around the Clock, Nowra, Outdoor, Outdoors, Prom, race, Race Reort, Race Report, races, Run, runner, Running, Running Wild, Squeaky Beach, surf, trail, trail runner, trail running, trails, Trails+, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, You Yang Regional Park, You Yangs, You Yangs Regional Park