Tag: endurance athlete
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Marysville Marathon Festival – 50km 2021 Report
Location: Marsyville, Victoria, Australia Time: 04:39:23 Date: 07/11/21 Overall Place: 1/39 Full Results Finally! We’re back out of lockdown….. again….. Another restart to racing! The Marysville Marathon Festival was the first event containing an ultramarathon since Victoria came out of what felt like its 1000th lockdown, this one having us stuck within our 5km home…
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Surf Coast Trail Marathon – 42km 2021 Report
Location: Torquay, Victoria, Australia Time: 03:34:51 Date: 26/06/21 Overall Place: 9/238 Full Results I don’t usually do race reports for marathons but I felt compelled to highlight the awesomeness of this event. Brought to you by Tour de Trails The Surf Coast Trail Marathon is run on a beautiful course and brought to you by…
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Warburton Trail Fest – Multi-Day Madness 2021 Report
Location: Warburton, Victoria, Australia Time: Lumberjack Ultra (50km): 04:44:00 Double Donna (22km): 02:15:49 Little Joes Night Terror (9km): 00:47:37 Lilo Dash ‘n Derby (1.5km/1.5km):00:22:44 Multi-Day Madness (Combined Times): 08:10:13 Date: 19-20/02/21 Overall Place: Lumberjack Ultra (50km): 12/167 Double Donna (22km): 7/128 Little Joes Night Terror (9km): 2/93 Lilo Dash ‘n Derby (1.5km/1.5km):00:22:44 Multi-Day Madness (Combined…
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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…
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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Australia Time: SkySprint (10km): 1:09:40 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): 11:14:36 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Date: 9-11/04/21 Overall Place: SkySprint (10km): 4/154 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): Equal 6/60 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Full Results Back to the mountains!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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…