Tag: Mountain Running

• Winging It

  

  Blog Update #18 So my last update I was talking about walking the fine line, referring to taking on a large ultramarathon schedule and still keeping the body healthy, well….. I think I may be starting to fall off that line! A week and a half ago I competed in my first backyard ultra and…

  Tom Dade

  16 Feb 2021

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  Australia, Backyard, Backyard Ultra, Blog, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, Last Man Standing, limits, Lockdown, mountain, Mountain Running, mountains, MVP Last Man Standing, Oscars Hut 2 Hut, Outdoors, Run, runner, Running, trail runner, trail running, trails, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Victoria

• Walking the Fine Line

  

  Blog Update #17 It’s been over 4 months since my last blog update, and a lot’s happened since. We’ve properly come out of the CovId-19 lockdown, K2 has been summited during winter by Nimsdai Purja (congratulations!) Christmas happened, 2021 happened, Trump lost the election, I pulled out of my police application and I’ve been lucky…

  Tom Dade

  22 Jan 2021

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  Australia, Blog, Christmas, fit, fitness, health, health and fitness, limits, Mount Buller, mountain, Mountain Running, mountains, New Years Rock Around the Clock, Outdoors, Run, runner, Running, Summit Shoalhaven, trail runner, trail running, trails, Two Bays Trail Run, Two Bays Trail Run 2021, Two Bays Walking Track, Ultra, Ultra Marathon, Ultra Runner, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner, Victoria, Wilson's Prom 100, Wilson's Promontory, Wilsons Prom

• Post Successful Mount Kosciuszko Summit

  

  Four summits in one year and one month, pretty damn lucky I know. Mount Elbrus Russia, Europe’s highest peak in June 2019, Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania, Africa’s highest peak in July 2019, Aconcagua Argentina, South America’s highest peak in February 2020 and now Mount Kosciuszko Australia, Australia’s highest peak in July 2020. Getting to the top…

  Tom Dade

  13 Sep 2020

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• Seven Summit Project (4/7): An Epic 3 Week Journey Which Culminated with a Winter Ascent of Mount Kosciuszko

  

  Blog Update #13 We’re back! Due to a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia, the Victorian (VIC) and New South Wales (NSW) border has been closed. Luckily I was able to get over to NSW before the border closure happened. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t of been able to have this epic 3 week…

  Tom Dade

  27 Jul 2020

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• Reflection & Goal Setting

  Blog Update #10 April marks 12 months since trekking the Kokoda Track, a life-changing experience that lead to a year of experiences that many would be happy to have in a lifetime. I’ve been on top of the highest mountain in Europe, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest mountain in South America. I’ve…

  Tom Dade

  5 Apr 2020

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  Aconcagua, Climbing the Seven Summits, Covid-19, Denali, Goal, goal setting, goals, hike, Kokoda, Kokoda Track, Kokoda Trail, Marathon, mental, mental health, mental strength, mount elbrus, mount kilimamjaro, mountain, Mountain Running, mountaineer, mountaineering, positive, positive thinking, Run, runner, Running, seven summits, Trek, trekking, Ultramarathon, ultrarunner

• Why We Run

  So I’ve just run my first 100 miler, the GSER100. A gruelling 173 km with 11,000m+ of accumulative ascent and 10,000m+ accumulative descent across the rugged Victorian Alps. Upon finishing in 45:41:12 I was hospitalised with rhabdomyolysis, a condition that occurs when your muscles break down quickly, enters your bloodstream and then has the potential…

  Tom Dade

  22 Nov 2019

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