Tag: Ultramarathon
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Two Bays Trail Run – 56km 2021 Report
Location: Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia Time: 04:37:22 Date: 17/01/21 Overall Place: 4/269 Full Results First ultramarathon for 2021! And what a great one it was. Rohan, Kate and crew has once again pulled off another spectacular Two Bays, even amongst the COVID-19 craziness. The Two Bays Trail Run community spirit was alive and well, from […]
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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. […]
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Wilsons Prom 100 – 100km 2020 Report
Location: Wilsons Promotory, Victoria, Australia Time: 11:00:30 Date: 12/12/20 Overall Place: 1/22 (13 Finishers) Full Results Last but not least, the Wilsons Prom 100 marked the end of a 3 week back to back ultramarathon training block/challenge. On November the 28th 2020 I completed Summit Shoalhven, a 55km ultramarathon in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, […]
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