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Category: trailraces
Race Recap: Surf Coast Trail Marathon 2025
I had high hopes for this one. After Tarawera, I only really added two goals to the list, I wanted to PR at Surf Coast Trail Marathon in June and get the big stein (sub 13:30) at Surf Coast Century 100k in September. I figured with the Western States qualifier secured for the year, I … Continue reading Race Recap: Surf Coast Trail Marathon 2025
Race Recap: Tarawera 100 Miler 2025
Tarawera is that race for me. The race that despite all my efforts, never goes quite right. For those new here, I’ve started the miler three times after running my first 100k race there in 2017. I entered in 2018 only to be diagnosed with pelvic stress fractures two weeks before. I gave the 100 … Continue reading Race Recap: Tarawera 100 Miler 2025
Race recap: Taupo 100k
In the aftermath of the great Tarawera DNF of 2023, feeling sad and sorry for myself as I cleaned the rock hard volcanic mud off my shoes that travelled 60km instead of 160km in the bathroom basin of a hotel room, I signed up for the Taupo 100k. That motel just happened to be in … Continue reading Race recap: Taupo 100k
Race Recap: Surf Coast Century 2024- Relay edition
Well they say trail ultra running is a team sport but they are usually referring to all the friends and family that spend all day and night following your sweaty, whingy bum around the course feeding you snacks and stopping you from making decisions you will regret later. I have so many mixed feelings about … Continue reading Race Recap: Surf Coast Century 2024- Relay edition
Race recap: Peaks and Trails 50k 2024
It’s not a secret that Peaks and Trails is one of, if not my favourite race. It’s not perfect (there could be more toilets on course and there is no traditional medal) but it’s my favourite. The people, the trails, the atmosphere, the community, all of it. There is no official race photographers on course, … Continue reading Race recap: Peaks and Trails 50k 2024
Race recap: Surf Coast Trail Marathon #5
It’s funny how you get attached to races. I’ve always said that I run trail races to see places I would never see otherwise. To see remote waterfalls, mountains and views in a supported and safe way. But there are some races and places that steal your heart and you have to go back year … Continue reading Race recap: Surf Coast Trail Marathon #5
Race recap: Run Tarra Bulga 42k
One of my goals for 2024 was to run races and places that I hadn’t run before. When Run Tarra Bulga popped up, a new race for 2024, standing on the legacy of the now folded Duncan’s Run in the same region, I added it to the list. At a 3 hour drive from my … Continue reading Race recap: Run Tarra Bulga 42k
Race review: Warby Trail Fest 2024- 27k
Yes yes, I know, I am late to the game! What can I say, it was so hot that I needed a week to recover? Yeah pretty much. I'm not going to lie, I feel like I have been full steam ahead, do not pass go, blinkers on since I crossed the finish line at … Continue reading Race review: Warby Trail Fest 2024- 27k
Race recap- Tarawera 100 Miler 2024
It’s hard to know where to start. It still doesn’t feel quite real. But somehow, I got from Kawerau to Rotorua, 100 miles (162km) under the power of just my own two feet. To be honest, I can hardly believe it. I thought it would be hard, but I didn’t really comprehend just how hard … Continue reading Race recap- Tarawera 100 Miler 2024
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