It's usually at this time of the training block that things start to go a little a rye. Unnecessary items get purchased, hair gets cut and spread sheets get altered. It's the taper, that annoying necessity that tricks your body into recovery before you ultimate smash the crap out of it. It's officially less than … Continue reading 1 weeks to go: Let the taper tantrums begin
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Race recap: Peaks and Trails 50k 2025
Don’t get cocky, there are plenty of new mistakes to be made!
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
Tarawera diaries: Trying something different
This time next week, I’ll be sitting with my feet up, drinking my morning coffee, with a stunning view over Lake Rotorua, proudly wearing my new pounamu toki after completing the Tarawera 100 mile. Manifesting? Sure. Praying? Maybe a little. With a little over 4 days to go until the metaphorical gun goes off, it’s … Continue reading Tarawera diaries: Trying something different
How much money did I spent on running this year? 2024 edition
All you need is a pair of shoes right? It’s now the end of January 2025. The past eight weeks or so have all about consumption and dare I say it, over consumption. From Black Friday to Christmas to Boxing Day, it’s been all about all the things. And if you weren’t exhausted by that, … Continue reading How much money did I spent on running this year? 2024 edition
2024: a year in running
I had some pretty lofty goals for 2024. Im a well established dreamer and goal setter and 99% of the time I occupy the seat of the perpetually disappointed, making it easy to fall into the routine of “why bother”. After all, My Spotify wrapped was described as mallgoth, emo with a significant sprinkling of … Continue reading 2024: a year in running
Floating in the in-between goal zone
November, it’s a weird time of the year. It’s not quite the end of the year but it feels like the end of the year. After the big races are done in September and October, my brain wants to start planning for 2025. Where can I go? What races can I do? Where are the … Continue reading Floating in the in-between goal zone
Lessons from the Taupo 100k
Trail ultra running is essentially an exercise in not stuffing up. Some folks will say they love the sport because they “enjoy problem solving”. To a certain extent that’s true, trail ultra running is a lot of problem solving. It’s a lot of self observation, recognising when you have made a mistake and correcting it, … Continue reading Lessons from the Taupo 100k
Training diaries: Recovery week
Recovery week, formerly known as Fat week, has officially come to a close. https://youtu.be/A_Vl7AVzZwo?si=FkRuz1mfFCzNiAGZ There is something liberating about recovery week. Maybe it’s because I am so strict and scared during the taper in fear of stuffing up the one day I’ve spent 6 months training for that having absolutely no rules or boundaries or … Continue reading Training diaries: Recovery week
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
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