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Tag: ultramarathon
Q1 2025
My current never miss podcast is the Boulder Boys show. Last week, inspired by Adam Merry’s corporate job, they decided to do a first quarter review of each of their performances both in the running space and in their podcast side hustle. The performance review required each member of the team to rate their performance … Continue reading Q1 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
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
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
Crewing a 100km trail race- Great Ocean Trail Ultramarathon (GOTU)
Crewing, a verb, to crew. According to the Dictionary.com (because Oxford and Cambridge have a pay wall), “to serve as a member of a crew on a ship, boat or aircraft etc” Who’s going to carry the boats? I hear you say, well the crew apparently! In a trail and ultra running context, which is … Continue reading Crewing a 100km trail race- Great Ocean Trail Ultramarathon (GOTU)
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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