Month: April 2022
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The Alpine Challenge
The Alpine Challenge at Falls Creek, Victoria is just that. A challenge in the Alpine. Simples (as those meerkats from Compare the Market say). Since about 2017 I had always been interested in pitting myself against this challenge and seeing how I measured up. With three main courses being offered at the event (60km, 100km […]
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A Round of 21 Holes at the Moon
The idea started in Brodie’s head first. “Imagine climbing a route for every grade at Arapiles, from 1 up to 21, to celebrate my 21st birthday“. My initial two thoughts were what a great idea but what a terrible choice of location. Sure Araps has all the routes and there are some classics at the […]
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Peak Season
April. The time of great sun in Cuba and also Easter bunnies. It’s also my ‘peak’ season for this current training block and time to see what effect the training I’ve been doing has had. Starting with some stats first, I’ve monitored the last 15 weeks of running and averaged 110km in this period. From […]
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Running BC, AC and the Meaning of Being an Outdoor Athlete
Covid changed a lot of things for a lot of people. One of the ways it impacted me was it pushed me into climbing more than I ever had. You can’t overfill a glass of water so to fit in the time for climbing there must have been something I let drain out. It didn’t […]
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Reflections on ‘Wanderer’
One of my motivations for starting this website was to share information I’ve found useful as I discussed in my first blog post. With that disclaimer in mind, I’ve tried my hardest to stay away from the ‘influencer/click bait’ style self-help preacher person with the following discussion about a piece of text from Wanderer by […]
Fraser Darcy 