Author: Fraser Darcy
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The Ultrarunners Manifesto
Originally this was called the Skyrunners manifesto and I found it in Kilian Jornet’s book. Look him up. He’s the ultimate mountain athlete who is a badass skier, ski mountaineer and of course runner when it’s not ski season. He found the manifesto from somewhere and had it pinned to his door so he could…
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Melbourne Holiday
If Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch a pail of water all the time, what do they do when they have had enough water and want a break? Or in my scenario, if I go outside from Monday – Sunday every week for work and pleasure what do I do for a…
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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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