Tag: trail running
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The Off-Season: Bringing the Focus Back
qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm. Yep, all the keys still work. Been a couple of weeks since I’ve gotten on the blogging horse and for good reason too! After a year of flogging myself like a dead horse, entering races and squeezing in outdoor trips I gave myself an off-season. Hence, it’s been all quiet here and on the […]
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Self Supported Southern Flinders Fastpacking Frenzy Trip Report. Part 1 of 3.
This is the first of a three part series, or Trilogy if you will, covering a current or recent Fastpacking trip, depending on what time you read this, I completed in mid-September 2022. This first part covers the motivation for the trip, the planning and the Key Performance Ethics. Either read it all in one […]
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Compare the Pair: Melrose 50km Race Report
And we’re back to regular programming folks, enough of this skiing tomfoolery or holidays business, it’s time for outdoor ed work and trail ultras. Cracking off the second half of the year’s racing schedule was yesterday’s jaunt from Mambray to Melrose. 50km long, 2400m or so of elevation gain and once again a race that […]
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Picking the Right Trails to Run
This article was originally written for the Snowy’s Blog (find it here). I’m pretty keen on getting more people interested in trail running so was motivated to ensure that beginner trail runners don’t have a ‘f*** this, it’s all too hard’ experience when heading out for the first time. As such, enjoy the article, head […]
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Mt.Misery and Mt.Abrupt in more ways than one
After an off week to charge up for the Belair Marathon this week was always going to have some more kilometres in it to get back into the final heavy training phase before the Pichi Richi Marathon I have planned on June 26. The start of the week was pretty quiet and allowed me to […]
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