Tag: trail running
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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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Belair Marathon Race Report
If the eyes are the window to the soul then this blog is a window to my mind. For those wondering how my most recent race, the Belair marathon, went here’s a Jack Bauer-esq ‘24‘ style play-by-play recap. Important information is highlighted in bold for those skim readers wishing to save time. Shoutout to my…
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Charging Up in Race Week
The week before a race is a long time. Well, not really, time doesn’t change obviously but my perspective of it does in the week leading up to a running race. Three consecutive weeks of hard training has meant race or no race, this 4th week should be a little lighter in terms of running…
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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…
Fraser Darcy 