I’d signed up for Queenstown marathon a few months before it, when I realised I hadn’t set myself a challenge for a while. After doing the Wadi Rum Ultra in 2017, and then moving to New Zealand and it all going a little bit differently to how I had thought it would meant that I’dContinue reading “Queenstown Marathon – Nov 2018”
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Ultra-Trail Australia: 50km and 2500m of sheer joy
Or should that be sheer hell? One of the hardest races I’ve done, but one of the most satisfying and one of the best weekends for fun. Each year in May the town of Katoomba is descended upon by thousands of runners keen to take on the quad-busting ascents and descents of the trails inContinue reading “Ultra-Trail Australia: 50km and 2500m of sheer joy”
A year in people #21 – Craig
I’d only been running for a few months. Always on my own, always along the back trails of the village where I lived. Plodding along, quite happy with what I was doing, my only competition was myself on my Runkeeper app, where I was trying to go a little bit further each time than theContinue reading “A year in people #21 – Craig”
Bellbird Buster 30km race
The Bellbird Buster is a 30km trail race in the Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand, part of the Crater Rim Ultra event and was my first proper trail race. The week before we’d had pretty hot sunny Spring weather so I was stoked to think I’d be skipping about the top of the hillsContinue reading “Bellbird Buster 30km race”
The Paps Life 