Recaps and Reviews on events I have participated in.
Remember that feeling of pure accomplishment after your very first race? That’s what running the SAAC 16km back in 2012 was like for me. I’d just gotten bitten by the running bug, and this unknown distance was both terrifying and thrilling. (Imagine lining up with your watch still set on your 1.5 km warm-up with […]
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Stawell Toyota 8km Race Review I was itching to hit the pavement. A forced hiatus thanks to a family visit to Melbourne and a bout of COVID had left my running shoes gathering dust. Skipping last week’s 5K was a bitter pill to swallow, but my body needed the extra recovery time. So, this week
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Event: Warburton Trail FestivalDate: 12-14th March 2022Type: TrailDistance: 50KM / 25KM / 21KM / 14KM / 9KM / 5KM / 3KM Lilo Derby / 100M TTT (Three Tong Thang)Where: Warburton, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Salomon, Suunto, Tour de Trails, Tailwind, Warburton Adventure Co, T8 It was 1989, I was 9 and I was in grade 4. This would be
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Event: Wild Mt BeerimpoDate: Saturday 11th December 2021Type: TrailDistance: 21km, 11km & 5kmWhere: Cave Hill Creek, Glut Rd, Raglan, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Running Company Ballarat, Cave Hill Creek, Melton City Runners, Pyrenees Shire Council Wild Mt Beerimpo was my favourite event for 2020. In fact, I think it was my ONLY event. In 2021, I leveled up and
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It’s 46km from home to Paradise (specifically the hall/church). There are lots of thoughts and emotions that happen when you are out on the road for 46km. Which is why the “Running a marathon as told by emoji’s” is funny and true. For a bit of fun, I thought I would give you 46 random
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Twenty weeks of training, with 980km of running, Run to Paradise is now complete. To think that Run to Paradise was a fleeting thought. A whim. Well, I took a chance on that whim and decided why not? While it’s nice to have a physical event to mark the celebration of a goal, in these
In 2013 I ran the Geelong Half Marathon for the first time. It would be another 8 years before I would go back and revisit an event I truly enjoyed. Running along the Barwon River the course is flat (with a few rises), but also scenic. With the event falling during the Easter school holidays,
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I can officially say that Wild Mount Beerimpo was my only official event for 2020. Beerimpo is the Djab wurrung name for Mt Buangor state forest, located between Ararat and Ballarat. Want to know the difference between State and National parks? Go here: Explore Diverse Landscapes It was seriously a last-minute decision to run this
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It’s been strange not having any events to participate in 2020. This is why when Clothing the Gap decided to do another virtual run I was all in for connect to country. There were multiple distances to choose from 5k up to the full marathon. Since the half-marathon distance is my jam, I went with
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Event: Surf Coast CenturyDate: 21-22 September 2019Type: Off-Road, TrailDistance: (Saturday)100km, 100km Relay, 50km, (Sunday)23km, 15km, 9kmWhere: Anglesea, Surf Coast, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: Clif Bar, Tailwind, Steigen, Surf Coast Shire, Great Ocean Road Real Estate, Bogong Equipment It took: Two years in the making, but on the 21st of September 2019, I became an ultra runner. Having
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