Running

Day 12 - Race Day, CCC by UTMB

I'll be honest, when I registered my interest I knew the chances of getting in were going to be slim, I really only signed up because if...

2023 Old Ghost Ultra

The Old Ghost Road Ultra Marathon, located in the West Coast on the South Island of New Zealand, my first Ultra Marathon event since...

2021 Tarawera Ultra Marathon Miler: Redemption

Time for a race briefing on my second attempt of the Tarawera Ultramarathon Run (New Zealand) 100 Miler I suppose. This year I went out...

2020 Tarawera Miler: My First DNF

33 hours 11 minutes and 46 seconds, that's the time I saw on my watch before I hit the stop button. After 150km my first time...

2019 Kepler Challenge: The Swim Edition

Wow, where do I start, this was a race of disappointment but also enjoyment. This event had been on my bucket list for a while, ...

2019 Queenstown Marathon: Goal achieved after 6 attempts

After completing the Queenstown Marathon as my first marathon back in 2014 in 5:07:57, I have gone back each year with a goal of...

2019 Tarawera Ultra 102km: The Long Walk of Pain

I'm not sure where to begin this blog entry, so many different places to start, so if it seems a bit all over the place for the first...

2018 Tarawera 102km Ultra Marathon: The Longest Mud Trail I've Seen and My First Ultra

My first Ultra Marathon is something that will be hard to forget, but I decided to get this down in a blog post anyway. My #Strava...

2017 Sydney Marathon

Waking up at 5am to get ready for a marathon is usually something that I fear, the possibility of missing the alarm, or the fact that I...