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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...


Day 11 - Courmayeur, Rest and bag check
Finally a big of a sleep in with nothing that I have to rush off for, instead I decided I'd take the morning to relax for a little, then...


Day 10 - Courmayeur, time to rest
Got up early to see Tina off at the bus station, unfortunately, as I predicted... The bus was late, 1 hour late... Thankfully she has a...


Day 9 - Chamonix, Aiguille du Midi & Event Village
Another early morning to head back over to Chamonix, some people may wonder why I just didn't stay in Chamonix, well... Mainly the price,...


Day 8 - Chamonix / Courmayeur
I sometimes hear back home people saying that hot water cylinders need to be kept above 60 degrees, well doesn't seem like that news has...


Day 7 - Courmayeur
Today I headed to Courmayeur, the starting location of my race. Turns out Sara was catching the same bus to Chamonix so we grabbed some...


Day 6 - Milan, ParkRun, Markets, Rain & Sforzesco Castle
First official International ParkRun for me, I have run one in Australia but as I didn't have a barcode back then it didn't count. It...


Day 5 - Milan, Duomo Di Milano
Woke this morning to a bit of pain in my left foot, not ideal considering the race coming up in a weeks time... Then again, there hasn't...


Day 4 - Montreux, Lausanne & Thonon-les-bains
A nice wee day trip around some other locations planned for today, a train ride to Montreux to start the morning, hopefully a visit to...


Day 3 - Geneva
It was an early morning wake up, mainly as I had slept for the last 8 hours after falling asleep at about 6:15pm the night before. I...


Day 2 - Geneva
The final leg of my flights for the day was to Geneva from Dubai, I had realised a friend of mine who is based on Dubai works for the...


Day 1/2 - Europe here I come, again.
Well, here we go... The day is finally upon me where I get to leave NZ again and make some new adventures, memories and run one of the...


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...


Here we go again
It's been a few years since I have done a travel blog, follow me on my latest adventure, travelling and racing in the UTMB CCC Ultra


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...
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