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  • Guide to Trail Running the Overland Track

    Guide to Trail Running the Overland Track

    The Overland Track, Tasmania’s iconic multi-day walk, is a trail runner’s paradise. While most explore its beauty over…

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  • Trail Running Annual Training Plan Spreadsheet

    Trail Running Annual Training Plan Spreadsheet

    In a previous post about training tools, I mentioned using an Annual Training Plan spreadsheet to organise my…

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  • My Trail Running Training Tools

    My Trail Running Training Tools

    As a trail runner, I am always striving to reach my full potential. In this article, I’ll share…

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  • Homemade High Carb Drink Mix – Save Money and Fuel Well

    Homemade High Carb Drink Mix – Save Money and Fuel Well

    In my quest to maximise carb intake I have spent a small fortune on energy gels and powders.…

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  • Running the Western Arthurs on Hard Mode

    Running the Western Arthurs on Hard Mode

    The Western Arthurs are one of Tasmania’s iconic, epic and challenging multi-day hikes. Over the New Year period…

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  • Trail Runners Essential Reading List

    Trail Runners Essential Reading List

    If you’ve made it to this website then you obviously like reading about running. I have pulled together…

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Latest Posts

  • Running the Full Western Arthurs Traverse

    I wake up violently shivering inside an emergency bivvy bag. It’s the middle of the night, I am drenched in condensation and dew, freezing cold…

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  • Du Cane Traverse | A Video Journal

    I went bush walking over new years, a nice change from the typical high paced outdoors adventures. We tackled the Du Cane traverse over 5…

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  • Overland Track Out and Back

    Editor’s note (Joe): When I saw that Angus Tolson had run the Overland track out and back in a new record time (FKT) I wanted…

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  • Staggering Through a 24h Rogaine

    My introduction to Rogaining this past weekend was anything but gradual. I dove straight into the deep end with a 24-hour event. It certainly felt…

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  • Kilometer 103: A Support Crew Story

    Editors note: This is the third post in the series about the 2025 GPT100 miler. It is a guest post by Miranda Yovich about her…

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  • Recital of Retribution: A Reckoning of Ziggy’s GPT100 Miler

    Editors note: Today we have a guest post by Sam “Ziggy” Webb about his experience running the GPT100, it a goes hand in hand with…

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A Tasmanian trail running blog. Mostly Tasmanian tales and the occasional jaunt to the mainland for some long runs.

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Tasmanian Races

I’ve compliled a calendar of all of the great Tasmanian trail running events with the links to the official pages and race reports for the races on this blog.

Runners on the summit of Mt Wellington

Porch to Pinnacle Challenge

Hobart Trail Runners

The Hobart Trail Runners Facebook group is a great place to meet other local runners and find group runs to get involved in. They have a social run every Wendesday evening. Check the group to find the location of the run.