My prolific year has continued to deliver. In the past month I’ve travelled interstate twice, raced three times, bought a house, and boarded a plane to Vietnam for another race. I started drafting this post on that flight, hoping to get it down before race week swept me up. Sidenote: I’m finishing this post now, … Read more
Editors Note: This is a guest post by Simon Duke about his experience on Piotr Babis’ SW Traverse mission earlier in the year. It can be read alongside my piece on the mission to which can be found here. I hope you enjoy a different perspective on the epic journey. There are some places on … Read more
After a few good months of health and fitness I am yet again struck down with a cold. I snuffle as I type and lament the missed long runs this weekend in favour of recovery. But it has given me time to type this post out without having to rush too much. This is another … Read more
After my pitiful effort at the 24 hour Rogaine last year I sought redemption. The Winter Wander 6 hour was the perfect battleground. I signed up alongside Ziggy and had high hopes of an improved performance. Ziggy has plenty of orienteering experience, but he’d never Rogained. He was meant to be on the 24 hour … Read more
Training load is a baffling topic. After being confused by all of the different numbers coming from Garmin, Strava, intervals.icu and training peaks I finally decided to look in to what all of the numbers actually mean. Understanding the numbers was the easy part. The deeper I dug the more I realised these numbers are … Read more
There is something brutal but brilliant about winter in Tasmania. It forces you to soldier on, get outside, and embrace the cold. This week, I’m channeling that exact energy into a classic, old blog update. A lot has changed since my last post; I walked away from an 11 year career stint, took a short … Read more
Welcome to the first shoe review on trailflow! I’ve been wanting to get the Tarkine Bandicoot on my feet for a while. They are an Australian brand that genuinely cares about the environment and the trail running community, two things that matter a lot to me. Tarkine sent these shoes for testing, I’ve done my … Read more
This is a shorter post than usual. I haven’t had time to work on much writing despite now being unemployed. But I need to stay consistent and maintain my status as a prolific writer. The main announcement in this post is that I have been working on an improved Tassie Trail Race directory. It still … Read more
I set myself the goal of being prolific this year and it feels like it’s happening. Just when I thought my running calendar was winding down for the winter months, George decided to enter the UTA100 and wanted me up there as support crew. Who am I to say no to a weekend at Australia’s … Read more
Diverge is a brand new event on the Tassie race calendar and I couldn’t resist getting amongst it for the first iteration. I jumped in deep signing up for the 50k with little knowledge of what I was in for. I’d never ran any of the trails and went in completely blind. I had been … Read more