Over the weekend of the 17-18 May 2008, I attempted my first ultra marathon. It was set in the scenic Blue Mountains about 2 hours out of Sydney. Below is …
Finally an event, that's a trail run, a decent distance and scenic. As that's my preferred criteria for a good run.
Good work for the guys at TRAQ for …
Over the weekend of the 15/16 May 2010 I participated in the 3rd, The NorthFace 100 run …
Back again. On the weekend of the 14-15 May 2011, I competed in my 3rd TNF100 in the Blue Mountains. PreEvent With a mixed lead up …
Kokoda Challenge Dates: 16 July - 17th July 2011 Team Number: 104 (I was b) Completion Time: 18:55:56 hours The Kokoda Challenge Coursewise, it was 6/10. Alot of residential streets …
My first TRAQ event in a long time. This local one looked different to my usual Mt Coot-tha circuit so I definitely wanted to give it a go. PreRace: On …
Last minute entry into this run. Convinced to go by Tom from fit2excel, and given that we have always talked about doing a trail run together, I thought …
Pete organised this initiative, of running the QLD Great Walks. This is the first of hopefully many: Garmin Details: Full Story (Words from Pete - …
For any trip I do with work or pleasure, I try to attach an event on it it to experience a bit of the local sports culture. As a major …
Back for a 3rd year and looking forward to the camaraderie of trail running and finally being able to run in an organised event again. It's been a while on …
An event that was put on by Those Guys, was the inaugural Yarrabibla Trail Fest a relatively last minute entry, and a first event back with Pete back in …
A nice, social event that loops around the Enoggera Reservoir. After lots of crossing events, I managed to get Susan and Wendy to join me! It's been a few years …
Back in he world of Trail Running Ultras! After some time off, with an injury and a chance for it recover properly, the Wild Earth Coastal High 50 was …
On announcement of this event, starting at Stanley on "The Nut" in Tasmania, I was instantly attracted to this event. Given this is where I started my first XPD race …
A last minute entry to this, given the original date - I couldn't make, and this is a loop that I have done a couple of years ago - but …
Having this one firmly locked in the calendar (from last year - I can understand why it sold out in 4 hours) - the Wild Earth Coastal High 50 …
Oscars Hut2Hut was a relatively spontaneous decision to do it back in late 2017, with a bunch of other Mountain Goat Train Runners. Also being a team event, Pete was …
One of my better, work trip expeditions, where I was in Jakarta over a weekend. Not my normal routine, but just the way the work trip planned out. Having the …
Back again for my 3rd Yarrabilba Trail Fest run. Always promises to be a good event given the number of Mountain Goat Trail Runners (and trail community) attending, and hosted …
Deciding to commit to this event 3 weeks out, is a great way to bypass the usual long term stresses of preparing for an event. I knew my body was …
Finally a long event on the doorsteps of my hometown, although not sure if this a good thing or a bad thing. As I knew a fair bit of the …
Heading into this event my training was going well until 3 weeks before the race, until I twisted my knee. Bad enough that I could barely walk without alot of …
2020 has given us all some false starts, but for me back in 2019 signing up to do the Ultra Trail Mt Fuji (100 miles) was my focused event of …
21-FEB-2021
Finally able to participlate in an event, after both - lots of event cancellations and recovery from my inflamed Post Tib Tendon, which is now in a good recovery plan, …
02-MAY-2021
A relatively last minute sign up to this event - having done it a few years ago - it's a good tough loop. But with lots of different types …
After having run the course as a recce numerous times as training runs, I decided to jump on to the 30km event relatively last minute (Wednesday before the race).
It …
Having a discounted entry to The Guzzler from volunteering from the previous year made the decision easy to do this again. Although I entered the race some time ago, I thought …
I have been wanting to check out The Scenic Rim runs for a while since a couple of the ambassadors (Lauren and Lois) have had encouraging words about the event and …
Usual last minute entry to this event, with another commitment down the Gold Coast in the afternoon, I thought this would be a great way to spend the morning - …
Drawn to a new event, and a new run location - the Yandina 5'O' was tagged by a bunch of us, Mountain Goat Trail Runners as an event we could …
A relatively late cheap entry (about 1.5 weeks before) into the 2022 Edition of The Guzzler 100k. The bibs had been printed so I had to make my own version …
Having fond memories of doing the Blackall 100km back in 2019, and being offered a ticket from Luke KD at a Long Lunch, I jumped at the opportunity at a …
A long time coming with an entry to the 2022 event and it being cancelled, 2023 was the chance to go back and revisit the lovely terrain and atmosphere of …
Another year back on the Guzzler Course. With the ticket purchase 1.5 weeks before the event and deciding to do it as a make up to last years less than stellor …
Sunday 28th April
Not having done some longer runs in a while, the Brisbane Trail Marathon was a neat addition for the schedule. Although not training for anything specific at …
An event picked out based on my scheduled holiday to the USA, with this one fitting in nicely as we were going to be in the Los Angeles prior this …
Had this on the potential plate most of the year. As it came right in the middle of selling the house. But with needing a break from dealing with that, and …
