The desire to do the Great Wall Marathon was planted in my head after my friend Bec did the run in May 2015. It just looked like such a fantastic challenge that I wanted to sign up on the spot. Later in 2015 I decided to take the plunge and I signed up for the … Continue reading Great Wall of China Half Marathon
With two Battlefrog Xtreme (BFX) races under my belt, I was pumped to see what I could do in Salt Lake City at Utah’s first Battlefrog. I checked the BFX list when I arrived on Saturday morning and realised that there were only two other women registered to do BFX. This meant I was in … Continue reading Battlefrog (Salt Lake City)
In April I had a decision to make: should I go to Montana to do the Spartan Beast, or Arizona to do the Grand Canyon Half Marathon? My friend Mike asked me how many Spartan Races I’d done before, which prompted me to pack my bags and head to Arizona. The race was held in … Continue reading Grand Canyon Half Marathon
Event 15 was the biggest challenge I'd faced to date. A 30+ hour endurance challenge in the hills of Monrovia, California.
I heard many stories about the fun that’s been had at Spartan Race weekends in Austin in the past, so I was grateful to have had the opportunity to join in on the 2016 fun. The race weekend started with the pre-race dinner on Friday night at Bill’s Burgers in Burnet. I joined almost 100 … Continue reading Spartan Race Super/Sprint Weekend (Austin)
I don’t know what possessed me to sign up to a 5km fun run the day of BFX, but I knew if I didn’t do it then I would regret it. The Blacklight Run is like the Color Run in which you get covered in coloured powder, except this powder glows under UV light. I … Continue reading Blacklight Run
After doing BFX in San Antonio a fortnight ago, I knew that I couldn’t just do the Battlefrog Open in Dallas. So on race morning I upgraded to BFX and was ready to do better than before. This time I knew what to expect in regards to the sorts of obstacles and I knew roughly … Continue reading Battlefrog (Dallas)
When I saw that I had a weekend free in Dallas I had to decide on what to do. Did I do the Big D Texas Half Marathon, or a 5km Mud Run? The mud run won of course. It was a cold morning when my friend Kristen picked me up and drove me out … Continue reading Jailbreak Mud Run
Event 8 was my first half-marathon for 2016. A beautiful run on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Event 7 for 2016 was a casual 10km run around Diamond Head on Oahu
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