When Spartan Race Australia announced that it would be holding an Asia Pacific (APAC) Championship race in Perth at the end of 2017 I knew that it would be a race not to miss. Spartan has only ever had three events in Perth – a Super/Sprint combo in 2013 and a Sprint in 2015. They … Continue reading Spartan Trifecta Weekend – Perth
Sometimes the best way to approach a Spartan Race is with zero preparation – well that’s what I was telling myself this last weekend as I prepared to take on my first Spartan of 2018 in Picton, an hour’s drive outside of Sydney. It was a last-minute decision to fly across the country for the … Continue reading Spartan Race – Sydney Super/Sprint
Pre-race ramblings: Four years ago, I travelled to Melbourne with two of my best friends for the longest mud run I’d ever attempted – a 20km Tough Mudder. Now, 10 Tough Mudders later, I am four sleeps away from my biggest challenge of 2017 – World’s Toughest Mudder. If you had’ve told me four years … Continue reading World’s Toughest Mudder 2017
Most people go into a Spartan Race Ultra Beast with a plan and months of training. I went into my second Ultra Beast with no preparation after a snap decision the weekend before the race. I was in Dallas for the Spartan Race weekend and ready to take on the Beast and Sprint like I … Continue reading Spartan Race Weekend Dallas 2017
Since running Conquer the Gauntlet in Arkansas in 2016, I’d been wanting to run another event. So, when the opportunity arose to run one in Texas, I jumped at the chance. I snuck my way back into the Lone Star State with help from some secretive friends. The night before CTG, I made my way … Continue reading Conquer the Gauntlet – Central Texas 2017
Once a year hundreds of people make the pilgrimage from Perth to Margaret River, descending on the green pastures of Bootleg Brewery to get down and dirty at the South West Mudfest. Now in its fourth year, the Mudfest delivered on its promise of #RealMudGuaranteed! There’s two distances to choose from for the adults – … Continue reading South West Mudfest
What do you get when you cross 2000+ women with a few obstacles and a heap of mud? Miss Muddy! Miss Muddy is Australia’s only female-only mud run and aims to get the ladies out of their comfort zones. I’d volunteered and run the event back in 2015 and I was excited to get another … Continue reading Miss Muddy
I’d been feeling a bit low after returning to Perth in February with no OCR prospects on the horizon. Just when I had given up on the prospect of spending a day acting like an idiot, a friend of mine commented that ROC Race was coming back to Perth and he was looking for people … Continue reading ROC Race
I’m standing in waist-deep, ice-cold water, and I can’t feel my toes. I don’t mean that figuratively. I am trying to wiggle them but they are so cold that I literally can’t feel them anymore. Just as I start to question my own sanity, I remember why I’m here. For those of you who know … Continue reading Tough Guy – January 9 2017
What a year! I am still at a loss as to how to put my year into words, so here are some statistics instead 😀 364* days 38 EVENTS 95km // 15 hours of Fun Runs. 215km // 120 hours of endurance events. 425km // 115 hours of Obstacle Races. That’s a total of 735km/457 … Continue reading 2016 Race Recap
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