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
What do you get when you combine camping, trail running, and awesome people? The Ragnar Trail Relay! I’ve had friends talk about Ragnar for years, but I’ve never been in the right US state at the right time to enter, until now. I had a week free between the Dallas Spartan Race Weekend and World’s … Continue reading Ragnar Trail Relay – Arizona
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
On the eve of my flight back to Australia I woke at 4am, groggily put on race clothes and sat in the car for two hours as my friend Kendal drove us to Savage Race in Houston. It was my last race before leaving the US so I made sure it was going to be … Continue reading Savage Race (Houston)
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
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
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
After doing the Sydney and Geelong Stadium Sprints in 2015 I was excited to see what the Brisbane Stadium Sprint had to offer.With the return of the Gladiators, and the 300 becoming a separate part of the race, I was keen to see how this event stacked up against the other Stadium Sprints. The day … Continue reading Spartan Race Stadium Sprint (Brisbane)
What's more fun than running around on Valentine's Day in your undies?
the nomadic runner 