Jean Beaumont UTMB Race Report
Jean Beaumont is arguably the leading New Zealand female 100mile runner, with wins at Naseby and a slick 26hr45 at the 2012 Northburn100, where she was 15mins off winning overall! At the end…
The World Ultra Mountain National Trail Series Championships Plural.
Matt Bixley gives us his take on the multiple “world championships” available to the ultra, trail and mountain runner. I’ve read and taken part in a few conversations over the last month or…
Michael Pullar’s Western States 100 mile Race Report
Kiwi Michael Pullar shares his Western States Endurance Run race report with us. A great result in Michael’s first 100mile race and a great read! Enjoy- It’s almost 5 am here in Squaw…
Tailwind Endurance Review
Updated 15th July 2013- Since we posted this review of Tailwind by Bernard Robinson, I (Grant Guise), have be able to test out Tail wind a bit more myself. I used some Trailwind at…
Wild Earth Ascent “mid-pack” Race Report
Rachael Buttar, a Cromwell local and self proclaimed “average Joe Bloggs runner” tacked the Wild Earth Ascent 1/2 Marathon a few weekends ago. Despite the scare mongering by race director Terry Davis (really-…
Ultra-Trail Des Cagous- Dawn Tuffery Race Report
Barefoot Inc Athlete Dawn Tuffery has had a stella start to the year, with a podium at Tarawera, Athletics New Zealand 100km title and now a win at the 80km Ultra-Trail Des Cagous, on 7th June…
My first DNF- Jo Johansen
Jo Johansen, winner of this years Tarawera Ultra, talks about DNF’ing at TNF100 and what contributed to her ending up in Katoomba Hospital. DNF…… Those three letters sound haunting and look so disappointing. I…
If you can dream it, you can do it- AT’s Great Wall Marathon Report
Wanaka based runner and former Luxmore Grunt record hold Andrew Town just raced the Great Wall Marathon in China, here is his account of the experience. If you can dream it, you can…
Three Peaks 2014 – a perspective from back in the pack
Russell Hurring gives us his take on the iconic Dunedin mountain running race- The Three Peaks, that took place last weekend. The prerace talk about weather had to be expected after last year’s…
Lucas Duross Tarawera Ultra Report
Yesterday 18 year old Lucas Duross lined up for the weather altered 55km Tarawera Ultra. Full of confidence and talent to match, it is fair to say it was an excited young Lucas…
December 3, 2014
Marty — Go the Dark Horse !!
October 9, 2014
Mouth of the South — Don't worry, I did my research ;-)
October 9, 2014
David — So Josh ran a 6.19 50 miler last weekend with a few hills and plenty of water on the track....
October 9, 2014
Josh — A dead bird told me Matt Battley was planning on coming back for the 19k. Also Jono Jackson let...
