I have been doing a lot more long distance riding lately, often Audax endurance rides. I had planned to do the 200,300,400 and 600km series this year but Covid-19 came along and killed everyone’s plans. Rides more than 150km from home have recently become allowed, so after a quick coffee at 5AM I was off to Fernvale to do the 223km Deliverance
I love hiking in beautiful places and running so I decided to try combining them to see if is the perfect mix? Spoiler - it is!
This leg of the BVRT is the newest section and the best maintained, the surface is really smooth and luxurious; I would almost do it on my road bike!
Half Marathon along the foreshore Last weekend was my favourite Half Marathon, the Twilight Wynnum Bay Run. Why my favourite? It starts in the late afternoon and goes into the…
Somehow we had completely missed that the May Day long weekend was coming and there was an extra day available on the weekend – a great find to make! A…
Noosa Marathon is done! My time was 4:17:56 It was definitely hard, but I have done hikes that were much harder on my body. I ran out of sugar during…
Only 5 days until my first Marathon, the Noosa Runaway Marathon. I have done lots of training, enough that everything hurts and I can’t imagine running the distance as I…
This is the longest run I have done yet, it felt OK - at least until around 30.5 km when the pain seriously begun. 3:08 is not so bad. The…
First day back in the Japanese Alps, it was a pretty serious day with a lot of up in a short time; tomorrow will be far, far worse. My goal is Yarigatake, at 3384m the fifth highest mountain in Japan; often considered one of the best climbs in the Hida Mountains.
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A last minute decision last night and it was off for a paddle first thing this morning with a local meet up group to Garden Island, near Macleay Island just…
Coochiemudlow (Coochie) is a small island off Victoria Point just South of Brisbane, Queensland. It’s often called the Jewel of Morton Bay, it’s very close to the mainland and has…