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  • Race roundup: NZ 24 hour champs 2022

    Race roundup: NZ 24 hour champs 2022

    My last couple of big running events involved plenty of testing and learning. That theme has continued into the autumn, as I aim to rehab an achilles/plantaris injury. So although I’d rather be writing about new adventures, it’s handy to note any lessons from the past ones while I remember. Wait, I’ve forgotten. Was it… Read more

  • 2022 World 100k Championships report

    2022 World 100k Championships report

    The German customs officer wasn’t buying it. ‘All the way from New Zealand, for a run?’ Narrowing his eyes, he looked at my passport and back to me. If it seemed like a cover story for dubious activity, the white powder stashed in my bag wouldn’t help the case. ‘Why so far for so shortContinue… Read more

  • Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race, 2020

    Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race, 2020

    At the Sri Chinmoy event back in 2019, I remember Jamie Hawker cheerfully describing the folly of expecting a top result or PB every time you line up for an ultra. People think they can, he said, but it’s always going to be tick, tick, cross, tick, cross… Cheers, I said wryly. After two decentContinue… Read more

  • ‘Us ultrarunners are used to extraordinary.’

    ‘Us ultrarunners are used to extraordinary.’

    As we headed towards full Covid-19 lockdown in March, I was chatting online with fellow NZ ultrarunner Fiona Hayvice. Bidding each other a slightly nervous sign-off ahead of this unknown time, she mentioned in passing that, while it was indeed surreal, ‘us ultrarunners are used to extraordinary’. At the time I agreed and we movedContinue… Read more

  • Jiayou jaiyou! Running for NZ at the Asia-Oceania 24-Hour Championships

    Jiayou jaiyou! Running for NZ at the Asia-Oceania 24-Hour Championships

    After arriving back in NZ, my experiences in Taipei are already feeling a bit dreamlike. In short, it was an amazing experience. In long, here’s a bit more of the story and background. Thanks to those I borrowed photos from! It’s been a tricky year for my running, with sickness during Tarawera 100k in Feb,Continue… Read more

  • NZ 100k champs 2018, and the dreaded DNF

    NZ 100k champs 2018, and the dreaded DNF

    It was precisely three hours and twelve minutes into the race, bang on the 39km mark. The Christchurch day was clear and warm. The pace was on track, averaging 5 minute ks as planned. A lap earlier I’d taken the lead for the first time, although all three of us in the women’s race seemedContinue… Read more

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