It had been over 6 hours on the bus since we had left Adelaide, the sun was setting and out the bus window was a picture I had not been expecting. The area surrounding the Mawson Trail, a trail extending 900km’s from Adelaide all the way through to Blinman, had seen a lot of [...]
Cresting that final peak, I could nearly taste the infamous Robertson Pies as I woofed down two emergency Gu’s. I had not until this moment truly appreciated the climb that was Jamberoo Pass. You hear stories of it’s gradient, of its ability to break the souls of all but the toughest men but it’s not [...]
Despite the bleak forcast from but one week ago, blue skys, sun and mid 20 temperatures have greeted us in Thredbo. Ordinarily I’d be outside, riding some of the many trails that litter the hillsides here, but having already been for a spin, registered and with 400km’s of riding to come, it’s time for [...]
The weeks surrounding my return from Canada were odd; My legs felt great! Not wanting to waste all those months of training I proceded to plot the coming months. 8hr, 12hr and 24hr races were etched in the Calendar and a corresponding training plan thought out. It wasn’t untill the first [...]
With the lyrics from the underworld circulating around my head, dawn had broken over the Inabaanya camp ground just on the outskirts of Majura pine forest in Canberra. I had already been awake for a little while; the police dog facility down the road clearly fed the dogs at 5am and the first set [...]