GNW Final Thoughts
Just for a little bit of fun and frolics, we place the final thoughts over to you our readers to ask you how you’re feeling ahead of Saturday. Even if you’re not running, imagine you are and tell us how you think you’d feel. Over to you guys…
The Ultra168 Competition Grand Finale – GNW 100s
The time is nearly upon us for the last big race in our Big ‘G’ series competition, and it’s the Big Daddy of them all, The Great North Walk 100 miler. Yes indeed, there is a 100km event still going on and we acknowledge that, but for the purposes of our competition we’re focused on … Read more
The Great North Walk – Dave Byrnes Interview
To most of us, Dave Byrnes is the unassuming race director of Australia’s toughest 100 miler, the Great North Walk 100s. Quiet and polite Dave works meticulously hard to ensure that this monster of a race runs smoothly each year. But there’s a lot more to Dave than meets the eye. In his day, an … Read more
The barn doors are shut (almost)
So there we have it. Yesterday was three weeks until race day and the start of the big dance. I say the barn doors have been shut, but what we mean here at Ultra168 is that 98 per cent of the training is done. The kilometres have been completed and put in the bank in … Read more
” GNW ” The Grand Final of OZ Ultra’s
These are only my thoughts.Running the GNW is like any game of sports where 2 people or 2 teams go up against each other,it is a battle of wills.8-9 hours yesterday with friends I actually spent most of the day running by myself.Cedar Brush Track Head to Congewai return it has 8 good climbs with … Read more
GNW Training – The day train to Patonga
This run used to be our staple ‘final long run’ before the big dance three weeks out. Now, it’s just another regular training weekend run as the stakes for places gets higher each year. From Yarramalong through to Patonga is known as the ‘back-half’ of the course and roughly 70kms in length. Technically it’s not … Read more
The Big Aussie Ultra168 Competition
Ultra168 has been up and running now for just under three months, and in that time the amount of ‘hits’ and interest we’ve had from people has simply staggered us. We’ve received lots of kind comments from runners all over the country as ultra and trail running seems to be really catching a wave over … Read more
