The Perfect Race
Have you ever been midway through a race and had to pinch yourself at just how easy it feels, how everything is falling into place exactly as you had imagined it? How about the moments in a race when you decide to stop holding back and just let your legs run fast and free for … Read more
The Hardest Training of All – Complete Rest
It’s been just over 6 weeks now since I completed the Coast to Kosciuszko 240km ultra marathon. The finish of this race marked over 415km of racing in the space of only 3.5 weeks with the race rolling off the back of the Great North 100 miles in mid November – 52 hours of tough … Read more
GNW 2011 Race Report – Andrew Vize
“The secret is the same as for anything else, you have to get out there everyday and train and train. And when you train, anything is possible” – Kilian Jornet Teralba to Watagans – Leg 1 – 28.6km On the “GO!” from Dave Byrnes, the line honour contenders in the 100km race, two-time winner Clarke … Read more
Lightning and Leeches
5 weeks out from the big dance at GNW100 and training runs are now becoming a contest of who can think up the toughest and longest training run, throw some logistics around it and then ask the most important question for the weekend, “Ok, so what time will I need to wake up to get … 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
GNW Training – 11 weeks to go
It’s getting serious now. GNW is but nine or so ‘proper’ training weeks away and it’s fair to say that the meat and drink of the training is being fully consumed. The gentler warm-up runs have been done, we’re now head-first into business and that means out and back from Cedar Brush track head to … Read more
Cooba – The Wonderdog Blog
Hi Guys, Cooba here. I’m an Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog and love to run with the guys at Ultra168. This is a picture of me after doing 70km with Clarkey and Vizey on the weekend. I had a Garmin 310XT strapped to my collar and you can see in the pic Clarke is writing … Read more
GNW Training Week One – The Somersby to Yarramalong Pain Train
You know that trail running is popular when 13 people turn up for a training run ahead of this year’s biggest trail ultra, the Great North Walk 100 miler. What’s even more staggering about this is that it three times the amount of people who actually finished the race in its first year of operation … Read more
