Race Preview: Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker
Our Victorian cousins kick-off with one of the country’s largest ultra events on Friday, the Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker. This will see more than 700 teams walk from Wheelers Hill to Wesburn, through the beautiful Dandenong Ranges National Park. If you’re running, or if you have friends and family who want to see how you’re doing, … Read more
Mount Solitary Ultra Preview
For years myself and a few running buddies had muted the idea of running a race up and over Mount Solitary, and last year the guys at Running Wild put it on. The winner in the first year was our own Andrew Vize, setting a blistering time of 5hrs 5mins in the process. But with … Read more
Coming up on Ultra168 – The Aussie Ultra Calendar Ramps Up
After a few quiet months on the ultra scene, we’re ramping up ahead of the winter and there’s a whole heap of racing going in the next two months to whet your appetites. Today saw the running of the Wild Horse Criterium up in Queensland with a 60km solo event. Then next week, we turn … Read more
Northburn 100 Preview
No sooner has Tarawera finished, do we have another race from across the ditch to look forward to, The Northburn 100. This event started up last year with NZ favourite Lisa Tamati putting her name to help the efforts of the local team in Otago, led by Terry Davis, and the rather excellent guys at … Read more
The Tarawera low-down from across the ditch
If you’re a runner and you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen and heard nothing but great reports from across the ditch regarding this event. No worries that Anton Krupicka was racing, we have a new kid in town and his name is Mick Donges. Last year we predicted this boy would come of age in … Read more
Ultra168′s Andrew Vize joins the Salomon Australia Trail Running Team
Salomon Australia have today announced their Trail Running Team line-up, and Ultra168′s very own Andrew Vize has been included along with Matt Cooper, Mick Donges and Gretel Fortmann. Needless to say we’re all extremely excited and pleased for Andrew, and is just reward for his years of hard work and dedication to training. It’s amazing … Read more
Tarawera 100 Preview
This weekend sees the running of the much-anticipated Tarawera 100km (along with other distances), and RD Paul Charteris has drafted together an absolutely quality field of runners for this very well-regarded of races. Our man on the ground is Matt Bixley, who has recently joined the Ultra168 Editorial Board, and who will help us to … Read more
Six Foot Track Cancellation
In what is a first in the history of the race, Six Foot track has been cancelled this weekend due to the huge amounts of rain that have been experienced in the area over the last few weeks, causing a number of issues for organisers and the RFS alike. Last Saturday, Ultra168 headed down to … Read more
