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This is the fourth year Spartan have held a trifecta weekend at Bright and there are very good reasons why this is the pinnacle Spartan event in Australia each year.  In this blog post I outline why the course and town are so special. Bright …

My lead up to the Asia Pacific Champs: 9 weeks out – bad patella femoral pain – returned to running started five weeks before APAC 2 weeks out – painful foot injury 1 week out – emergency dental after I smashed my mouth on an …

I recently had a really painful case of patellofemoral pain syndrome and became extremely well acquainted with cross training. This is not my first experience with cross training while recovering from a knee injury, as I also had a string of lower leg injuries in …

I have only ever participated in the 2018 and the 2019 National Series, so I can’t comment on previous years. The 2019 National Series was levels up from what I experienced in 2018. The 2018 series was held late in the year from September to …

1 JUNE 2019 Reasons I entered this race: I had never raced a True Grit before (minus the Night Attack stadium race in Adelaide 2016); I was curious as to what Enduro racers go through, the race being one lap of the Enduro course; I …

Initially I wasn’t going to write a race report for the Picton Beast because I was injured, was in a lot of physical pain during and after the race, and could not perform well. But after a week had passed I wanted to write a …

I was very excited to go home for Easter and join the family on a trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Usually we go to Wilpena Pound, Parachilna Gorge or the lower flinders ranges. We usually camp. This trip we stayed on a …

I use power posing before races because the poses help me feel more in control, strong and able to start races aggressively. I have had questions about what I am doing standing around so strangely, so thought I would share a bit about power posing. …

I desperately wanted to be on the podium for this race and winning is a great feeling. But do you know what is even more awesome than winning? Knowing that you have given absolutely 100% and left everything on the course. Going into this race …

I would have liked to write this race recap like this: After a strong start on hilly terrain, I failed olympus. I lost a lot of time because the obstacle was wet so I was using hands only and fell off right before the bell. …