20 11, 2017

Tarawera 50k race recap by Kate Heyward

By |2021-02-16T11:18:34+11:00November 20th, 2017|Trail/Ultra Running, Uncategorised|1 Comment

What a way to finish my 2017 season!! For me this race was a chance to practice so many aspects of running, taking a risk, following a defined race and nutrition plan, respecting the course and distance, resetting in the face of demoralising moments, watching the pain in my body and learning not to “suffer” [...]

12 09, 2017

Journey to 100k…The final instalment! By Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:34+11:00September 12th, 2017|Trail/Ultra Running, Uncategorised|4 Comments

It has been a long time coming. Something I have dreamed about for quite a few years now since I started running ultras. The pinnacle if you will of ultra running for me was to complete my first 100k race.  Originally it was to be Ultra Trail Australia 100k this year, however a lower left [...]

31 05, 2017

Ultra Trail Australia 22k race recap by Nicole Champion

By |2021-02-16T11:18:35+11:00May 31st, 2017|trail running, Trail/Ultra Running|0 Comments

UTA22 – where do I start? This was our first ever trail race. We all felt nervous and a little under trained, but were willing to give it our best. My lead up that week hadn't been great – I was on antibiotics for tonsillitis and had a terrible cough. The diff on my car [...]

24 05, 2017

The final UTA instalment of 2017 by Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:35+11:00May 24th, 2017|running, Trail/Ultra Running, Uncategorised|0 Comments

WOW! What a ride I have been on for this years ULTRA TRAIL AUSTRALIA 2017 prep! Talk about an emotional rollercoaster! I have a lot of people that I want to thank, so this is the best place to do it. Firstly thank you to the team at AROC Sport / Ultra Trail Australia who took [...]

18 05, 2017

Road to 100k part 5 – We are here. Finally.

By |2017-05-18T11:44:56+10:00May 18th, 2017|Trail/Ultra Running, ultra marathon|0 Comments

Well everyone, we made it. Ultra Trail Australia  starts today! We kick off the festivities with a cocktail party, and I am more nervous about that than the actual race! For those that have been following along my journey, it certainly has been a rough one.. . The road to 100k....didn't quite happen, but  sometimes that [...]

18 04, 2017

Road to 100k part 4 – The unexpected road.

By |2021-02-16T11:18:35+11:00April 18th, 2017|Trail/Ultra Running, Ultrarunning|2 Comments

My goal of running 100km has been a long time coming. Ever since I started running ultra's my ultimate goal was to hit the magical number 100. I don't know why. It seems so ludicrous to the average human, and yet, to me, it seems relatively achievable. I remember when 16km was hard, then in [...]

12 02, 2017

Road to 100k part 3 by Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:44+11:00February 12th, 2017|Member stories, mental training, six foot marathon, Trail/Ultra Running, trailrunning, Uncategorised|8 Comments

Training for any long distance event, especially ultra's is tough, and I have been running and training for them them for 4 years now. Without a break really. I am beginning to wonder if it is all catching up with me. My first ultra was in 2015 and was the 60km race in Carcoar called [...]

21 10, 2016

Road to 100k part 1. By Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00October 21st, 2016|Running Stories, Trail/Ultra Running|1 Comment

I have been on this running journey for a long time now, and I am particularly interested in distance running. I suppose my genetics and history lend me to this distance, and I enjoy the challenge of longer events, but also am certainly not made for short explosive speed. So in a runners journey we [...]

11 10, 2016

Finding strength in Ultra Running

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00October 11th, 2016|Trail/Ultra Running, Ultrarunning, Uncategorised|2 Comments

For so long I have had to struggle to keep going. To believe that I am worth something. To stay focused. To FINISH what I started. It all started out when I was a teenager, full of self-doubt, in the grips of a never ending cycle of a horrendous eating disorder that would last the [...]

13 09, 2016

The Lamington Eco Challenge – August 13-14, 2016 by Lauren Shay

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00September 13th, 2016|marathon, Member stories, Running Stories, Trail/Ultra Running|2 Comments

Can you do it twice? It was a dare. The question posed by the Lamington Eco Challenge taunted me. Could I do a 42km trail run twice in two days? Sure, there were 8km and 21km options, but I am too stubborn – some might say foolish! – to not throw myself at a challenge [...]

6 09, 2016

Glenbrook Marathon recap by Nicole Bunyon

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00September 6th, 2016|Running Stories, trail running, Trail/Ultra Running|0 Comments

I love trail running. I used to be a road runner before I transferred over to the dark side, and I must say I love it much better over here. There is something about a trail that makes me feel at peace. I think the art of running a marathon on a trail is so [...]

23 08, 2016

Why I love trail running

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00August 23rd, 2016|Running Stories, Trail/Ultra Running, Training Tips|0 Comments

When I started to run more seriously after having children to get fit, I lived in suburbia in the south west of Sydney. My normal running route was around the streets, on the sidewalk where I battled the pavement for kilometres at a time, my only scenery the houses that lined the streets and the [...]

22 06, 2016

Glow Worm Tunnel Trail Half Marathon – Newnes, NSW by Caz Derby

By |2021-02-16T11:18:45+11:00June 22nd, 2016|Trail/Ultra Running, Uncategorised|2 Comments

The day that we had planned for months had finally arrived and a peek out the window revealed a foggy and wet morning – perfect weather for trail running. 6 months or more ago, four of us started planning this “run-cation” to commemorate Jenn’s 40 year.  The brief was simple: It had to be a [...]