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What a cracker of an Ultra Trail event, I had such a great time doing the 50km at the inaugural event in 2014 that I just had to come back, tried to get back in 2015 but it didn’t work out, so I am pleased I got to do the 100km this year. A few weeks out and I still wasn’t sure if I was going to make it, my training was going well but I ended up with a virus and really crook from a tick about 2 – 3 weeks out from the event. (If I keep getting ticks I’m seriously considering taking...

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On September 6, 2016 By Tail Runner I love this event, the coastline of Angelsea Victoria is just breathtaking, especially when the sun hits it at sunrise. We sure are spoilt for choice when it comes to events in this country and the guys at Rapid Ascent know how to put on a  well organised, first class event. My new back pack had arrived at the beginning of the week, I was in two minds about using it as it’s a completely different style to what I am used to and thought I may need a bit more time to test it out.  It quickly...

With a love of Ultra Marathon Running and having two Australian Kelpie’s as my training partners, I need good quality running gear not only for me but for my dogs “Cadence and Pace”. On average we run about 80km a week but when in training for an event we can clock up anywhere between 100km to 170km a week. I remember the first time I took Cadence out for a run, a truck went past, she got spooked and went one way around a pole and I went the other. The force of the shock made me loose grip of...