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25 Mar 2024

Tanks on E but the soul is full!

The Soul Runner @ Riverhead ReLaps

18 Mar 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธFree Peeks In Dunedin

"Luckily I still had just enough legs!"

11 Mar 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธTararua Mountain Race Rises From The Ashes

"But this race was a powerful specimen!"

4 Mar 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธMotatapu Results & 2 Jaffa's go for a long stroll

"...youโ€™ll be wanting a change of undies!โ€

26 Feb 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธA French Yorkshire Dude See's an Old Ghost & Runs ...

โ€œProbably my best win to date. It means a lot to get your name on the winners trophy of an event like Old Ghost!!โ€

19 Feb 2024

Tarawera & Shotover Moonlight Results

"The out and back added extra vert in the race and being in the back half of the course was pretty soul destroying for some.โ€

12 Feb 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธGlenn Sutton, Like a Pig in ...

"The chill from a heavy late summer dew cooled us for the first mile of rough suddling"

5 Feb 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธTussock Traverse Result, Worst Run Ever Is Back

โ€œMy phone battery goes completely dead following the call and I am fully relying on a helicopter arriving.โ€

29 Jan 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธJumbo Holdsworth Results, Mission Corner & More

โ€œThe plan wasnโ€™t to start at 1:30 am after a full day of work on Friday, a 4.5-hour drive from Wellington...โ€

23 Jan 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธThe Goat Results, Revenant Recap

โ€œHonestly the most difficult race Iโ€™ve ever done and probably the most rewarding.โ€

22 Jan 2024

The Tararua Mountain Race (Free Preview)

"I will never forget my second time, hamstrings cramping so badly I had to"

22 Jan 2024

Dr. Tripp, The Man, The Myth, The Legend

"I limited myself to 4 Cookie Times in a 10 hour shift and only 6 for a 15 hour shift"

15 Jan 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธAotearoa Ultramarathon Runners Spontaneously Combust

"He just stood there with his chopper out, chatting to me about the run I was doing"

14 Jan 2024

Neil Smith's Race @ Aotearoa 101KM

8 Jan 2024

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ2024, Let's Do This

โ€œI've had this idea to run the length of NZ for some time. It seemed insane (and still does at times), but the more I have battled away, the more the mountain seem worst run ever quote"

18 Dec 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธTrail Running NZ 2023, The Year That Was

"Yeah nah, it was a run of 2 halves. Started steady and gave it the jandel at the end. Trail running was the winner on the day"

11 Dec 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธThe Wild(ish),Crush The Cargill & The Valley Ultra

"Are you local, have you run these trails before... your pace is a little hot?!"

4 Dec 2023

Kepler Challenge: Jones & Morgan too strong

โ€œYea, some good close racing going on. A bit like how my first Kepler played out. But deeper competition and faster times."

27 Nov 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธRussian Hacker Robs Haunschmidt of WAI2K 25K title

โ€œ...my foot landed wrong, and my foot just collapsed"

20 Nov 2023

Munters gonna munt, Hillbillys gonna' billy?

โ€œIf I was to tell my younger self that I would grow up to become a munter and get to run all these munter races, I think heโ€™d be proud.โ€

13 Nov 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธThe intel machine is smoking...

โ€œStill shocked at how the legs kept on giving, right to the end..."

6 Nov 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ21 addicts run 105km for Undies

"1 very happy guy who was so nervous and really wondered if this Undulator thing was possible"

30 Oct 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธRiver-Run, Mt Somers & Kidnappers

โ€œTrees witness the tear, Humiliation whispers near, Wind brings cheeks so bare."

24 Oct 2023

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธRocky Point Results & Big's Backyard

"That 3rd fireball shot is really starting to feel like a bad idea.โ€