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22 Jan 2024
🏃🏃♀️The Goat Results, Revenant Recap
“Honestly the most difficult race I’ve ever done and probably the most rewarding.”
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"
14 Jan 2024
🏃🏃♀️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
7 Jan 2024
🏃🏃♀️2024, Let's Do This
“I'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"
17 Dec 2023
🏃🏃♀️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"
10 Dec 2023
🏃🏃♀️The Wild(ish),Crush The Cargill & The Valley Ultra
"Are you local, have you run these trails before... your pace is a little hot?!"
3 Dec 2023
Kepler Challenge: Jones & Morgan too strong
“Yea, some good close racing going on. A bit like how my first Kepler played out. But deeper competition and faster times."
26 Nov 2023
🏃🏃♀️Russian Hacker Robs Haunschmidt of WAI2K 25K title
“...my foot landed wrong, and my foot just collapsed"
19 Nov 2023
Munters gonna munt, Hillbillys gonna' billy?
“If 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 he’d be proud.”
12 Nov 2023
🏃🏃♀️The intel machine is smoking...
“Still shocked at how the legs kept on giving, right to the end..."
5 Nov 2023
🏃🏃♀️21 addicts run 105km for Undies
"1 very happy guy who was so nervous and really wondered if this Undulator thing was possible"
29 Oct 2023
🏃🏃♀️River-Run, Mt Somers & Kidnappers
“Trees witness the tear, Humiliation whispers near, Wind brings cheeks so bare."
23 Oct 2023
🏃🏃♀️Rocky Point Results & Big's Backyard
"That 3rd fireball shot is really starting to feel like a bad idea.”
15 Oct 2023
🏃🏃♀️Taupo 100KM Course Record Nikked & an Italian Stallion On The Loose In Christchurch
“I loved seeing how proud my boys were when they realised what I’d achieved – it shows them that dedication and hard work pays off."
8 Oct 2023
🏃🏃♀️Rakiura Challenge, Abel Tasman Results
“My first trail race, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m sure some speedy guys will be back next year to eclipse the record, but it’s a cool accolade to hold for the next year.”
8 Oct 2023
The Long Run - Spring Edition
BREAKING NEWS: CRUSH THE CARGILL IS A FRAUD
8 Oct 2023
BREAKING: Crush The Cargill Is A Fraud
”It’s no more than a bit of a speed bump😔.”
8 Oct 2023
An SK A Month, Keeps The Doctor Away
8 Oct 2023
Event Preview | The Wild
"Let’s just say it involved a very prolonged session in a pub in Silverton after Hardrock last year and a completely drunken midnight beer mile on the back streets of said town…"
3 Oct 2023
Segment Showdown October
1 Oct 2023
🏃🏃♀️Marina 2 Marina Results & A Great Worst Run Ever
"I decide, after a couple of seconds of deep thought, to store some in my stomach for safe-keeping."
24 Sep 2023
🏃♂️🏃♀️Crush The Cargill closes down Blue Lake Challenge⛔
"I thought I was trying to run up a chocolate cake covered in runny chocolate icing"