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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"
17 Sep 2023
🏃🏃♀️Race Tekapo Results
🔥It was a bad day to be a course record🔥
10 Sep 2023
🏃🏃♀️Kinloch Offroad Challenge Results
"I would do anything for blue skies. I don’t even care if the All Blacks lose to France …”
10 Sep 2023
Segment Showdown September
3 Sep 2023
🥝Complete Kiwi UTMB Results
And the latest from Scenic Circle Backyard Timaru💫
30 Aug 2023
Article 1. Where I put my ambition in public, in writing.
Lessons from the Long Run
27 Aug 2023
🏃🏃♀️Naseby Results & UTMB Predictions
“Now trail running is all about enjoyment, plus running 100 miles is pretty borderline nuts, so you have to make sure you're enjoying it; otherwise, it makes a long way even longer.” - Ruth Croft
20 Aug 2023
Forest Run Fest, Segment Showdown & More
Hannah Oldroyd blazed her way around the course taking the outright win