Tag: Blog
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Where Am I Going?
Blog Update #19 We’re nearly through one third of the year! What the hell! It’s been a hectic start, a lot of highs and a lot of lows. I’ve participated in 8 ultramarathons, finishing 7, winning 2, finishing top 10 in all of them with the exception of 1 and DNF’ing 1, and I’ve also…
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Winging It
Blog Update #18 So my last update I was talking about walking the fine line, referring to taking on a large ultramarathon schedule and still keeping the body healthy, well….. I think I may be starting to fall off that line! A week and a half ago I competed in my first backyard ultra and…
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Walking the Fine Line
Blog Update #17 It’s been over 4 months since my last blog update, and a lot’s happened since. We’ve properly come out of the CovId-19 lockdown, K2 has been summited during winter by Nimsdai Purja (congratulations!) Christmas happened, 2021 happened, Trump lost the election, I pulled out of my police application and I’ve been lucky…
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Locked Down
Blog Update #16 Last update wasn’t so positive but was honest and the post before that was extremely positive and also honest, this post finds me at a happy equilibrium. For the past 6 weeks us Victorians have been in an unprecedented stage 4 lockdown, due to a “little” thing called COVID-19. 1 hour exercise…
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Seven Summit Project (4/7): An Epic 3 Week Journey Which Culminated with a Winter Ascent of Mount Kosciuszko
Blog Update #13 We’re back! Due to a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia, the Victorian (VIC) and New South Wales (NSW) border has been closed. Luckily I was able to get over to NSW before the border closure happened. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t of been able to have this epic 3 week…
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Goals & Finding My Stride
Blog Update #12 Up down up down life’s a f**ken rollercoaster, currently I’m on an up. I feel I’ve evolved after the high that was summiting Aconcagua and then going through the depressing low that dragged on afterwards. I think it’s all part of the process of improving as a human and evolving, it’s taken…
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Planning & Moving Forward
Blog Update #11 It’s been a hectic 4-6 weeks, you’d think the COVID-19 pandemic would’ve slown me down due to gyms closing and work drying up, however as a labourer and as someone who’s had access to weights I’ve been very fortunate. My work and training routine has been anything but slow, it’s been crazy.…