Tag: Ultramarathon
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Marysville Marathon Festival – 50km 2021 Report
Location: Marsyville, Victoria, Australia Time: 04:39:23 Date: 07/11/21 Overall Place: 1/39 Full Results Finally! We’re back out of lockdown….. again….. Another restart to racing! The Marysville Marathon Festival was the first event containing an ultramarathon since Victoria came out of what felt like its 1000th lockdown, this one having us stuck within our 5km home…
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Surf Coast Trail Marathon – 42km 2021 Report
Location: Torquay, Victoria, Australia Time: 03:34:51 Date: 26/06/21 Overall Place: 9/238 Full Results I don’t usually do race reports for marathons but I felt compelled to highlight the awesomeness of this event. Brought to you by Tour de Trails The Surf Coast Trail Marathon is run on a beautiful course and brought to you by…
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Appreciation, Reflection & Adaption
Blog Update #21 A forced break…… something I didn’t know I needed. My last post I wondered what’s next and where my passions lie, I’d come off a pretty crazy and hectic 6 months both in my athletic life, work life and personal life. Finishing over 10 long distance (42-220km) running events and finishing my…
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Warburton Trail Fest – Multi-Day Madness 2021 Report
Location: Warburton, Victoria, Australia Time: Lumberjack Ultra (50km): 04:44:00 Double Donna (22km): 02:15:49 Little Joes Night Terror (9km): 00:47:37 Lilo Dash ‘n Derby (1.5km/1.5km):00:22:44 Multi-Day Madness (Combined Times): 08:10:13 Date: 19-20/02/21 Overall Place: Lumberjack Ultra (50km): 12/167 Double Donna (22km): 7/128 Little Joes Night Terror (9km): 2/93 Lilo Dash ‘n Derby (1.5km/1.5km):00:22:44 Multi-Day Madness (Combined…
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Whats Next?
Blog Update #20 It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these, a little over 2 months which doesn’t sound long but always feels like an eternity. I’ve got a new job at a petrol station since then and the list of ultramarathons I’ve completed keeps getting longer, just like the amount of…
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Princess Park Urban Trail Run – 12 hour 2021 Report
Location: Princess Park, Victoria, Australia Distance: 120.6km Date: 04/07/21 Overall Place: 4/12 Full Results No hydration vest? No mandatory snake bandage? Do you even ultra? The Princess Park Urban Trail Run was to be my first 12 hour race. Run around a 2.5km loop in the city of Melbourne with no mountains, rocks to jump…
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Unbreakable – Inspired by the Barkley Marathons – EST.MMXX 2021 Report
Location: Marysville, Victoria, Australia Time: Unbreakable: DNF Fun Run: 28:20:24 Date: 18-20/06/21 Overall Place: Unbreakable: DNF Fun Run: Equal 1/7 Full Results Unbreakable – Inspired By the Barkley Marathons, the name of the ultramarathon says it all, Unbreakable and Inspired By the Barkley Marathons. If you’re familiar with arguably the hardest ultramarathon in the world,…
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Buffalo Stampede – Grand Slam 2021 Report
Location: Bright, Victoria, Australia Time: SkySprint (10km): 1:09:40 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): 11:14:36 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Date: 9-11/04/21 Overall Place: SkySprint (10km): 4/154 Ultra-SkyMarathon (75km): Equal 6/60 SkyMarathon (42km): DNS (Medically Withdrawn) Grand Slam (10km+75km+42km): DNF Full Results Back to the mountains! It’d only been 2 months since my last mountain…
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Down Under 135 – 135mi 2021 Report
Location: Lederderg State Park, Victoria, Australia Time: 53:11:38 Date: 14-16/05/21 Overall Place: 2/35 Full Results Down Under 135, this ultramarathon is like no other, I’m not sure you can even call it an ultramarathon. As the website suggests it’s more like a foot race, much of the course in NOT runnable. Off trail sections has…
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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…
Thomas "The Tank" Dade 