The High 5-0 Challenge
In February-March "Chief Nutter" Mal Law spent 50 days running an off-road marathon and climbing a peak each day. My training included a multiple of ascents of Mt Wellington in Hobart, running the Mt Graham Circuit at Freycinet and completing the 75km Hillary Trail over 2 days. I was a support runner for the 2nd day of Mal's challenge, a 42km, 3000m of climbing, 12hr epic in the Kaimanawa ranges. One of the toughest days ever but for Mal just a stepping stone as he continued with 48 similar days. It was an incredible adventure to be a small part of and Mal's fundraising of over $505,050 for the mental health foundation is astounding.
The Crash
Back on the bike after all the running training was great until I managed a head-on collision with another bike. The resulting broken finger slowed my training somewhat and put me off the bike for six weeks. As this happened about 5 weeks before the Curekids Great Adventure Race, I had a problem. However some rapid recovery and and understanding specialist got me to the startline with the finger protected by a splint. Team Theta had a great race and managed to win the IT cup as well as raising $16,000 for this deserving charity.
The ups and downs of orienteering
A great year of orienteering in a variety of locations. The ups were the experience of running at Oceania in Tasmania, first M40 at two of the NWOC rogaines and managing to get round a whole week of events at the Australian Champs without being hideously lost. The downs came from being lost in the maze of rocks at the NZ champs and a DNF due to not being able to locate controls in the thick forest on the last day of the JAFA Queens birthday weekend.
10 Years of the P6!
It's now 10 years since I started in this mad crazy world of adventure racing. My first event was the P6 in 2005 with Julia; a memorable event involving gale force winds, hailstorms, riding the bike leg with no seat and a broken chain. I've been back every year since making 2015 my 11th event. Once more, Lactic Turkey Events put on a memorable event this time at Shakespear Regional Park. This year competing with Ryan and his friend Cameron, we were running, biking, climbing, shooting and swimming our way round the park. We celebrated the 10-year anniversary with custom-printed tshirts and presented shirts to the race organisers Shaun & Maddie as well.
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