Ok, so the title is a little misleading. Whilst I might have managed to take out the win in the 2021 Archie 55km at Hut2Hut, it was most definitely not a bullseye of a run.
Packing for an overseas trip is hard, let alone packing to run t run for 66 days across a country. So where did I start?!
Prior to starting, Tommy and I had a food plan which we based on what I ate during training. Our thought process was focus on fatty and c...
A trip like this is both physical and mental. In fact, I would probably say that, assuming you have done the appropriate training, it is more mental because the body is only going to keep going as long as the mind tells it to.
This is one of the questions I get asked most frequently. And to be honest, before I started this journey, I had no bloody idea! But over...
You would think that after running the entire North Island in 34 days, I would have a little bit of confidence going into the South Island right? Wrong.
The sky was dark and the waves crashed over the cragged rocks, spraying salty water everywhere. I was clinging to the side of a rock, wai...
After our rock 'n' roll weekend in Riga, we headed to the Curonian Spit in Lithuania for a few days of R&R and yet another mini detox for...
Out of all the cities we were visiting Riga was arguably the most anticipated due to the fact we had 5 close friends arriving to celebrat...
After Warsaw we headed to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for 5 days of detoxing - no wheat, no diary, nothing processed. Basically fr...
If I had to use four words to describe Warsaw they would be "great parks, great food". Despite being the capital city of Poland, Warsaw i...
After our emotional few days in Krakow, we headed to Zakopane for a few days of hiking and getting amongst nature. Zakopane is a small al...
We are in Lake Como with George. We are expecting an invite to his big bash any moment...not the actual wedding, thank goodness otherwise...
We both found visiting Krakow to be a very humbling experience, based on it's quite depressing history. I say this with the greatest resp...
