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INTROSPECTION CONTEMPLATION REALISATION   A TIME TO BE A TIME TO SEE A TIME TO HEAL A TIME TO FEEL   WEEKS PASS BY AS I GO DEEP INTO THY SELF   I EMBRACE THIS JOURNEY ITS NOT SO LONELY   I MEDITATE, I LEARN I REPLENISH, I GROW I NOURISH, I FLOURISH...

What the hell just happened  Suddenly I’m down Realization sets in I’m static on the ground. Agony in movement  I inhale into the deep  Serenity in stillness A limb lays distorted, motionless A soloist surrenders  Warm sun is soothing, Tussock sways in the breeze,...

At kilometer 978.8 and at elevation 1291 meters, and 4 full days of racing hard, on my third Tour the Waipounamu, suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere I was sprawled across the middle of the gravel track, unable to move my right leg from the hip down. What the heck just...

I was looking forward to this one, Renegades Muster had two previous editions that I had followed closely. Its an 850km route that starts and finishes in Whanganui, a town on the south west of the north island. After catching up with some familiar faces we were off...

So I was returning for my third Tour Divide, once again, I was super excited, I felt I was in the best shape ever going into an Ultra race. Months of consistent training went well and now I was back in Canada to propel myself and my bike all the way through the USA to...

I grew up on a small farm in the west of Ireland. It was a simple life balanced with time to  play and also to work on the farm. I remember we would milk cows by hand, harvest crops and grow our own potatoes and vegetables. From 8 or 9 years old  I became obsessed...

    Epic Storms Downpour Rains Phlegmy cough Swollen legs Open sunshine basins Desert Plains Epic beauty reigns. Sticky mud Slowed right down A deep descent Fall to head, knee and hand A wee kip, three hours long Body sore Wifey alarm bell call Up again...

THE JOURNEY BEGINS OR SO IT SEEMS HERE AND NOW CREATING ANEW IN EVERY MOMENT MY WHEELS WILL TURN OVER VAST TERRAIN UP AND OVER BIG MOUNTAINS THROUGH EXPANSIVE DESERT PLAINS THE TRAILS WILL EVOKE TALES DREAMS INTO REALITY A ROLLERCOASTER OF ENDEAVOUR THIS RIDE IS...

  I was excited to be on the start line for this one, as its one NZ Brevet I had not yet done. Also the route would take me through some new terrain, including a couple of private farm sections. A fresh overcast morning greeted about 100 riders gathered on the...

71 Days from been on the start line of the Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan, I was lining up again for an Ultra, this time in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa for the inaugural Rhino Run. This was exciting, my first time on the African continent, a journey into the...