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AN OCEAN SUNRISE AND I WAS OFF THE STARTING GUN THE RHINO RUN. TRAVERSING HILLS AND LUSH GREEN FORESTS TICKING OFF THE Ks I M IN AN AFRICAN MAZE. I M SEARCHING OUT A PLACE BEYOND THE FEARS THAT I FACE   LANDSCAPE CHANGING BEFORE MY EYES BEAUTY REVEALED WITH EVERY...

MY JOURNEY, MY RACE ......      Rolling out of Osh at midnight under a big full moon for the 4th edition of the Silk Road mountain race with a police escort was a surreal experience.                After the neutralised start all riders were let free and...

TO BE IN THIS LAND I FEEL IVE BEEN  BEFORE AN EASE, A RESONANCE, I RAISE MY HAND, IN THIS MAGICAL LAND OF LORE.   I TURN THE PEDALS AND ESCAPE THE CITY HUSTLE I AM FREE I RISE INTO THE CLOUDS   HIGHER AND HIGHER THE MOUNTAINS HUMBLE ME MY MIND, NO LONGER...

I arrived back in Gore after 4 am on my third night of the Tuatara 1000, there was nobody around, and the streets were so quiet, that I took some moments to take it in. It had been a long day since 5 am after leaving Taieri Mouth campground on the windswept east...

  Sunday 23rd January 2022 and it was time to start my second Tour Te Waipounamu. I had no hesitation in signing up for edition 2, I was fully committed and was happy with how my training had gone this time. The evening before, Brian Alder, race creator and race...

It was somewhat of a last minute decision to enter the MegaGrind, things lined up and I had the green light 7 days before the start. I purchased some expensive airfares from Christchurch to Rotorua and got organised to ride somewhere new. Even packing my bike in my...

When I heard that Heath from St James Mountain Sports Events was going to organise a 24-hour mountain bike race, I was in immediately. I have done lots of 6,10 and 12HR races but never 24 hrs, so I was keen to give it a go. Having done plenty of long endurance Ultra...

A film by Rob Dawson documenting the inaugural Tour Te Waipounamu Bikepacking race held in February 2021. Get to experience just a little of what the racers did, out there in the wilderness of the South Island of Aotearoa. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/southttw