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

  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