So… There is this little race in Australia, which starts in the beautiful town of Bright, Victoria called the Buffalo Stampede. I had heard about this in my trail journeys and everyone had spoke so highly of it in its inaugural year (I think 2014?) – how tough a race it was, the crazy climbs […]

Well here goes – my third Hunter Valley race but 1st race report on this event… After finishing the HV Marathon in 2012 and 2013 (4th and 3rd place respectively), I was pretty hyped to see that in 2014 they had introduced an ultra marathon distance (53km), and immediately signed up. I found the marathon […]

Although this is my 4th time running this event, this is my first actual North Face 100 Race Report. I felt compelled to write one this year (2014) for a few reasons: 1. Perhaps writing the report would help identify where I can improve. 2. I wanted to put into words why even though i […]

So, here goes – a first shoe review from Motivative…!   If you have read my previous post regarding my transition to barefoot running and a more minimalist style of shoe, you may have picked up on the fact that I spend an awful lot of my hard earned cash at Shoeologist and with Barefoot […]

I get a huge amount of questions these days about what makes barefoot running so special (and yes it helps when wearing FiveFingers to work). So just thought I would share my experience of transitioning from the most highly supportive, to arguably the most minimal shoe. We are a Vibram FF family…   Over the […]