Event: Warburton Trail Festival Date: 12-14th March 2022 Type: Trail Distance: 50KM / 25KM / 21KM / 14KM / 9KM / 5KM / 3KM Lilo Derby / 100M TTT (Three Tong Thang) Where: Warburton, Victoria Event Partners/Sponsors: Salomon, Suunto, Tour de Trails, Tailwind, Warburton Adventure Co, T8 It was 1989, I was 9 and I was in grade 4. This would be my first visit to Warburton for a school camp. Funnily enough, one year later in 1990, I went to the same camp, but with a different school. I remember loving Warburton back then. It would take another 30 years before I would revisit. This time fo ..read more

Fastest Known Times (FKT) to run the Grampians Peaks Trail (GTP) from Mt Zero car park to Dunkeld. (North to South) Males Ruik Symon & Simon Duke, 31h33m12s, 12th March 2022 Julian Browring (Disco Jules), 34h44m07s, 28th November 2021 Rob Oliver, 40h28m, 4th December 2021 Females Julie Brock, 44h02m54s, 26th February 2022 Fastest Known Times (FKT) to run the Grampians Peaks Trail (GTP) from Dunkeld to Mt Zero. (South to North) Males No current attempts. Females No current attempts. The post Grampians Peaks Trail: Fastest Known Times appeared first on Matilda Iglesias ..read more

Taper is that weird time after your last long run and race day. This doesn’t mean that you completely stop your training program after your last long training day. Instead, we back off the intensity, while keeping the same amount of training days. It’s normal to feel sluggish, hazy, and tired. You also may feel strong and energetic. However you feel, be kind to yourself. The point of taper is to refresh your body, and to get it ready for race day. It’s easy to push your body in this phase because you start to feel good. Go easy on yourself. Don’t do anything stupid, and then wreck yourself bef ..read more

With Australia being is the skin cancer capital of the world, Solbari, has created a line of products to suit the lifestyle of many Australia. One being me. Every Aussie knows to “Slip, Slop, Slap”. Which I do every summer when I head out for any outdoor adventure. Three summers ago, I moved from being an early morning runner to an afternoon runner, all because of my job. This meant that I had no choice but to run in the afternoon in the heat of the day. Yes, I could run after dinner, once the sunsets, but I find it takes me a while to wind down, and then I have trouble sleeping. Running in th ..read more

By A. Meredith Walters Ebook: 321 pages Mi Rating: ★★★★ (4) One day soon tells is a dual timeline book. Telling the lives of Imogen (Imi) and Yoss (named after the main character of Joseph Hellers book Catch 22). It begins in the present day, where Imogen is given a new case at the hospital. A homeless no-name man was brought it. Little does she realise that her world is going to be turned upside down, and she will be thrust back in time to 15 years earlier when she first meets him (Yoss). Walters captures what life is like being homeless, when you don’t have anywhere to go or anyone to turn ..read more

In the last few years, my one-word intention has come with ease. Whether it’s been COVID, or just the stress of the last few months (packing, moving demolishing the house), finding a word for 2022 has been a struggle. In the last few years I have had the following: Build (2018, a bit ironic now in retrospective) Smash (2019) Celebrate (2020) Adventure (2021) You’d think that doing a one-word intention since 2015, would be easy. Words I had considered in the past, just weren’t fitting. It wasn’t until I was having a shower after a run that it hit me. Photo by Rahul Pandit from  ..read more

Every year I set myself a reading challenge. In 2021 I read a total of 70 books for the year. The most I have ever read in a year, ever. Now if you are thinking how did I do this. Well, I always had a book and audiobook on the go. I also didn’t watch a lot of TV. The other thing I did in 2021 that I really enjoyed was creating a list of book themes for the year. This really got out of my comfort zone, and because of it, I read some books I normally would not have chosen but still thoroughly enjoyed. For 2022, I have decided on three mini-challenges. Challenge 1 Read 22 books from my Kobo libra ..read more

My one-word theme for 2021 was Adventure. Was I asking too much? With two years of COVID, lockdowns, restrictions, some might say that you can’t go on adventures if you can’t go anywhere. If COVID has taught us anything, it’s to be kind, be resourceful, and live life to the beat of your own drum. While I couldn’t do many of the things I would have liked to have done, like travel, see family enter events, I still had a year of adventure. My first big adventure was to run my first road (unofficial) marathon. Inspired by the Choir Boys song Run to Paradise, I did just that and ran to Paradise. A ..read more

In 2020, my reading objective was to read as many books as possible on my TBR (to be read pile). This year (2021) it was to diversify my reading. This is why I created a Reading Challenge, to help me get out of my comfort zone. Twenty Twenty One was also the year that I read the most EVER! With a whopping (at the time this was written) 71 books (because 5 were big fat DNF’s). Reading List of 2021 In chronological order Hitched Vol 1 by Kendall Ryan Hitched Vol 2 by Kendall Ryan Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Hitched Vol 3 by Kendall Ryan The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Desperately Seeking Epic ..read more

Most of us carry a phone and use apps. Some of the native apps are really good. Some are terrible. That’s why this week on High Five Friday we are going to talk apps. Suprisinly my favourite apps are all FREE! Five Free Apps BorrowBox Powered by Bolinda Audio, Borrowbox makes it easy to browse, borrow, read and listen to your library’s e-books and audiobooks. With hundreds of titles to choose from, there is something for everyone. This is the app I use to listen to audiobooks and the occasional e-book. To access this app, you do need to be a member of your local library. See your friendly lib ..read more