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28 Oct 2025
🏃🏃♀️River Run Backyard Results
“Winning the most prestigious award in running is a true honour, and made it worth all the extra minutes bathing in sunscreen between laps.”
20 Oct 2025
🏃🏃♀️Crater Rim Results + Who let the Dogs out?
"Crater Rim looked like a course that would suit me and has had so many top runners race over the years so it felt like a great option to use that fitness and see where I stacked up "
13 Oct 2025
🏃🏃♀️Taupo Ultra Results
"I’ve had disturbed sleep waking up 5-8 times a night in a sweat puddle, needing a piss"
13 Oct 2025
Mission Desk: Path of the Sun Q&A with Scott Bougen & Shaun Collins
6 Oct 2025
🏃🏃♀️Rakiura Challenge Results
+ Path of the Sun Update & Supertramp
30 Sep 2025
🏃🏃♀️World Mountain & Trail World Champs
+ Marina 2 Marina, Cape Kidnappers & More
24 Sep 2025
World Champs: Eric Speakman
"I am thrilled that ANZ have finally seen the light and are putting people in BLACK singlets"
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Will Bielby
"I had no clue what I was doing. The last 20km was carnage, I cramped all the way to the finish and survived off about 15 caffeine gels"
22 Sep 2025
🏃🏃♀️Mountain & Trail World Champs Spotlight
“I think it would be fair to say we’re excited and sh*t scared at the same time.
22 Sep 2025
World Mountain And Trail Running Champs: Q&A Bio's
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Laura Bungard
"It means everything to me. It really is a dream come true"
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Katie Morgan
"And just to enjoy racing a mint (although super tough!) course with the best in the world."
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Dougal Shepherd
"Technical descents, which I hear there is heaps of in the uphill."
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Louis Schindler
"But in general it is “some hurt, some fun and plenty of bread and butter mile”
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Ryan Carr
"That you need to do ultras. Sub ultra races are a lot more fun and don't wreck you so bad"
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Richele McKenzie
"Ring of Fire. It was one of the best days of my life. There’s something special about running alone out on that mountain."
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Mel Brandon
"the terrain is super technical and my current recce's suggest I'm more smooth trail speedster than agile mountain goat!!"
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Michael Sutton
"and general indifference to some of the amazing things New Zealand athletes are doing in the sport is very disappointing"
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Toby Batchelor
"Buttery singletrail and epic views. It's going to be fast racing."
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Jackson Cole
"Honestly I can’t believe it’s happening! "
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Jessie Speedy
"Honestly I can’t believe it’s happening! "
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Will Bell
"I've been known to need a fruit bowl for my motel breakfasts..."
22 Sep 2025
World Champs: Julia Chamberlain
"Getting given an antiflamme sachet in a race pack and hearing my cousin ate it"
22 Sep 2025