Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Rebekah gets to the nitty-gritty of what gets her...
So there I was, fully caffeinated and trying to take a nap at 10am after my son decided we’d get up at 4am, only to realise … holy cow! My training has been going well, I bet I could complete the 80km!...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Jared is getting excited about Race Day. And...
Hey hey hey! Can you feel it? Oh, it’s getting closer now. I spent some more time in Te Henga track in the weekend. Getting to know those famous stairs more intimately. It was great watching a group of...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Tom has his nutrition planned in the hope that he...
Hey fellow runners and supporters! Continuing on from my last update, there’s still no more news – good or bad – from the Physio, but I should know soon what the verdict is…nervous times at the moment...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Jared lets us in on his strategies to get through...
How hot and humid as it been up in Auckland this last weekend? Very… is the short answer. Good times! Oh we are gonna have fun! Edging closer to the race I thought I’d talk about the newbie mistakes...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Rebekah tells us what she’ll be focusing on come...
Food for thought. Literally. I love food. Thinking about it, smelling it, seeing it …. EATING IT! So when contemplating training for an event and someone uttered the magical words, “Ultramarathon...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Tom keeps focused on repairing his injury
As you may remember from my last post…. Over the past few weeks I have tried almost everything imaginable to try and get my silly ol’ IT Band to play the game. I have been to yoga (yes, desperate...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Tom makes his decision about rocking up to the...
‘D-Day’ had finally come… After a flat-out week at work, on Friday 17th I found myself sitting in the waiting room of the Base Medical Flight waiting for what I referred to as my “go/ no-go...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Rebekah gives us the low-down on her race day highs
That’s it. DONE!! Goal fulfilled and one happy me! The above photo pretty much sums up my day: I was running my own race, out to prove to myself I could put in a big effort and sustain it for 34km,...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer Jared gives us his raceday rundown
Yus, it is done! What a fun day that was! The 16 k’ers headed off in to the heat just on 1400. The fast bunch spirited to the hills gathering space to stretch their legs. The rest of us fell into some...
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Icebug/CEP Hillary Inspirer and 8okm conquerer Tom tells us about his epic day
I DID IT!!! Despite an injured IT Band and not running for over 5 weeks in the lead up to The Hillary, at 8:48pm on Saturday, I defied all odds and crossed the finish line! While it was only ever about...
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