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Refresh!! dammit!!

Refresh!! dammit!!

Here we go again…at 6.00 am I set my two alarms (yeah two) to go sit in front of the computer. It was about zero degrees in the back study….and I was not impressed. For any of you who were also up at sparrows fart and tried to enter the Kepler Challenge (or Luxmore Grunt) [...]


Kepler Challenge…I did it!

Kepler Challenge…I did it!

Ok….an epic post for an epic day………you best go get a coffee :) First things first- I want to thank my wonderful Wife Amy for all of her support during the past 6 months- without it I would not have even got to the Kepler, never mind give it everything on the day! And also [...]


2009 Kepler Challenge Photographs

2009 Kepler Challenge Photographs

I set a challenge to run a 60KM Ultra Trail within 6 months and against all the odds- from lack of experience, injuries and getting very sick in the week leading upto the event……I pulled it off in 9.35! Wow what a day! Amy & I have just got back from Te Anau Fiordland after [...]




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