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Running Event Reviews – SPUTNIK

Reviews of running events around the place. Not ‘race reports’ about every step I took every drop of sweat I perspired along the way, more just an actual review of what the event is like. Course, elevation, vibe, numbers, bling etc.

Conquered the Summit. (It wasn’t exactly Everest)

Haven’t done an actual race for a while for reasons I could probably explain, but not without feeling a disturbance in the force, so let’s just say I’m a bit ‘disenchanted’ with events in general at the moment, and leave it as a story for another day. Or never.

By |2024-03-24T16:09:33+09:30March 24th, 2024|Homepage, Life, News, Running, Running Event Reviews|Comments Off on Conquered the Summit. (It wasn’t exactly Everest)

Five (Minus four of them) Peaks

I’ve run this event quite a few times so I know there’s a pretty decent hill at about he 5km mark and am prepared. To walk. Which I do. And to be perfectly honest, the race goes pretty smoothly for quite a few of the next kms until I start hallucinating that I can hear bagpipes.

By |2023-04-17T17:27:39+09:30April 17th, 2023|Homepage, News, Running, Running Event Reviews, South Australia|Comments Off on Five (Minus four of them) Peaks

Conquer the Summit. And the Portaloo.

I’ve run this event quite a few times so I know there’s a pretty decent hill at about he 5km mark and am prepared. To walk. Which I do. And to be perfectly honest, the race goes pretty smoothly for quite a few of the next kms until I start hallucinating that I can hear bagpipes.

By |2023-03-26T18:45:43+09:30March 26th, 2023|Homepage, News, Running, Running Event Reviews, South Australia|Comments Off on Conquer the Summit. And the Portaloo.

Wonder(ing what the fuck I’m doing here)land Trail Run

Now, you may be surprised to hear that other than that, it all went pretty smoothly. I did a decent time. Finished. And, ah, why the fuck is my bottom lip tingling? Then my top lip? Then my whole mouth and it feels like I’ve just been to the dentist which is weird cause it’s more like 3pm although that’s 2:30pm local time in SA which we all know is dentist time. Please don’t make me explain it. OK. Sure. 2:30… tooth hurty. There, I said it.

By |2022-09-09T18:35:26+09:30September 9th, 2022|Homepage, Running, Running Event Reviews, South Australia|Comments Off on Wonder(ing what the fuck I’m doing here)land Trail Run

Mt Crawford… actually wasn’t awful.

I haven’t even finished my Wonderland Race Report yet and here I am, with my Mt Crawford run a week later already in the bag. Which pretty much sums up how Wonderland took forfuckingever now I think about it. Although if memory serves, last year’s Mt Crawford race was a massive clusterfuck so I'm definitely hoping for a better result this year.

By |2022-09-04T18:00:50+09:30September 4th, 2022|Homepage, Running, Running Event Reviews, South Australia|Comments Off on Mt Crawford… actually wasn’t awful.

The Fed (up with people getting lost and being angry) Ultra

The first part of the race is a dizzying loop the loop of Monarto where we run past lots of enclosures but mostly all I see are other runners. I do see some white things with big twirly horns, and some other beasts out in a field that may or may not have been cows. Or bushes.

By |2022-08-16T15:58:25+09:30August 15th, 2022|Homepage, Running, Running Event Reviews, South Australia|Comments Off on The Fed (up with people getting lost and being angry) Ultra
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