2016
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2016
Running · October 31A week on the Backyard trail with LazA great week of running, walking, drinking moonshine and sharing trail stories with Laz in Tennessee.
Running · October 1The simple life in MontanaLoving the good, simple, joyous life in Montana: ranch work in Polson, cabin life, a run in the Mission Mountains and a dream come true day in Glacier National Park.
Running · June 16Into the wild in AlaskaEndless summer, endless trails in the last frontier, and six days solo in the back country of Denali National Park before the Alaska Range came into full view from Gravel Peak.
Running · May 1Autumn in QueenstownMountain biking, Bowen Peak, Sealy Tarn, sunrise coffee on Coronet Peak and an icy Ben Lomond.
Running · March 31Lake Tekapo, the Routeburn and Sefton BivyAfter Northburn: the Church of the Good Shepherd, an epic sunrise from Mt Ollivier, the Routeburn Track and a night at Sefton Bivy.
Running · March 25Northburn 100Training on Roys Peak and Ben Lomond, and Northburn 100: a race you don't race, you survive.
Biking · March 5The Queenstown Classic and the Mountain GoatThe Queenstown Classic, 300 km, and the Mountain Goat award.2016Adventures · March 3I'm going on an adventureA dream come true: jumping the exact fence that Bilbo Baggins jumped as he ran through the Shire.2016Running · February 29A busted knee on the Hillary TrailI pulled the plug at Piha Aid Station during the Hillary Trail Race 80km, and returned home with a busted knee and a bruised ego.
Running · February 8Tongariro: one does not simply camp in MordorCamping at the foot of Mt Doom, the three summits of Tongariro, and an epic sunrise from the top of Mt Ngauruhoe.
Biking · January 26A ride with Greg LeMondOne helluva ride in Auckland with the legendary American cyclist Greg LeMond, 2x world champion and 3x winner of the Tour de France.