Firstly, I’m a huge fan of supporting wonderful lovely people who have supported, encouraged & helped me over the years. I can’t talk more fondly of The Trail Co. They are truly the best. Always a welcoming smile when you visit the shop, great advice & nothing is ever to big or too small when it comes to these guys. I wanted to say thanks for everything by supporting The Trail Co. by signing up for the Guzzler.

Secondly, because The Guzzler course looks AMAZING. The elevation is huge, the scenery is stunning & I get to run a 100km trail race in my own back yard. No brainer really. But boy is it going to hurt 🙂  🙁

I started running about 18-20 years ago but nothing of any great distance over 60km until I moved to Queensland 11 years ago. Since 2007 I have taken on a few longer adventures. Well that’s what I like to call them.

That’s a tough one. There’s a few but I would have to say coming 1^st equal crossing the line hand in hand with Troy Lum on day 2 of the Larapinta stage race in 2017, in scorching heat, after tackling some mighty fine climbs, was definitely a highlight for me. I wouldn’t say it was the smartest thing I have done as day 3 & 4 hurt so bad after that but I always smile when I think about that amazing day.

Another was the 239.597ks I clocked up in 24 hours at the Caboolture Historical Village back in 2013. I was chasing an Australian qualifier of 190ks which seemed way out of my reach so to get just under 240k was a pretty big thrill.

I think copious amounts of shandies will be required to survive The Guzzler. Hehehehehe.  5 weeks post BVRT 200 miler, so it’s going to be ugly with tired heavy legs but its more about the head space for me. Positivity has gotten me through some pretty bad patches in the past in other tough races so keeping it light, fun, breaking it down into lots of small sections, getting my hike on, having fun with my crew Wingy (sorry I forgot to ask can you please crew for me hehehehe) & taking a few pictures along the way should get me to the finish in 1 piece I hope!

Hard to say really. Ask me again after the 200 miler 🙂 Will be an awesome day no matter what the outcome.

Ultimate race crew.. Ummmm TEAM BEAN. Those guys can’t be beaten 🙂