Manic, unstructured and entertaining. Mostly for our SQUADFAM, from our Race-Week Facebook Live, here’s about an hour of ‘Tarawera chats’ including random guests and insight from ‘handsome’ Zac Marion (there are too many Ultra Zacs!) Available for download from Google Drive here. Note that SQUADcast Ep2 w/ Lucy Bartholomew is Read more
In the first half, don’t be an idiot. In the second half, don’t be a wimp. Wise words which I attempted to follow. Leading into the race, I was confident in my base endurance. The swimming and cycling had seen to that. The 5km TT one week before was a Read more
Hear from Wellington squaddie Kate as she tackles something more than a little bit intrepid, Ever woken to the sounds of flute and a primal drum? Compete in Sunrise to Sunset in the Mongolia’s wild mountains and you will! You’ll also see the sun rise – and if you do Read more
Big changes for Tarawera in 2019 with 4 distances on offer in a new and exciting format. Undoubtedly more surprises ahead and an exciting future for the race entering it’s 11th year. Entries went on sale 2nd Sept with several hundred being snapped up at heavily discounted early-bird prices. Ali Read more
Big reveal from the NZ Trail Runs team with the announcement that BIG CHANGES are ahead for the Tarawera Ultra-marathon in 2019. Original post on their Facebook Page here. We anticipate more announcements and plenty of clarifications, course detail and explanations to come so keep an eye on posts to Read more
This is something that it seems we as endurance athletes talk about all the time. What are our best runs? If you were to ‘fast-pack’ a section of back country or link multi day runs in New Zealand – where would you run? I’m fortunate with my years of bashing Read more
In any race there are two approaches, Complete Compete Depending on your intention the run can take two different forms. How to Complete the Tarawera Ultra For many, the day is really just about ‘getting through’ (and having fun!). Here’s our top-tips on how to get through the Tarawera Ultra. Avoid Read more
A mid-winter announcement in 2016 by the Tarawera overlords indicated a ‘new-look’ Ultra marathon for Feb 2017 with everyone finishing in Kawerau. As is their custom just enough information was given to get the speculation machine turned up to 11 and we have all spend over 5 months wondering exactly Read more
How to Kepler Each year a dozen or so brave squaddies pull this epic race from the bucket list and head down to the isolated tourist trap that is Te Anau (the tunnel seemed like a good idea to me). Kepler is probably NZs oldest trail ultra and with decades in the Read more
