The helicopter whirred away over the river and was gone. We were on our own now. And in the middle of nowhere. Surrounding us were the rugged brown mountains of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, and beside us, the braided Tasman...
I may get yelled at by the road runners for this so I’ll first just say that there are some pretty great road runs out there. I run on the road myself and always enjoy it. But between road and trail,...
It’s really hard to be stealthy when there is a thick carpet of dry, crunchy leaves under your feet. No matter how softly I placed my foot down, in the quiet of early morning it sounded incredibly loud. A bit...
I’m going to talk about poo and wee. If this offends you, look away now. But if, like me, you find toilet stories quite entertaining, please stick around. If you go to Antarctica you will probably go by boat. You...
If you read my post from last years’ Dash & Dawdle, you’ll know what a supremely talented athlete I am. I run at such an elite level that I am surprised the Australian Olympic Committee didn’t send me a personal invitation...
It’s minus 15 degrees Celsius outside (it is summer after all), but it’s a lovely 18 degrees inside. I sit in the cosy lounge room with a hot chocolate, looking out the window. Outside, the sea ice on McMurdo Sound...
I thought it might just be a bit of a gimmick calling it the Galston “Gut Buster”. Like they were trying to make it sound tougher than it actually was. But I think they got it right. I don’t know...
The Uptown “C” subway train took us to East 103rd Street. We knew we were on the right train because the carriage was filled with people in running gear and running bibs just like ours. From the station, Central Park...
I’m a sucker for ice and snow. So it should be no surprise that Antarctica has been high on my travel hit-list for a long time. I could have gone there the way most people do, by cruise from South...
