Backyard Exploring – But Why?
James and I are just about to wing our way to Great Barrier Island for a weekend of exploration, but before I head...
Category: Expose
Whose feet are those?!?!
I recall one Saturday morning when I was out running with James, he said something along the lines of “you only have one...
Trail Running Technique (and what not to do)
When you start running on trails you quickly learn that it’s nothing like running on the road, in my case the majority of...
Schischka Campground – Wenderholm Regional Park
After last week’s family meeting where we chose between camping at Hunua (Forest) or Wenderholm (Beach), the Nash Family packed the car and...
Fastpacking
Fastpacking; a combination of trail running, tramping and camping. I’ve never been a fan of camping – I just don’t get why people...
Trail Running Solo
A few weeks back I was following a thread on Facebook asking women how comfortable they felt running trails alone and I was...
Trail running and how to deal with the Zombie Holes
Last weekend I put James “in charge” of where we would do our Saturday morning run and (without much knowledge) he chose to...
Beating the sun
I watched this amazing documentary today about a relay race where teams circumnavigate the 150km around Mont Blac on the longest day each...
When is a half marathon not a half marathon?
I came across the Marathon Investigation blog a few months back, I’m guessing via a Facebook link posted in one of the numerous...
Trail Running – Getting Started
How do you become a trail runner? Find a trail and run along it .. How do you find trails? The simplest way...