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Becky Nixon, Europe, Ultra Running, UTMB, Velocity Vest -

UltrAspire ambassador Becky Nixon recaps her European adventure and UTMB race- Stoked! After missing out last year, I got pulled out of the draw for the 2016 Ultra Trail Mt Blanc. I decided to make the most of it, and went over to Europe a month early to get some serious training in. A friend of mine Adam Keen, who I’d done a fair bit of training around Queenstown, decided to join me for a European Alps running mission over the 6 weeks and to crew me for during UTMB. We hit the trails in Grindelwald Switzerland first. Running various sections of the...

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Becky Nixon, Ultra Running, UTMB -

This weekend, our UltrAspire ambassador Becky Nixon is tackling the granddaddy of  100mile races- The Ultra Trail Mount Blanc (UTMB), in France.  Becky training on Sefinenfurgge Pass. Photo- Adam Keen If you are like me, you will be beyond excited to follow UTMB and Becky on this epic journey. To get in the mode, I have been watching one or two UTMB movies on youtube this week. Below are my UTMB movie picks to feed the stoke ahead of this weekend- The UTMB course in 3D- a great way to get your head around this amazing course! 170km, 10,000mD+ MONT...

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Matt Rayment, Run Wellington, Trail Running, Ultra Running, UltrAspire -

UltrAspire NZ team member Matt Rayment shares his experience at the inaugural WUU2K held in Wellington- I like my running events like my music:  DIY, Grassroots and gnarly. With these three things in mind I was instantly drawn to the inaugural WUU2k, which was held three weeks ago in Wellington. With a busy life, planning to attend a race outside of Auckland doesn’t always pan out, but in this case the stars aligned. I found myself excitedly waiting at Auckland airport on Saturday july 16th, headphones full of the Turned Out A Punk podcast and one eye constantly updating the...

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Kepler Challenge, Sam McCutcheon, Skyrunning -

 We got to catch up for a run and a chat with our Elite Immortal Sam McCutcheon ahead of Saturdays Mt Difficulty Ascent, which is part of the ANZ Skyrunning Series. Sam- first of all welcome to Team UltrAspire NZ! We are super stoked to have you on board and representing us! -       Before we get into your sudden rise in the mountain ultra-scene, tells a little bit about your running background. You have come to running a little later if life? Definitely a late addition to the running scene and even latter to ultras. During high school I was...

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Glenn Kelly, Ultra Running, UTA -

 Our Alexandra based athlete Glenn Kelly headed over to the Ultra Trail Australia in May, for another crack at the UTA (formally TNF100). Glenn shares his experiences below- The Ultra Trail Australia (UTA100) is an Ultra running event held in mid May in Katoomba, which is an hour out of Sydney. They have 3 races on offer-22k on Friday and 50k and 100k on the Saturday/Sunday. This was my 3rd time having a crack at the 100k race, so I thought I'd post some thoughts on it. Well-I begrudgingly have to admit it- the Aussies have got a really great trail running...

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