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Kirsten & Alex

Racing OnaMission with Kirsten Letts

This is all really new to me, I do confess that I am a novice at adventure racing and racing of any kind to be truthful. With my first race being OnaMission 2008: what a good way to start things off.
So second time round and with a little more preparation, advice and past learning [...]

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Ben Abell takes 50th Pyramid Race

Six Months ago most of us hadn’t heard of Ben Abell. Hailing from Newcastle, Ben has travelled north early in 2009 to complete a TAFE Cert 4 Outdoor Ed course. He started Rogaining at the Herberton Hammer & Tongs event on April 26th. More recently Ben has won the Cairns Roadrunners Half Marathon [1:17:46] and [...]

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CRR Poker Run – Gota Love trail running

CRR Poker Run – Sep 5
Smithfield Mountain Bike Park
Saturday 5th of September – 4pm start. Rego from 3:30pm.
Single Track off road running – easy or moderate courses.
1 Card received with Entry fee
Receive a playing card at completion of each lap
Complete as many laps in the time limit as possible
1 hour short course – ~2.5k lap
2hr [...]

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The Sting – Winner of NQ 24 hour Rogaine – Hornet’s Nest

By ‘Starfactor’ team member Terry McClelland,
Rod Spinks is cautious. Among his close band of XPD tragics he is famous for his classic phrase “watch out for the sting in the tail”, delivered on cue whenever his team mates (‘mates’ used liberally) appear to be enjoying themselves in an adventure race. ‘The Sting’ Spinksy refers [...]

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