Introduction

Welcome to my blog. The title originates when my primary athletic activity was competitive walking, but now that I am back to running it also includes that.

Not all content is accessible from the main page: for example, the rogaines, racewalking, and ultramarathon pages all include content that is only accessible from those pages.

Ultramarathons

Ultramarathons are any event longer than the standard marathon distance of 26.2 miles / 42.195km. Standard distances for ultras are 50km, 50 miles, 100km, and 100 miles. There are also 12 hour and 24 hour track runs, and multi-day "stage races".

I have currently (September 2012) completed 30 ultramarathons, plus 1 DNF at about 66km at the Molesworth Run. Reports for most events are provided below.

See also

Rogaines

Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation. Events can be as short as 2-3 hours or the standard 24 hours. Teamwork, endurance, competition and an appreciation for the natural environment are features of the sport. Rogaining involves both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types.

GN Phillips and RJ Phillips, Rogaining, 3rd ed, 2000


The two main umbrella organisations for rogaining in New Zealand are: My reports for selected events are provided below.


Hiking and Mountains

The Hiking, Trail Running, and Mountains pages are all inter-related, but with some subtle differences:
  • Hiking is not an organised race, and may include Coastal Adventures, activities in the Mountains, and hiking in other locations;
  • Trail Running covers organised events, some in the mountains, but others on local hills and trails; and
  • The Mountains category covers both events and hiking in various places that can be classed as mountains.


    • Racewalking

    Racewalking only has to meet two technical requirements:
    • no loss of contact, as judged by the human eye; and
    • the leg has to be straight from the moment of first contact until it is upright.
    More detailed rules are here.

    I'm not particularly good at racewalking, often falling foul of the straight leg rule. But I still give it a go and here are the results of my endeavours.


    Running

    This blog is primarily about my walking activities, but sometimes I do run. Here are reports for events where I have run.

    Shorter Races

    I classify events as ultramarathons, marathons, rogaines, and "shorter events". So a "shorter event" is just something that is shorter than a marathon and is not a rogaine. Consequently there's a mixed bag in here: running, racewalking, half marathons, 10k and 5k races, , etc.


    Friday, December 31, 2010

    2010 Annual Review

    2010 is the year I became a fully-rounded ultramarathoner. I competed in both road and trail events, as I did last year, but this year I also competed on the track and stepped up to the classic ultra time/distance of 24 hours and 100 miles. It's been a long time in the making - I ran my first ultra in September 2002 and eight years later I finally stepped up! In the process I was awarded membership of the NZ Centurions, only open to those who have walked 100 miles in 24 hours or less.

    January

    February

    • Set New Zealand Best Time for 100km walk of 12h:16m:47s at the Taupo 100km
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    March

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    April

    Ekiden Relay, May 2010

    May

    Harbour Capital, 40km

    June

    Fog at Silverstream

    July

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    August

    September

    NZ C16

    October

    • Qualified as Centurion NZ C16, set NZ walk records at 50 miles, 12 hours, and 100km, and completed a total of 174.460km at the Sri Chinmoy 24 hour race
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    November

    PC040177

    December

    Posted by Andrew Shelley
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