Finish Line Photo, The North Face 100 50km

May 24, 2013 1 Comment

If you’d like to be in the draw to win, just send a photo of your race at The North Face 100 or 50km to Roger(at)HokaOneOne.com.au or stick it on our Facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/HokaOneOneAustralia by this Monday. Here’s a cracker from Rachel Jacqueline, which she says highlights how hard she’d run, caning herself on the downhills over the last leg thanks to her Hoka!

It was worth it though – 13th woman in 6:18 on a beast of a 50km course. The photo says it all. Nice running Jacqueline!

Rachel Jacqueline 50km finish Hoka comp

Also make sure to check out Brendan Davies record-smashing North Face 100 race report. Team Hoka’s Dave Eadie even gets a mention, because he and Brendan are both supremely nice guys  :)

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Michael Milton’s Canberra

May 23, 2013 Leave a comment

Michael Milton is a deadset legend. This one-legged endurance athlete currently holds the outright Australian downhill speed skiing record of 213km/h. He has been establishing himself as a summertime athlete through triathlon and cycling. A high amputee, he cycles using just the one leg without any prosthesis. Watching him smash out the bike leg at the ITU champs in Auckland last year was inspirational – as were many of the performances and stories of the para-triathletes with whom he was competing.

He’s currently training to take out the one-legged marathon world record.

Thanks to Todd Hayward for sending us this clip from ABC’s My Place, in which Milto talks about his Canberra.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/my-place—michael-milton/4697432

 

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Competition time for Hoka runners!

May 22, 2013 Leave a comment

Everyone loves winning stuff and we love photos of you loving your run in Hoka OneOne!

So, here’s a simple way to win a limited edition Hoka OneOne running singlet for at least one guy and one girl out there. As always, novelty prizes for extra creativity are available, but as far as mandatory gear goes we’d like photos of your run in your Evo, Tarmac, Bondi, Speed, or Mafate at either The North Face 100km or 50km on the weekend. You can stick them on our Facebook wall, put a link up in comments here, or email them to Roger@HokaOneOne.com.au.

Winners will be pulled out of a shoebox on Monday May 27 at noon so get posting!

We’ve decided to put Anne Mackie in the draw ourselves, after she nailed the women’s veterans win over 100km in her Stinson Evo in a smoking time of 14:25:14. Great run Anne! Great pic by Running Wild’s Ben Berriman.

Anne Mackie owning it in her Stinson Evo at TNF100 2013. Pic by Ben Berriman.

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Most Breathtaking Japanese Powder Ever

May 21, 2013 Leave a comment

Just saw an awesome array of inspired docos and short clips paying homage to the world’s natural wonders and what they compel some extreme humans to do. If you’ve never made it to the Banff Mountain Movie Tour, make it a priority.

This one, Sashimi Unicorn, is utterly gorgeous and clearly as much about reverence for natural beauty as it is about the joy of playing amongst elemental mountains.

Love it!

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GET PSYCHED if you’re running 100 or 50km at The North Face this weekend!

May 17, 2013 Leave a comment

This Top 10 goes to 11.

Run Loud everyone!

 

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The North Face 100: Top 10 Tips for Newbies

May 6, 2013 Leave a comment

Continuing the great tradition of ‘Top 10′ lists which may delight, misinform, or annoy you, here is our list of Top 10 Tips for first-timers running the fantastically unmissable North Face 100 in the Blue Mountains in barely 12 days from now. Whether you haven’t run 100km before, or you just haven’t run this particular 100km… Enjoy!

The Hoka OneOne Australia Top 10 Tips for TNF100 Newbies

  1. If marathon distance is the furthest you’ve ever raced or trained, savour the moment when you pass the 42.2km mark. You still have 57.8km to go.

    You only get a buckle… if you don’t buckle.

  2. Keep your pack as light as functionally possible, but remember that most of the elite runners who carry a 59 gram rain shell are usually back in their hotel room before sunset.
  3. Guys, stick to one lycra garment – shirt, or pants. Not both at once. Please.

    Try to find that happy middle ground where technical fabrics and individuality meet.

  4. Try to spend more time running than talking about running. You’ll have more to talk about later.
  5. Death by chafing is worse than death by hypothermia, which is worse than death by effort. Lube everything and keep running. You’ll be fine.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! And that’s just the shirt.. (prevention, prevention, prevention . . .)

  6. Press ‘start’ on your GPS watch 5 seconds before the race actually starts. Then you can press ‘stop’ before you get your Finish photo taken. Then yours will be different than everyone else’s. Difference is good.

    Typical ultra starting line…

  7. Shuffling 7km/h up Kedumba on 80km legs is about the same as running 34km/h on flat road without a backpack.
  8. No pain, no elevation gain.

    Fortunately, the sky isn’t full of vicious flying lizards.

  9. There is a hospital at the final checkpoint. You do not want to stay there. Keep running.

    Of course, some runners belong in a hospital.

  10. The nice thing about racing 100km is that nearly everyone gets at least one good patch. But it’s what you do with the bad patch that makes the difference. A runner has just dropped you, your legs hurt, your stomach is in a somersault, it’s so cold, and you ask yourself ‘why am I doing this?’ The answer is at the finish line. Just. Keep. Running.

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UTMF: latest video from Japan of Mt. Fuji winner Yoshikazu Hara!

May 2, 2013 Leave a comment

We were so excited by news of Ultra Trail Mt. Fuji winner yesterday that we wrote all about it here.

Today, moving pictures! Some great bits of video are showing up about the place so we’re excited again to post them here.

This clip shows the start of the weekend’s epic miler in Japan. This looks like a race to definitely do at least once for any ultra runner living in Australasia.

Here is the challenging terrain from the first part of the race.

And there is more footage to come, including our hero, Yoshikazu Hara, arriving at the finish line to claim victory in his Bondi Speeds from Hoka OneOne.

But we’ll post that tomorrow….

Just kidding!! More footage still to come tomorrow, but for now taste the brilliant Japanese victory of UTMF 2013 winner Yoshikazu Hara!

Visit the Australian Hoka OneOne shop if you live in Australia or New Zealand for all the running efficiency and protection your courageous feet will ever need!

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