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Regarded as Australiaโ€™s leading Adventure Sports Event Management company, Rapid Ascent organises off-road, adventure and niche sports events across Australia ranging from mass participation adventure races (the worldโ€™s largest!) to boutique mountain bike festivals.

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3 days ago

We asked Tali Lane-Welsh what he ate to sustain 281 watts of raw power for 4 hrs 27 minutes in last year's record-beating Otway Odyssey performance.

You can read his response here:
www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel
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We asked Tali Lane-Welsh what he ate to sustain 281 watts of raw power for 4 hrs 27 minutes in last years record-beating Otway Odyssey performance.  

You can read his response here: 
https://www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel
4 days ago

Alrighty riders...

Put your hand up if you can hold 4.2 watts/kilo for 20 minutesโ€ฆ

Now keep it up if you can hold it for 1 hourโ€ฆ

2 hours?

How about 4 hours 27 minutes?!

And how about over 100km of technical single track?

Thatโ€™d be superhuman, right?

Well, thatโ€™s what Tali Lane-Welsh pulled off in the 2024 Otway Odyssey.

It was enough to keep him out in front of the chasing pack all day โ€“ in a solo break away.

It was also enough to give him the COURSE RECORD for the 100km Forrest loop.

Luckily for us, Tali shares his power data on Strava. And, seeing 2025 Odyssey is approaching, we thought itโ€™d be fun to take a deep dive into his ride (and the rides of other elites like Peta Mullens).

If youโ€™d like to follow along, make sure you follow our cycling specific page โ€œRapid Ascent MTB & Gravel Riding Eventsโ€. Thatโ€™s where itโ€™ll all be posted.

Go here and follow now:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel/

P.S. If you like and follow that page ๐Ÿ‘†youโ€™ll also find a 5% discount code to the 2025 Otway Odyssey. So, even if youโ€™re not a cycling-stats-nerd, itโ€™s worth checking out.

P.P.S. Entries for Otway Odyssey 2025 are now open. Get all the detail and enter here: bit.ly/3XOSCdB
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Alrighty riders...

Put your hand up if you can hold 4.2 watts/kilo for 20 minutesโ€ฆ

Now keep it up if you can hold it for 1 hourโ€ฆ

2 hours?

How about 4 hours 27 minutes?!

And how about over 100km of technical single track?

Thatโ€™d be superhuman, right? 

Well, thatโ€™s what Tali Lane-Welsh pulled off in the 2024 Otway Odyssey.

It was enough to keep him out in front of the chasing pack all day โ€“ in a solo break away. 

It was also enough to give him the COURSE RECORD for the 100km Forrest loop. 

Luckily for us, Tali shares his power data on Strava. And, seeing 2025 Odyssey is approaching, we thought itโ€™d be fun to take a deep dive into his ride (and the rides of other elites like Peta Mullens). 

If youโ€™d like to follow along, make sure you follow our cycling specific page โ€œRapid Ascent MTB & Gravel Riding Eventsโ€. Thatโ€™s where itโ€™ll all be posted. 

Go here and follow now: 
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel/

P.S. If you like and follow that page ๐Ÿ‘†youโ€™ll also find a 5% discount code to the 2025 Otway Odyssey. So, even if youโ€™re not a cycling-stats-nerd, itโ€™s worth checking out. 

P.P.S. Entries for Otway Odyssey 2025 are now open. Get all the detail and enter here: https://bit.ly/3XOSCdB

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๐Ÿ˜‚ yeah an being ,,8 kilos heavier than Tahlia gets m every time at a AVG if 4.8 watts per kilo lmao 320 watts of going nowhere slowww

Tali Lane Welsh you psycho

2 weeks ago

Throwback Thursday...

2012, the year "Gangnam Style" takes over the world... 50 Shades of Grey ignites the "mommy porn" revolution... and ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง with 381 competitors rolling up to brave the new event!

This Saturday (21st) marks the 13th ever Surf Coast Century and boast the BIGGEST field in the event's history.

So far there are 1,573 runners entered and last minute entries still trickling in.

If you're in the area, come down and cheer them on!

Or better yet, snag yourself an entry and join the fun:
bit.ly/3zvnDLl

P.S. Recognise that guy in the red Salamon hoodie?? That's THE Ryan Sandes โ€“ elite ultra runner from South Africa. No wonder the event got traction!
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Throwback Thursday...

2012, the year Gangnam Style takes over the world... 50 Shades of Grey ignites the mommy porn revolution... and ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง with 381 competitors rolling up to brave the new event!

This Saturday (21st) marks the 13th ever Surf Coast Century and boast the BIGGEST field in the events history. 

So far there are 1,573 runners entered and last minute entries still trickling in. 

If youre in the area, come down and cheer them on!

Or better yet, snag yourself an entry and join the fun: 
https://bit.ly/3zvnDLl

P.S. Recognise that guy in the red Salamon hoodie?? Thats THE Ryan Sandes โ€“ elite ultra runner from South Africa. No wonder the event got traction!Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment
2 weeks ago

Ever wondered what it's like to race XTERRA in Dunsborough?

We were lucky enough to have the Search4Hurt crew shooting an episode as they tackled the race in April this year.

You can watch the full episode here:
7plus.com.au/search4hurt?episode-id=SEHU04-005&autoplay=true

Once you're inspired...

Remember that in 2025, the Dunsborough race is going to be the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships โ€“ so it's going to be bigger and more grandiose than ever.

Get all the details here:
๐Ÿ‘‰ www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia
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3 weeks ago

ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY/GOGG ARE NOW OPEN!

Learn More & Enter ODYSSEY HERE: bit.ly/4dZm4Vf
Learn More & Enter GOGG HERE: bit.ly/3TMPbmT

Itโ€™s hard to put your finger on what has kept people flocking back to the Odyssey/GOGG Weekend for NINETEEN YEARS, while other events have come, gone and faded into obscurity.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s because ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ with a suite of mountain bike races of 100km, 50km, 30km, 10kmโ€ฆ and Gravel rides of 97km and 49km.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ on flowing singletrack & โ€œchampagneโ€ gravel that never seems to endโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ of the Otway National Parkโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ made up of World-Cup contenders & national jersey holdersโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s that ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ that says โ€œI know what you did. Youโ€™re tough as nailsโ€โ€ฆ

Or maybeโ€ฆ Maaaaybeโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s the magical combination of ALL these things (and more).

WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR RIDING SPEEDโ€ฆ

WELCOME TO THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐„๐†๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ.
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ENTRIES FOR THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY/GOGG ARE NOW OPEN!

Learn More & Enter ODYSSEY HERE: https://bit.ly/4dZm4Vf
Learn More & Enter GOGG HERE: https://bit.ly/3TMPbmT

Itโ€™s hard to put your finger on what has kept people flocking back to the Odyssey/GOGG Weekend for NINETEEN YEARS, while other events have come, gone and faded into obscurity.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s because ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ โ€“ with a suite of mountain bike races of 100km, 50km, 30km, 10kmโ€ฆ and Gravel rides of 97km and 49km.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ on flowing singletrack & โ€œchampagneโ€ gravel that never seems to endโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ of the Otway National Parkโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s the ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ made up of World-Cup contenders & national jersey holdersโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Maybe itโ€™s that ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ that says โ€œI know what you did. Youโ€™re tough as nailsโ€โ€ฆ

Or maybeโ€ฆ Maaaaybeโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s the magical combination of ALL these things (and more).

WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR RIDING SPEEDโ€ฆ

WELCOME TO THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐„๐†๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐†๐„๐ƒ.
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