Welcome to Rapid Ascent
Regarded as Australiaโs 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 worldโs largest!) to boutique mountain bike festivals.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต โฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐งโฆ ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.โ
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด!
Zoe is relatively new to the ultra-running scene, yet sheโs already becoming seriously โdecoratedโ:
๐ 100km Noosa Ultra Trail WINNER 10:41 2024
๐ Asia Pacific Trail Running Champs APTRC U23 WINNER 15.5km 2024
๐ WINNER SEQ Ewen Maddock 14.4km in 59:11(broke record by 6 minutes) 2025
๐ 50km Noosa Ultra Trail WINNER 4:04:06 2025
๐ Ranked 6th in Australia in the UTMB General Index Score.
๐Awarded the AUTRA Young Female Ultra Runner of the year for 2024.
Butโฆ
Perhaps even more inspiring than her track record, is Zoe's deep insights about our beautiful sport.
We caught up with Zoe via email this week. Below are a few (of the many) highlights from our chat.
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌโฆ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
(๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด) ๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ. ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ.โ
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ?
โ๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ."
๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌโฆ Like what legacy she hopes to leave the ultra community?
โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ."
๐๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ!
"๐๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต 100๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข 100๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐'๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐'๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.โ
Amazing stuff Zoe โ you're obviously a hyper-talented athlete and an even more incredible human being. Canโt wait to see you in action this September!
If youโd like to join Zoe on the start line at Surf Coast Centuryโฆ
DETAILS AND ENTERY HERE:
bit.ly/surf-coast-century-2025
The Rapid Ascent Team
Famous Rider Alert!! [SHIMANO GRAVEL MUSTER]
You probably know that Aussie cycling icon, Simon Gerrans, is riding the Muster.
But thereโs another person of Tour De France fame whoโs set to take on the 2025 edition of the event.
No, heโs not a riderโฆ
Heโs not a soigneurโฆ
Heโs not a director sportifโฆ
Please welcome, sports journalist, Rupert Guinness!
In case youโve been living under a rock, Rupert is a sports writer whoโs covered the Tour De France 31 times, the Giro d'Italia 14 times, the Vuela a Espana 5 times (plus all the other big races you can think of).
Heโs also covered dozens of other sports including:
๐ Rugby World Cup in 2003 and 2007
๐ The Olympic Games in 1992, 2000, 2012, and 2024
๐ Motor racing (F1 and V8s)
๐ Sailing (America's Cup and Sydney to Hobart)
๐ Boxing
๐ Cricket
๐ Triathlon
AND, heโs the author of 15 popular sport books, including:
๐ โOverlander - One Manโs Epic Race to Cross Australiaโ
๐ "Power of the Pedal - The Story of Australian Cycling"
๐ "The Tour - Behind the Scenes of Cadel Evans' Tour de France"
Rupert is also an accomplished cyclist. Just a few years back, in 2023, he completed the Race Across America โ a 4,800km, non-stop, transcontinental suffer-fest (he won his age group). Heโs also ridden across Australia 2.5 times, and ridden the 3,778km from Darwin to Adelaide.
Suffice to say, heโs going to have some tales to tell around the campfire!!
Stoked to have you Rupert. This is gonna be fun!
If you want to join Rupert in the outback:
More info and entries here:
bit.ly/3XSdD8f
The (starstruck) Rapid Ascent Team
P.S. Weโve had a few more elite riders join the mix. Stay tuned for announcements to come...
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Also covered 2000 Paralympics, go Rupert๐ฅ๐ฏ
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Hallelujah sunshine!
It was a cold and frosty start to the Trail Series today (like less than 0 deg cold โ brrrr) but when the sun came and we hit the trails โ well, it was like the trail running gods were directing the sun on the beautiful town of Blackwood and the competitors out on the trails.
The first day of winter was also the first day of the 2025 Trail Running Series and both delivered in spades โ the cold start turning into beautiful sunshine that warmed out souls (as well as our frozen fingertips), and the new courses at Blackwood were given a massive thumbs up by all who raced. With trails weaving alongside the Lerderderg River, along aquaducts and around the Ironbark bushland it made fir great running from the get go. And once the sun had warmed the start / finish area there was an air of wintertime festivity as satisfied runners relaxed with a burger, a beer and the sounds of live music mixed with woops of joy as others finished their run.
A HUGE congratulations to all runners. Whether you ran the 8 km, 16 km or 22 km, youโre all legends for braving the sub zero temperatures all in the hunt for fresh trails with a cool crowd. THANK YOU all for making today an absolute belter of a Race 1 - our first day of winter has been spirit-warming to say the least.
Check out this sample gallery of trail photos thanks to Photos4sale plus a few other pics we snapped around the start / finish area. There will be plenty more personalised pics coming into your inbox very soon.
Check your standings and speed down the finish cute with the FULL RESULTS HERE: tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29851
And donโt forget to surf the wave of endorphins and lock in your entry to Race 2 at Anglesa on the Surf Coast on Sunday 6th July or all the way forward to race 3 at Silvan on 3rd August. See you soon!
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I had the best trail run in ages. It was a fantastic course that flowed perfectly. Thanks team for an awesome race ๐๐๐
HEADS UP: This August, while most riders are rugging up for another freezing winter ride, we'll be cruising through perfect 24ยฐC sunshine in the heart of Australia.
We'll also be posting about it relentlessly on social media so, if you're not there, the FOMO will be at fever pitch.
Details here: bit.ly/3EwCIPt
Thing is...
The August timing of the Shimano Gravel Muster isn't random. It's actually a rare stroke of genius on our part (if we do say so ourselves ๐).
See...
By late August, everyone is fed up with winter... the roads are wet 24/7... the horizontal rain fells like it'll never stop pelting... and your social "pipes" are flooded with all your mates living the high life in Europe.
It's disgusting.
That's why it's the perfect time to escape to the Red Centre for a "mini break" with bunch of true-blue legends (the other riders, not us!).
The weather is virtually guaranteed to be clear and 24 degrees. And the "rally" format will make your remember why you fell in love with bike in the first place.
Don't think about it. Just come.
There are only ~30 spots left.
All details and entries here:
bit.ly/3EwCIPt
Don't say we didn't warn you...
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Go Zoe - You are a champion.
How exciting Zoe Christine, Bob and I will be there to cheer you on๐. Trail Trekkers are taking a tribe of runners to compete this year ๐