Rapid Ascent

23 hours ago

THE 2025 MARGARET RIVER ULTRA MARATHON IS COMING!!

Entries for this much-anticipated event OPEN NEXT MONDAY, 14TH OCTOBER @ 9:00am WST.

And, seeing the event sold out in just 27 hours last year (THANK YOU!), we wanted to give you a heads up so you can get your running shoes on and be ready for the sprint to the website next Monday!

Here are the details:

𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 10 – 11 May, 2025

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒:
– 𝟖𝟎𝐊𝐌 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 (solo or relay team of 2 to 5 runners).
– 𝟒𝟐𝐊𝐌 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 (solos only)

𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐒 (NEW):
80km ultra: 400 solo runners and 250 relay teams
42km marathon: 400 solo runners

Now, a bit of "touchy feely" stuff...

We know a big part of the success of MRU comes down to the awesome people it attract (LIKE YOU!). So – whether you’re running next year or have run in the past – THANK YOU for making it so successful. We're honoured and excited to, once again, have the opportunity to deliver this event to such a positive and life-loving group of runners!

As 2024 runner, Mia, said…

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 - 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓, 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟....ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑒𝑠!!!”

To snag your spot on the start line, get organised now and be ready to enter at 9:00am WST on Monday to be part of the big dance down south.

All details and entries here:
bit.ly/3Y2pxfc

Can’t wait to do this again with you all!

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Rapid Ascent

1 week 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:
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Rapid Ascent

1 week ago

Alrighty riders...

Put your hand up if you can hold 4.2 watts/kilo for 20 minutes…

Now keep it up if you can hold it for 1 hour…

2 hours?

How about 4 hours 27 minutes?!

And how about over 100km of technical single track?

That’d be superhuman, right?

Well, that’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 – 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 it’d be fun to take a deep dive into his ride (and the rides of other elites like Peta Mullens).

If you’d like to follow along, make sure you follow our cycling specific page “Rapid Ascent MTB & Gravel Riding Events”. That’s where it’ll all be posted.

Go here and follow now:
👉 www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel/

P.S. If you like and follow that page 👆you’ll also find a 5% discount code to the 2025 Otway Odyssey. So, even if you’re not a cycling-stats-nerd, it’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 ... See MoreSee Less