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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:

๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: 10 โ€“ 11 May, 2025

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐“๐€๐๐‚๐„๐’:
โ€“ ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐Š๐Œ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (solo or relay team of 2 to 5 runners).
โ€“ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Š๐Œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (solos only)

๐…๐ˆ๐„๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐’ (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 โ€“ whether youโ€™re running next year or have run in the past โ€“ 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, saidโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ - ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“, ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ....โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ !!!โ€

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

Canโ€™t wait to do this again with you all!

The Rapid Ascent Team
... See MoreSee Less

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:

๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: 10 โ€“ 11 May, 2025

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐“๐€๐๐‚๐„๐’:
โ€“ ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐Š๐Œ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (solo or relay team of 2 to 5 runners).
โ€“ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Š๐Œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (solos only)

๐…๐ˆ๐„๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐’ (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 โ€“ whether youโ€™re running next year or have run in the past โ€“ THANK YOU for making it so successful. Were 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, saidโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ - ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“, ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ....โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ !!!โ€

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:
https://bit.ly/3Y2pxfc

Canโ€™t wait to do this again with you all!

The Rapid Ascent Team
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:
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
1 week 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

3 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
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