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.
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
Alrighty riders...
Put your hand up if you can hold 4.2 watts/kilo for 20 minutesโฆ
Now keep it up if you can hold it for 1 hourโฆ
2 hours?
How about 4 hours 27 minutes?!
And how about over 100km of technical single track?
Thatโd be superhuman, right?
Well, thatโs 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 itโd be fun to take a deep dive into his ride (and the rides of other elites like Peta Mullens).
If youโd like to follow along, make sure you follow our cycling specific page โRapid Ascent MTB & Gravel Riding Eventsโ. Thatโs where itโll all be posted.
Go here and follow now:
๐ www.facebook.com/RapidAscentMTBGravel/
P.S. If you like and follow that page ๐youโll also find a 5% discount code to the 2025 Otway Odyssey. So, even if youโre not a cycling-stats-nerd, itโs 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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๐ 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
Throwback Thursday...
2012, the year "Gangnam Style" takes over the world... 50 Shades of Grey ignites the "mommy porn" revolution... and ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง 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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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:
๐ www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-australia
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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
Itโs 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.
๐ Maybe itโs because ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ โ with a suite of mountain bike races of 100km, 50km, 30km, 10kmโฆ and Gravel rides of 97km and 49km.
๐ Maybe itโs the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ on flowing singletrack & โchampagneโ gravel that never seems to endโฆ
๐ Maybe itโs the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ of the Otway National Parkโฆ
๐ Maybe itโs the ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ made up of World-Cup contenders & national jersey holdersโฆ
๐ Maybe itโs that ๐ง๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ that says โI know what you did. Youโre tough as nailsโโฆ
Or maybeโฆ Maaaaybeโฆ
Itโs the magical combination of ALL these things (and more).
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER YOUR RIDING SPEEDโฆ
WELCOME TO THE 2025 OTWAY ODYSSEY & GOGG
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐.
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