28 September 2016 Greetings from Camp 4 at the end of Stage 3 of the Grand to Grand Ultra. The Long Stage – 84km – is done and dusted. This was probably the toughest long stage that I’ve done in my 8 desert races. More than 1500m elevation gain, with more than 75% of the course over... Continue Reading →
Grand to Grand Ultra – Running a Desert Race in North America
Greetings from Las Vegas. 3 days to the start of the 2016 Grand to Grand Ultra… It is almost time to take on the Grand to Grand Ultra. This will be my eighth international multi-stage desert race and the fifth leg of my quest to complete one of these races on all seven continents. The... Continue Reading →
Running the Grand to Grand Ultra to Help END Tropical Diseases
Imagine living in circumstances affected by diseases more devastating than malaria or tuberculosis, and which result in the death of over 500 000 people per year. Unfortunately, this is the reality confronting more than 1.6 billion of the world’s most impoverished people, including 875 million children. Neglected tropical diseases, or generally referred to as NTDs,... Continue Reading →