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The Ultra Journey
The Ultra Journey was founded by Nick Muxlow. Nick has a Bachelor or Applied Science & Education, with 15 years coaching experience and a proven method to improve your running. He’s been featured in Trail Mag, is the author of “Journey to 100”, and the winner of multiple trail & ultra races.
Nick Muxlow
IAAF Level 4 High Performance Run Coach, B.Human Movement and B.Education
Nick Muxlow has competed in endurance racing for 20+ years. As a result he know’s what works and what doesn’t. The Ultra Journey was founded out of his passion to combine his love of running and allowing people to reach their full athletic potential. When these two combine the runners he coaches go on to finish with a smile.
- IAAF Level 4 High Performance Run Coach the highest run coach qualification attainable
- Coach to the coaches – having facilitated the IAAF Level 3 Middle & Long Distance Coaches’ Course
- Founder and Director of The Ultra Journey
- Co-Founder and Director of The Run Shop
- Author of three books.
- ‘Journey to 100’ a guide for runners preparing for their first 100km ultramarathon
- ‘Run Fit’ – a guide for runners looking to improve their running and finish with a smile
- ‘Journey to Kona’ a guide for triathletes preparing for their first Ironman
- Triathlete since 2002, 7x Ironman finisher with a PB of 9.10 and Hawaii Ironman Finisher
- Bachelor of Human Movement (Exercise & Sports Science)
- Bachelor of Education
- Formerly an ASCA Level 1 Strength & Conditioning Coach
- Physical Education Teacher with 15+ years experience
- Former state level lacrosse player
- Winner of 10+ Trail & Ultra Races Including:
- SA Trail Championships
- SA Ultramarathon Championships
- Course Record Holder of Heysen 60k, Ultra Adelaide 55k & Federation Ultra 55k & Hubert 50k
- Australian Trail Team Representative – 2022 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships Thailand
- Fastest South Australian over Yurrebilla 4h 51
- Coached Multiple Male and Female Winners Including:
- 1st and 2nd at the 2022 Heysen Australian Long Course Trail Championships
- 1st Female at the SA Trail Championships
- 1st Female in Yurrebilla
- 1st Female in Wonderland Ultra
- 2x Adelaide 24 hour winners
- Winners of Heysen 115k, Heysen 50k, Heysen 37k, Sandy 68k,
- Coached 50+ Podium Finishers
- Coached countless runners to their first 50k or first 100k Ultramarathon
- Helped countless runners achieve a 1 hour + PB over various distances
- Host of ‘Nick’s Running Adventures’ on You Tube
- Featured in Trail Running Mag
- Australian Trail & Ultra Running Endorsed Coach (AUTRA)
Coaching Achievements
Hawaii Ironman (Year)
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Ultra Marathon in 2013, Yurrebilla 56km
2nd place – 4hr 51mins
Hobart Marathon 2016
4th place – 2hr 45mins
Ultra Trail Australia 100km
Time: 11:26:29
Personal Achievements
Hawaii Ironman 2014
Achieving the dream
Yurrebilla 56km Ultra Marathon 2013
2nd place – 4hr 51mins
Hobart Marathon 2016
4th place – 2hr 45mins
Ultra Trail Australia 100km
Time: 11:26:29
Words from Nick
Founder, The Ultra Journey
I have loved running for as long as I can remember…
Whilst most kids didn’t… I loved the long run in fitness at primary school. My mate and I, Thomas, would charge laps around the school, pushing each other to the limits before going into class exhausted and sweaty but happy and keen to get out and do it all over again.
A couple of years down the track at age 11yrs there was the school cross-country championships. I knew I wanted to win this… but I also knew I would have some solid competition in my childhood friend, Thomas.
At that age my understanding of training was very limited, but I did know that if you do something regularly you get better at it. I can remember asking my dad to take me out on training runs. This meant getting up early and going for a run in the morning. While the runs were never long, this would become a catalyst for the self-belief and dedication that I still carry with me today.
If you want something, are willing to work hard and do what others are not prepared to do, then you will succeed.
This win is still one of my proudest achievements. I knew I was good at this running thing. I could only have dreamt of being a running coach as a kid… what a dream job.
The Ultra Journey takes my passion for endurance running, education and helping others achieve their impossible and rolls it all into one.
I have made plenty of mistakes along the way, even under the guidance of some great coaches and unfortunately some average coaches! I can check all the big ones, overtraining – twice, injury, miss understanding nutrition, pacing pitfalls and athlete burnout.
I have learnt from coaching methods that work and coaching methods that don’t work. I have made all these mistakes SO you don’t have to.
The Ultra Journey is about passing on a trail & ultra running education, a knowledge base and skill set to others aspiring to complete or improve their trail & ultra marathon running. It gives you the assistance you need so you can ‘train smart from the start’ and achieve your dreams, giving you confidence.
I can’t be out there and racing for you.
I love competition and racing that much that I wish I could, but you are the one racing, you are the one putting the blood, sweat, tears and emotion into your personal running journey. You’re the one getting up early and fitting training into your life schedule.
Competing in endurance events is a very personal and emotional journey. With everything you put in, it has to be. But you are also the one who will feel that elation when you cross the finish line with a smile. You will know that it was you and solely you who did that.
We all need to be our own hero… to ourselves, our kids, partner and all those who you have inspired as you have progressed on your running journey. Even if your journey was just to prove to yourself that you could do it. You will have your own unique story to tell.