The Ultra Journey - runners who achieve the impossible

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.