Dylan Dwyer’s Report
Running a 100 km mountainous trail run at Wilsons Prom was always going to be a challenge. Leading up to the race I’d spent much time researching the course and trying to work out exactly what I would be in for. I’d done some overnight walks at the Prom a couple of times growing up with the family but it had been many years since I’d been there and I only had some faint memories to go on.
While going over some GPS data I was to find there was over 3,000 m of ascending and descending to be done spread out over the 100 km journey. My longest training run had been a run of 61 km which only had 114 m of elevation gain. I realised the landscape of training in Mildura wasn’t going to do me any favours on a course with hill climbs that would go on for half an hour or more at a time.
Read the whole report on Dylan’s blog - Running Dad
Tom Brazier’s Report
Flew down from Canberra on Friday arvo and met up with La Sportiva teammates Gill Fowler and Matt Adams for the drive to Wilson’s Prom. I’d never been before and everybody was raving about the beaches/views. Personally I got a rude shock when Google maps told us we had a 3.5hr drive to get there, I didn’t realise it was that far away from Melb! We had a quick Cranbourne stop to pick up the essentials like beer, wine and canned soup (perfect mix of salt, protein, carbs and more salt, with minimal fibre). The low key vibe of the Running Wild events lulls me into a false sense of security, but I remembered that this was only the third time I had raced 100km, so I needed to respect the challenge.
Read the whole report on Tom’s blog - Tom’s Running Adventures
