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Great Ocean Ultra 2025
You could smell the salt in the chilly air as we lined up at the start line for the first Great Ocean Trail Ultra. The last time this...
jaquimdodonohoe
Dec 18, 20248 min read
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3 Capes of Adventure
Note: Whilst I on occasion take a rare, fabulous snap, the majority of these photos were captured by the much more talented...
jaquimdodonohoe
Oct 4, 202416 min read
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Thunder, lightning, very very frightening.....
The thunder rumbled in the distance, and I cautiously looked up. I was still at least 8km from where I wanted to camp for the night, but...
jaquimdodonohoe
Jan 15, 202417 min read
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Chasing Crocs at the Unreasonable East 100 mile run
My legs burned like someone was holding matches to my skin – all I wanted to do was scratch my legs up and down to soothe the burning,...
jaquimdodonohoe
Sep 3, 202318 min read
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Chasing mountains in the heat!
I stop. I close my eyes. “Just breathe” I say aloud to myself. My legs are shaking and as I open my eyes, suck in a deep lungful of...
jaquimdodonohoe
Feb 9, 20238 min read
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Sneaking in Adventure
I stop and drop my pack onto the dirt. The weight comes off my shoulders and my body groans in delight at the fact that I am now at the...
jaquimdodonohoe
Jan 30, 20237 min read
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A year without Facebook. Well, almost....
It’s ironic, I know, that I will post this blog on social media. However, I am hoping that perhaps some of the positive changes that this...
jaquimdodonohoe
Dec 10, 20227 min read
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Alpine Challenge 2022 Race Report
The foot screamed at me with every misstep. Nerve pain shot through the foot every time I landed on a rock. I would suck in my breath,...
cgb536
May 2, 202211 min read
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Sometimes it's the adventure that inspires us
Running Wild's Razorback 65km race report After living through the longest lockdown in the world down here in Victoria there is immense...
jaquimdodonohoe
Apr 8, 20227 min read
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Every mountain has a summit!
'Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing' - Helen Keller “OMG...
jaquimdodonohoe
Jan 26, 202221 min read
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It’s been 3 days
Today is the first day that I feel normal again. The nausea has passed, and I finally have an appetite – and what an appetite it is....
cgb536
Jan 14, 202215 min read
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Christmas is all around us
Christmas is all around us. Literally. Like everywhere I look! The tinsel is hanging in the windows, the trees are decorated in the...
cgb536
Dec 16, 20214 min read
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One exam doesn't define you
The end of the year is so close you can almost smell the Christmas trees, taste the ham and you have likely pulled the shorts out of the...
jaquimdodonohoe
Nov 3, 20213 min read
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Mother Nature’s Show
One of life’s biggest challenges is mother nature herself. She can be the most beautiful woman in the room and then she can be a real...
jaquimdodonohoe
Oct 12, 202111 min read
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Seeking Adventure in-between lockdowns
It’s become a bit of a tradition that I always disappear early July into the bush on my own for some solo hiking adventures. I always try...
jaquimdodonohoe
Aug 12, 20219 min read
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Thank the Gods for sport
Are you addicted to the current Olympics coverage as well? In a time when there is a global pandemic, I have to admit I was a little...
jaquimdodonohoe
Aug 7, 20212 min read
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My beautiful friend
Some of my friends have stopped telling me about their latest diet. I get it – I am often on my pedestal ranting about how diets don’t...
jaquimdodonohoe
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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No-one Cares!
I recently went shopping with the fabulous Nicole Vine to get myself a new outfit for a new job. The corporate wear went out and the...
jaquimdodonohoe
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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Alpine Challenge April 2021
The air felt like ice with every breath I took. The fog had cleared, and the stars were lighting my way as I pushed my feet through mud,...
jaquimdodonohoe
Apr 24, 202115 min read
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Taper Tantrums
One of the hardest parts of training for a 100-mile race is the fatigue management. Driving 5hrs after work to the mountains to get in a...
jaquimdodonohoe
Apr 14, 20215 min read
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