The Arrowhead 135 ultra race has been rated as one of the toughest races on earth by National Geographic. Having spoken to a few competitors at the race briefing the night before I discovered that the calibre of runners was phenomenally high with several touting that they had completed most of the iconic ultra races …
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Arrowhead 135 ultra route map
[tweet username="leepeyton" layout="horizontal" text="Arrowhead 135 route map"][fblike layout="button_count" show_faces="false" action="like"] After travelling for the best part of 16 hours yesterday I finally arrived in International Falls, Minnesota, the start point for the Arrowhead 135 ultra. It’s cold but nothing like as bad as I expected (overnight it was only minus 6 C). I’ve been …
Alpkit Padded Cells gear review
Just ordered and received one of Alpkit’s Padded Cells. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve drop kicked my iPhone around the engine room floor at work, or had to perform CPR on the phone after getting it wet when running in the hills and the Padded Cell would’ve come in handy in the Yukon …
Alpkit Hunka XL bivvy bag review
Last month we competed in the Yukon Arctic Ultra, touted by the organisers as the world’s coldest and toughest ultra marathon. With night time temperatures dropping to minus 40°C this was an extreme testing ground for Alpkit’s Hunka XL bivvy bag. Having used the Hunka before, we were a little concerned that the relatively small …
Yukon Arctic Ultra 2011 Race Report
Pre-Race; Friday 4th February, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada We have just completed the training course section of the YAU race; some technical input on trail conditions, weather, hypothermia and frostbite. That last one generated some scary photos… Following a day in the classroom, we headed out on the frozen trails to the “Hidden Lake” (very …
Busy week!
For both us, this week has seen the last few days of work before heading off to the race. It has been a bit of mad frenzy for me trying to get work streams signed-off, project finished/placed on hold and meetings undertaken to make sure I don’t come back to a nightmare of complaints and …