The Race to Australia: Chapter ONE, London to Paris

AND THE RACE IS ON!!! Here’s a window into the last 72 hours: FRIDAY19:30- set out on a 30km run with a 20lb backpack. Realize I forgot to pick up my shoes from the cobbler (to get velcro sewn on for attaching RTP’s special gaiters) and sent my friend, Alex Wilks. 21:30- remembered I wanted [...]

English Channel Swim: guts, glory, and goose fat

Swimming the English Channel wearing nothin’ but your swimming trunks and a layer of goose fat. Not that I actually tried to swim to France myself, of course. Let me explain… It all started with an email from Belinda Holdsworth, a fellow competitor from Racing the Planet Namibia. Belinda was looking for volunteers to help [...]

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