Team Helly Hansen-MOMAR in the days leading up to the start of the 800km XPD Expedition Adventure Race. →

Unfortunately the Google video uploader that worked so flawlessly for my ‘West Coast Double’ Run does not want to cooperate lately. I have been stuck all week trying to upload the video footage we captured during the event. The files are too big for YouTube so I will have to figure out some other option… →

P8290276, originally uploaded by garobbins. ‘The Finisher’s Couch’, pizza and ice cream →

I did not realize that Mark and I signed up for the Expedition PLUS event…I think I have slept less since the race finished then when we were actually out on the course! It has been a crazy and amazing week since we finished the 800km XPD, complete with snorkeling, sailing, flying and exploration of… →

Holy crap, what a race! Plenty of stories from this one, but the only one worth telling right now is that we finally finished a FULL expedition length race as a ranked team, what a feeling!! It was like a wildlife safari out there, we came across five snakes, one, a red belly black snake… →

It just keeps going and going and going and going…I departed Vancouver over 31 hours ago and I am just getting ready to board my last flight, from Brisbane to Mackay, in an hour…make it end! Although I have but slept a few hours since I left things are going good so far. I have… →

I am having trouble believing that I will back be in Australia in just a few days! I spent a full year in Australia and New Zealand in 2000 and had some the best experiences of my life…bring on the sand and surf baby! Oh yeah, but first Team Helly Hansen-MOMAR will be competeing in… →

So I ended up having to wait twenty minutes for the Gordon River water taxi. During which time I managed to down some vitamin I (Ibuprofen) and stretch my legs for five minutes. By the time I reached the opposite side of the water, and was greeted by Carlos and Roxy I was feeling 100%… →

Let me just start by saying one thing, Carlos Castillo is THE MAN, and none of this would have been possible without him! The idea was hatched over a few beers in September 2006. A group of us had just run the 47km Juan De Fuca Trail, with times ranging from 7.5-9 hours. We unanimously… →

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