Listen to the full interview with Stuart Mills: In the little French town of Chamonix at the base of Mt. Blanc, New Zealand-born Stuart Mills is getting ready to run the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc – a distance of 168 kilometers with positive elevation of more than 9,600 meters. Now a principle lecturer at the…
Broadcast on ABC Radio National on June 23, 2010. People from around the world braved the scorching heat in Timor Leste’s capital this weekend to participate in the country’s first-ever marathon. In an effort to promote peace and understanding, the nation’s best athletes have come together to run the streets of Dili with competitors from Australia, Europe,…
Broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Rural Reporter in 2009. Long-distance races are grueling enough in mild temperatures, but think how it tough it would be to do all your training in the Australian Outback. It’s dusty, dry, and temperatures regularly top 40 C in summer – not to forget the snakes. Broken Hill policeman Wayne…
Running Free joins Nicky Redl on her magical journey across awe-inspiring Mongolian countryside, sharing all the pain, pleasure, agony, and euphoria she experienced over the gruelling 100 kilometre Sunrise to Sunset course. It was still dark as we gathered at the start banner of the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset race. I hopped from foot to foot to stay warm,…