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Team Fibonacci’s Kokoda Challenge
It’s one bloody long sequence Well, the 2009 Kokoda Challenge has been run and won … not by us, but then we weren’t trying to win. We might be crazy, but we still claim to be human (unlike those to can run 96kms in half a day). We set ourselves the more realistic goal of [...]
Kokoda Challenge 2009 Team Fibonacci Support Crew Post-mortem
Wow, what a race this year! Team Fibonacci managed to complete the race as a whole team in 22 hours. Well below their “published” goals and expectations. Published you say? That’s because some of the Team Fibonacci members secretly believed they could achieve close to this time, but didn’t want to alarm the others De [...]
Pre-race Preparations
This weekend, follow Team Fibonacci on Urban Crag as they race the 96kms of the Kokoda Challenge: http://urbancrag.com/category/kokodachallenge/teamfibonacci. Team Fibonacci is very organised as evident in their Race plan: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dz4krzj_43f8cg37t9. Stay tuned to Urban Crag for live updates on Fibonacci’s progress through out the weekend. If you are on the Gold Coast, ping us for [...]
Team Vodka
2007 Kokoda Challenge Date: July 14th-15th, 2007. Distance: 96km. Time limit: 39 hours. The Kokoda Challenge is a 96km race against the clock. Team Vodka must complete the race together within 39 hours. They will trek with other four member teams through the Gold Coast hinterlands to raise money for the Kokoda Kids Program. Trip [...]
Team Insanity
Team Insanity is: Nicole Keegan Shane Hollaway Brock Janiczak Wayne Van Eyk (Team Insanity before the Mini Kokoda event on June 22) You can email us at team.insanity@urbancrag.com.au And follow our progress in our blog Team Insanity completed the 2008 Kokoda Challenge in 26.5 hours! Read the final wrap up of Team Insanity’s Kokoda Challenge [...]
Team Fibonacci
Team Fibonacci at Syd Duncan Park Follow our progress in our blog Email us at team.fibonacci@urbancrag.com.au Mission Accomplished Team Fibonacci has successfully completed the 2009 Kokoda Challenge in 22 hours! Read all about the whole 96kms here. And if that isn’t enough, checkout out support crew’s write up. Why is Team Fibonacci? Team Fibonacci is [...]
Rock Climbing at Kangaroo Point Cliffs
Introduction The Kangaroo Point Cliffs extend south from the Story Bridge to the South East Freeway. The cliffs expose rocks called Brisbane tuff. This was formed by a volcanic flow about 230 million years ago after a violent eruption. In modern times, Brisbane Tuff was quarried for 150 years which left a vertical rock face [...]
We love the night life
Finally, a training session that didn’t start stupidly early in the morning. There was a lot of debate this week about what time we should start, how far we should walk, and which sections we should be doing. The only things that weren’t in doubt was that it was going to be a night session [...]
Girly Tights, Girly Socks, Girly Shoes and a Girl
Welcome to the Team Fibonacci training blog. Team Fibonacci is competing in the Kokoda Challenge in July 2009. The Kokoda Challenge is a 96km charity bush walk around the Gold Coast hinterland with a 39 hour time limit. It is done in teams of 4 who can have a support crew that will meet them [...]
Supporting Team Insanity
Planning for Insanity The Support Crew for Team Insanity consists of Matt Moores, Jenesse Valentine and Dennis Mellican. Team Insanity consists of Nicole Keegan, Shane Hollaway, Brock Janiczak and Wayne Van Eyk. Although capable of doing all the tasks required, the Support Crew found each had fell into a primary task: Dennis was the driver, [...]
Team Insanity’s Kokoda Challenge
Team Insanity’s Kokoda Challenge Well after months of training the big weekend has finally come and gone. I’m a little surprised that I’m in a state of mind that allows me to even write this only one day after the event, but I guess I’m just riding the high of not just completing the challenge, [...]
Follow Team Insanity on their Kokoda Challenge
Team Insanity have trained hard for Kokoda Challenge which has been documented on their Team Insanity blog. This weekend their hard work will be tested as the event kicks off early on Saturday. Follow them as they trek through the 96 kms of the Gold Coast hinterland live on the internet via KML Tracks. [...]
All Hills, All The Way
Hellfire Pass and Polly’s Hill Practice There are four truly big hills on the Kokoda Challenge course: in Mudgeeraba Forest, Fairview Mountain, "Polly’s" hill, and the hill at Beechmont (up through Black Shoot and down via the Hellfire Pass). So what did Team Insanity do on the weekend? Tackle two of them. The KC [...]
Nerang State Forest And Mt Nathan
Team Insanity headed to the Gold Coast and onto the KC course for the second time to practice the Nerang State Forest sections (the last 17.5 kilometres of the course) and we’d picked an excellent weekend to opt for a later start (8.45 am as opposed to anything closer to dawn) given the crisp [...]
How Many Times Do We Have To Cross This Creek?
It’s 11 weeks out from the 2008 Kokoda Challenge and Team Insanity has finally had a training session with all four members present! Our plan for the Labour Day Monday was to walk to Border Track between Lamington National Park and Binna Burra in the morning, then proceed over to the KC course to tackle [...]
That Big Hill Is My Buddy
Section 1: Mudgeeraba to Hinterland Leisure Trail, 3.5km (Cumulative Distance = 3.5km) It was rather ‘fresh’ outside early on Saturday morning, but the nearly 700 people present were all fairly upbeat about the mammoth task ahead of them. Luckily the first 3.5km were fairly flat and consisted mostly paved footpath. We also had a police [...]