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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 [...]
Checkpoint 10 Syd Duncans Park
The support crew have been given the green light by officals at Advancetown to approach checkpoint 10. This checkpoint is a major milestone in the event. At 66kms the competitors will feel the full effects of this enduring race. Syds has a big hill climb that is unrelenting and very exposed to the elements at [...]
Checkpoint 7 Numinbah Hall
While setting up camp, Maz rocks up with Dylan in the back. Unfortunately Dylan sustained an injury at Polly’s and could not continue. His team has continued on though. BTW send us your comment and we will pass on your message to the team. They are doing a stellar job so far. The support crew [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Band Apart
The following story joins Team Vodka at the checkpoint 6 site of the Numinbah Environmental Centre. After 43.5 kms we were at the the Enviro centre and our spirits were high. We had reached the make or break section that the organisers had warned us about. We were nearly half way and with the second [...]