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Stoked to have elite cyclist, Ella Bloor, joining us in the Red Centre for the upcoming Shimano Gravel Muster this August.

Ella is a seasoned bike racer who's been at the pointy end of the National and International bike scene for several years now (including placing 13th in the prestigious Sea Otter classic last year!).

Even better, she seems to have a knack for adventure...

In fact, there's an entire article on Velo.outsideonline.com about her time travelling around the USA (during Lifetime Grand Prix) in her "really crappy Jeep" (worth a read).

Annnnyway...

Here's what Ella has to say about the Muster:

"๐ผ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’: ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.

๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ-๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐ท๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ .

๐ผ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก."

Couldn't have said it better ourselves Ella!

Camaraderie, campfires and unique landscapes is what it's all about.

Looking forward to hearing a few tales from your adventures around the campfire.

Keen to join Ella at the Muster?

Get all the info here: bit.ly/3waZ3h4 ... See MoreSee Less

Stoked to have elite cyclist, Ella Bloor, joining us in the Red Centre for the upcoming Shimano Gravel Muster this August. Ella is a seasoned bike racer whos been at the pointy end of the National and International bike scene for several years now (including placing 13th in the prestigious Sea Otter classic last year!). Even better, she seems to have a knack for adventure... In fact, theres an entire article on Velo.outsideonline.com about her time travelling around the USA (during Lifetime Grand Prix) in her really crappy Jeep (worth a read). Annnnyway... Heres what Ella has to say about the Muster: ๐ผ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’: ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ-๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐ท๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ผ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก. Couldnt have said it better ourselves Ella! Camaraderie, campfires and unique landscapes is what its all about. Looking forward to hearing a few tales from your adventures around the campfire. Keen to join Ella at the Muster? Get all the info here: https://bit.ly/3waZ3h4
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Jeff Tippett campfires, camaraderie and unique landscapes ….. excited for our next adventure ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

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6 days ago
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How good was the inaugural Aussie stop on the XTERRA Trail Run Series?!

Last weekend, we had hundreds of runners storming the trails & beaches in XTERRA Dunsborough Trail Runs (10km and 21km). Vibes were through the roof and the weather couldn't have been nicer.

Check out the awesome video highlights thanks to XTERRA Asia-Pacific and @noeko.film ๐Ÿคฉ ... See MoreSee Less

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If you'd like to share your feedback on XTERRA Dunsborough, please complete our online survey here... www.surveymonkey.com/r/QFNQF8L

Nick Howe you made the cut ๐Ÿ˜†

Thankyou to all involved, it was a great weekend.

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6 days ago
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Take us back!

XTERRA Dunsborough was something truly special this year.

Re-live the triathlon action with these video highlights (and keep your eyes peeled for a seperate post with the Trail Run highlights package).

Thanks again to all who participated. And big thanks to XTERRA Asia-Pacific and noรฉko for the epic videos! ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago
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Awesome footage by noรฉko! How good is that water ๐Ÿ˜ Looking forward to seeing XTERRA Dunsborough featured on Search4Hurt. ... See MoreSee Less

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We can't wait to see all the epic footage โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Šโค๏ธ

David Renton Tom Savage

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2 weeks ago
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โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘กโ€

That ๐Ÿ‘†was the catch cry today amongst triathletes โ€“ AND โ€“ trail runners as they crossed the finish line to gloryโ€ฆ

And as a bunch of Viccos we almost have to agree (reluctantly ๐Ÿ˜‚).

This place certainly is something specialโ€ฆ

And today it played host to even MORE spicy racing in Day 2 of XTERRA Dunsborough. Not in one race, not in two but in THREE separate off-road spectacles.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Š๐Œ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐”๐

The first to start was the 21km Trail Run โ€“ a new addition for this yearโ€™s XTERRA Dunsborough โ€“ and the โ€œnew kid on the blockโ€ for the Global XTERRA Trail Running Series.

With plenty of talent in the field, the pace was on from the gun. So much so that after just 01:32:20 of racing, North Face athlete Dave Byrne stormed home in a dominant win.

Not long after, in the females, Arian Huston took out the title in a furious sprint finish with Claire Oโ€™Brien-Smith, who came home in 2nd.

๐—๐“๐„๐‘๐‘๐€ ๐‹๐Ž๐๐† ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„ ๐“๐‘๐ˆ

The next race to unleash on Geographe Bay was the XTERRA Long Course event โ€“ arguably the flagship of the XTERRA disciplines.

In the womenโ€™s, you could almost throw a blanket over the top 5 all day. But, in the end, Lizzie Orchard stretched her early lead to take a convincing win, followed by Hannah Lee-Young and then Jacqui Allen.

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‹๐‘‡๐ธ๐‘…๐‘…๐ด ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ ; ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ.... ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’, ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’!โ€

โ€“ Lizzie Orchard, overall female winner, Long Course Tri

In the menโ€™s, Ben Forbes came out of the swim with some catching up to do. But, as he unleashed his explosive, one-two punch of MTB-and-run, he quickly showed the entire field a very clean set of heels to come home over 16 minutes ahead of second!

โ€œ๐‘ˆ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘š, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ€“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™โ€ฆ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  (๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ) ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘› โ€“ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘‹๐‘‡๐ธ๐‘…๐‘…๐ด ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ โ€“ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™!โ€

โ€“ Ben Forbes, overall male winner, Long Course Tri

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Š๐Œ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐”๐

Finally, in the 10km Trail Run, it was no surprise who took the overall wins โ€“ TWO more North Face representatives โ€“ Blake Hose in the menโ€™s and Alex West in the womenโ€™s.

A huge THANK YOU to ALL racers in ALL disciplines and ALL age groups across the weekend. Each and every one of you had your own battles (against man and/or nature) and displayed a mind-boggling level of athleticism.

Whether you were at the pointy end of your age group fighting it out for a state title, cruising along in the middle and soaking up the scenery, or chipping away at the back โ€“ you can all look back very proudly on a weekend well spent!

Below are a few snaps from the one and only Alan Ure from Photos4sale. There are plenty more to come (to your inbox) in the coming days.

FOR FULL RESULTS, GO HERE:
๐Ÿ‘‰ bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1721

Thanks again all you awesome participants โ€“ we love the PEOPLE this event attracts even more than the stunning venue where it takes place.

Canโ€™t wait to do it all again next year!

#XTERRAdunsborough #justanotherdayinWA #offroadtriathlon #thisisWA Triathlon Western Australia Inc Australia's South West Dunsborough And Districts Country Club Brooks Running The Running Centre XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tineli Australia Skratch Labs Eagle Bay Brewing Co Busselton Dunsborough Times ... See MoreSee Less

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘กโ€ That ๐Ÿ‘†was the catch cry today amongst triathletes โ€“ AND โ€“ trail runners as they crossed the finish line to gloryโ€ฆ And as a bunch of Viccos we almost have to agree (reluctantly ๐Ÿ˜‚). This place certainly is something specialโ€ฆ And today it played host to even MORE spicy racing in Day 2 of XTERRA Dunsborough. Not in one race, not in two but in THREE separate off-road spectacles. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Š๐Œ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐”๐ The first to start was the 21km Trail Run โ€“ a new addition for this yearโ€™s XTERRA Dunsborough โ€“ and the โ€œnew kid on the blockโ€ for the Global XTERRA Trail Running Series. With plenty of talent in the field, the pace was on from the gun. So much so that after just 01:32:20 of racing, North Face athlete Dave Byrne stormed home in a dominant win. Not long after, in the females, Arian Huston took out the title in a furious sprint finish with Claire Oโ€™Brien-Smith, who came home in 2nd. ๐—๐“๐„๐‘๐‘๐€ ๐‹๐Ž๐๐† ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„ ๐“๐‘๐ˆ The next race to unleash on Geographe Bay was the XTERRA Long Course event โ€“ arguably the flagship of the XTERRA disciplines. In the womenโ€™s, you could almost throw a blanket over the top 5 all day. But, in the end, Lizzie Orchard stretched her early lead to take a convincing win, followed by Hannah Lee-Young and then Jacqui Allen. โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‹๐‘‡๐ธ๐‘…๐‘…๐ด ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ ; ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ.... ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’, ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’!โ€ โ€“ Lizzie Orchard, overall female winner, Long Course Tri In the menโ€™s, Ben Forbes came out of the swim with some catching up to do. But, as he unleashed his explosive, one-two punch of MTB-and-run, he quickly showed the entire field a very clean set of heels to come home over 16 minutes ahead of second! โ€œ๐‘ˆ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘š, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ€“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™โ€ฆ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  (๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ) ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘› โ€“ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘‹๐‘‡๐ธ๐‘…๐‘…๐ด ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ โ€“ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™!โ€ โ€“ Ben Forbes, overall male winner, Long Course Tri ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Š๐Œ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐‘๐”๐ Finally, in the 10km Trail Run, it was no surprise who took the overall wins โ€“ TWO more North Face representatives โ€“ Blake Hose in the menโ€™s and Alex West in the womenโ€™s. A huge THANK YOU to ALL racers in ALL disciplines and ALL age groups across the weekend. Each and every one of you had your own battles (against man and/or nature) and displayed a mind-boggling level of athleticism. Whether you were at the pointy end of your age group fighting it out for a state title, cruising along in the middle and soaking up the scenery, or chipping away at the back โ€“ you can all look back very proudly on a weekend well spent! Below are a few snaps from the one and only Alan Ure from Photos4sale. There are plenty more to come (to your inbox) in the coming days. FOR FULL RESULTS, GO HERE: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1721 Thanks again all you awesome participants โ€“ we love the PEOPLE this event attracts even more than the stunning venue where it takes place. Canโ€™t wait to do it all again next year! #XTERRAdunsborough #justanotherdayinWA #offroadtriathlon #thisisWA Triathlon Western Australia Inc Australias South West Dunsborough And Districts Country Club Brooks Running The Running Centre XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tineli Australia Skratch Labs Eagle Bay Brewing Co Busselton Dunsborough TimesImage attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment
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Fantastic event, well organised and hosted in a spectacular location. Thanks to all the Xterra team plus the volunteers and the town of Dunsborough. Looking forward to next year!

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