Rapid Ascent

Rapid Ascent Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Rapid Ascent, Suite 2, 1-3 Gilbert Street, Torquay.

Rapid Ascent is Australiaโ€™s leading adventure sports event management company, organising off-road & adventure sports events across Australia including mountain-biking, trail running, ultra marathons, adventure races and off-road triathlons.

08/10/2025

A journey of 80km begins with a single stepโ€ฆ

And at Margaret River Ultra the first step is to secure an entry before they sell out!

Weโ€™ll be opening entires next Monday, 13th October at 9am WST.

Make sure youโ€™re ready to enter when the doors swing open (some events - like the teams relay 80km - have sold out in a matter of minutes in last few years).

๐Ÿ‘‰ LINK IN BIO
(Or just Google โ€œMargaret River Ultraโ€)

HEADS UP RUNNERS: We're ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (MRUM).Seeing as the ev...
06/10/2025

HEADS UP RUNNERS:

We're ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง (MRUM).

Seeing as the event sold out in 27 hours in 2024... and the teams category sold out in 32 minutes last year (the solos not long after)... We wanted to give you an early warning so you can get organising.

๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐Œ๐‘๐”๐Œ?

An adventurous weekend featuring TWO, MIND-BOGGLINGLY BEAUTIFUL, point-to-point trail events on the Cape-to-Cape track (with the buzz of ~2000+ high-on-life runners!):

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
๐Ÿ‘‰ The "famous" ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ for SOLOS & TEAMS
๐Ÿ‘‰ A stunning ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง on Sunday for SOLOS ONLY

๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„?

Margaret River Region, Western Australia
(Event HQ and both finish lines at the Howard Park Winery in a festival-like atmosphere).

๐–๐‡๐„๐?

9-10th May 2026

๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐๐Ž๐–?

If you're thinking about running, NOW is the time to talk to your mates, read about the different events and plan your trip. Because...

๐„๐๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’ ๐Ž๐๐„๐ ๐๐„๐—๐“ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ @ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐€๐Œ ๐–๐’๐“, and you'll want to be ready to click "enter" when the clock strikes 9.

All details about the 2026 event here:
https://bit.ly/40eLwC0

Can't wait to share another ripping weekend with you all next May.

The (yearning for the west) Rapid Ascent Team

25/09/2025

There's something uniquely transformative about stage races...

Especially when they take you to far flung corners of the world and cut you off from social media, creature comforts and your "normal" routine.

That's why Sam Maffett & Marcel Shields not only deliver stage races as part of their work with Rapid Ascent, but also PARTICIPATE in them in their spare time.

In this episode, Jez sits down with these two adventurers to hear about:

1) ๐’๐š๐ฆ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฌ (the 8-day Manaslu Trail Race)

2) ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š (the 7-day Gravel Burn)

3) ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐€๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ข๐›๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž that's coming up in November in Great Southern WA.

They also wax lyrical about the "secret sauce" that makes stage racing so much more immersive, communal and transformative than one day races.

Whether your curious about doing your first stage race...

Or searching for your next adventure...

We hope this conversation gets you as revved up as it got us!

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0N5WOZSgfdv6s6MDHH7jh9?si=8a157aacdb964192

LISTEN ON ITUNES:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stage-racing-with-lions-rhinos-tibetan-monks-with/id1463151519?i=1000728343507

WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://youtu.be/TWNeURXmShU

LEARN MORE ABOUT RUN BIBBULMUN:
๐Ÿ‘‰https://bit.ly/Enter_Run_Bib_2025

"๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก.... ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–'๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š...
25/09/2025

"๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก.... ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–'๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘† ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘ก"

That's ๐Ÿ‘† 50 year old Otway Odyssey rider, Anthony, who's just registered for the 100km MTB event โ€“ AND โ€“ the 106KM Gravel on the Sunday.

To have riders travelling from Asia is a big deal...

To have them come from the other side of the world is massive...

But to have them travel that far and then say it's "absolutely worth it"?

That's UTTERLY MIND BOGGLING.

To say we're humbled by Anthony's commitment to the Odyssey's 20th anniversary would be a colossal understatement.

Thank You Anthony! You've added even more motivation for us to make this the biggest, baddest** Odyssey yet.

Details and entries here:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/odyssey_weekend_2026

P.S. Are Gen Alphas still saying "baddast" for "good"... or should we say "mad lit no cap"?

P.P.S. Luckily this is Facebook and there's no Gen Alphas in sight. Just good ol' hardy mountain bikers like you. Come and celebrate with the rest of us at Odyssey.


24/09/2025

Women are NOT small men...

It was a privilege to sit down with ultra-runner, running coach and all-round legend .sophie.geraghty and have a deep discussion about gender equity in sport.

We talked about mental load, motherhood, body image issues and why sport (especially trail running) is a powerful avenure to building confidence in all areas of life.

FULL EPISODE HERE:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vEiay7f7tJAvYpSRx2MzS?si=wjm8rcNIQQmJSlmpOKCy5g

Speaking of...

We're stoked to announce that the Run Bibbulmun field this year in 65% FEMALE! (up from 58% last year).

No wonder this 3-day Stage Race has such a supportive and ego-free atmosphere!

The event is happening in Great Southern Western Australia between 14th and 16th November and THERE ARE STILL LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE.

Get all the details and enter here:
https://bit.ly/Enter_Run_Bib_2025

โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐น๐‘‚๐‘€๐‘‚ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿโ€Thatโ€™s what Otway Odyssey LEGEND, Adrian, wrote on his entry form the oth...
22/09/2025

โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐น๐‘‚๐‘€๐‘‚ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿโ€

Thatโ€™s what Otway Odyssey LEGEND, Adrian, wrote on his entry form the other day. And itโ€™s hard to argue.

But it's what he added next made us stop in our tracksโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ 19๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” 100๐‘˜๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 100๐‘˜๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ข๐‘š."

TWENTY ODYSSEYS? IN TWENTY YEARS?!

The man is a machine!

More amazingly, if we asked him on the finish line of this yearโ€™s event whether heโ€™d be joining us in 2026, he would likely have told us to stick our entry form right up our seat tubes ๐Ÿ˜‚

As he says:

"๐ด๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ 2025 ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐ผ'๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ 2026 ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œโ€

Thatโ€™s the funny thing about the 100km Odysseyโ€ฆ

Thereโ€™s something about the mix of hardship, camaraderie and sweet, sweet single track that gets under your skin.

It breaks you downโ€ฆ

Makes you question your life choicesโ€ฆ

And then somehow seduces you to keep coming back year-after-year.

If you want to see how that can possibly be true...

Or if youโ€™d like a milder dose of Odyssey โ€œloveโ€ with one of the shorter distances...

GET ALL THE DETAILS AND ENTER HERE:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/odyssey_weekend_2026

It's the 20th Anniversary and we're "making Odyssey great again".

The (hurting so good) Rapid Ascent Team

18/09/2025

"๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘, '๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก, ๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก.' ๐ด๐‘ก 11 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘."

This is how SophieGeraghty's story begins. But it's not how it ends.

WATCH FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://youtu.be/9xqr_xAzlpk

LISTEN ON APPLE PODCAST APP:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://podcasts.apple.com/.../rapid-ascent/id1463151519

In our first podcast episode since 2021 (!), ultrarunner and coach, Sophie Geraghty, opens up about growing up with two alcoholic parents, battling an eating disorder for over two decades, and how she chose to rewrite her story through running.

Sophie's message is clear: You don't need the 'right' background, the 'perfect' body, or fancy gear to belong in this sport. All you need is a reason.

We dive deep into the importance of female participation in sport, the delicate line between endurance training and eating disorders, and the real challenges of juggling work, family, and training (with practical tips).

This conversation will challenge how you think about belonging, body image, and what it really means to be an endurance athlete. Whether you're struggling to find your place in the running community or looking for inspiration to keep going, Sophie's story will remind you that your past doesn't define your potential.

Some would say it's a coincidence... Others might say "๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ... โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ...
17/09/2025

Some would say it's a coincidence...

Others might say "๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ... โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ 20 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ?!" ๐Ÿ˜‚

Whatever the case...

We're incredibly grateful that the Odyssey has become the proving ground for many of the nations elite cyclists, such as Jay Vine. (some even have told us they consider it the "unofficial, official marathon nationals" but we'd never dare claim that!).

Huge chapeaux to you for a standout Vuelta. We hope you're celebrating in style.

Speaking of celebrations (see what we did there?)...

2026 marks the 20th anniversary for the Otway Odyssey weekend and we're pulling out all stops to make it a massive celebration of all things bikes:

- NEW courses in 100km MTB, 50km MTB and 106km Gravel
- NEW 75km MTB option
- NEW format so you can race multiple gravel races, multiple MTB races or mix and match both disciplines
- Live music, food, retro bike "show and shine", retro kit awards etc etc

If you want to follow in Jay's shoes...

Get all the details and enter here:

https://bit.ly/odyssey_weekend_2026

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Rapid Ascent Adventure Sports Event Management

Regarded as Australiaโ€™s leading adventure sports event management company, Rapid Ascent organises off-road, adventure and niche sports events across Australia ranging from mass participation adventure races (the worldโ€™s largest!) to boutique mountain bike festivals and unique trail running events. We conceive and host our own events and also offer other organisations and brands custom event management services (see further down for more details).

Rapid Ascent currently hosts a number of major events across adventure racing, multisport, mountain biking and trail running disciplines. In addition, we are also contracted to manage the logistics for several other events including the Mother's Day Classic Geelong and the Coastrek Series. And we always have more adventure event ideas bubbling away in the background.

Importantly, our races and events are about much more that the sports we happen to love, theyโ€™re about appreciating the great outdoors, promoting environmental awareness, healthy lifestyles, community participation and creating a friendly festival atmosphere for everyone.