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Rapid Ascent is Australia’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.

30/06/2025

If you’ve been following our promotion of the Shimano Gravel Muster you’ll know it’s a unique adventure; in a wild (and warm!) landscape; alongside an adventurous and fun-loving group of riders.

What you might not know, is that there’s a PRICE RISE coming tomorrow.

From 11:59pm on 1st July (tomorrow night), entry prices will increase by ~$300.

That’s because, with such a remote and logistically-heavy event, adding people gets more complex and more expensive as the event draws closer. (Plus, it really helps us to know who's coming sooner rather than later.)

So…

If you’re thinking about coming along (you should!)...

It makes sense to ENTER BEFORE MIDNIGHT tomorrow.

DETAILS HERE:
https://bit.ly/3EwCIPt

27/06/2025

No AI here.

Just Bibbulmun Track perfection.

This torquoise paradise is Greens Pools in William Bay National Park, Great Southern Western Australia.

This place marks the starting point for the “Tingle” Short Course, for Stage 3 of our Run Bibbulmun Track Stage Race (pictured).

It's also a feature of the “Karri” Long Course on the same day, with runners passing it at the 10km mark of their 39km stage.

This year, The 3-day, “Run Bib” Stage Race is on again after a barn-burning inaugural event in 2024.

Dates are 14-16th of November. And the entire event is based out of the central township of Denmark, WA so logistics are EASY (transfers to and from each stage available).

All the details here:
👉 https://bit.ly/Enter_Run_Bib_2025

Early Bird Pricing ends 30th June.

The (very human) Rapid Ascent Team

25/06/2025

We got a comment on one of our Facebook posts recently that really made us pause:

"Is this (The Gravel Muster) for pros and wannabes, or weekend riders like me who want a good experience? Your socials make me feel like I'll be racing for sheep stations..."

Fair question. And honestly, it's embarrassing to think our content has given that impression.

But, when you see epic footage of riders stomping pedals through the outback, and hear names like Richie Porte, Simon Gerrans, Tasman Nankervis and Sam Fox being bandied around… it's natural to wonder "will I fit in?".

So, to clear things up, here are the facts about the 77 people already entered in the Muster:

👉 56% are weekend riders looking for a unique adventure.
👉 36% are experienced amateurs who enjoy a challenge without the pressure of being a pro.
👉 Only 8% are actually elite riders.
👉 Ages range from 24 years old – 67 years old...
👉 All Australian states and territories are represented (plus New Zealand)...

And...

👉 We're thrilled to see that 35% of current entrants are female (up from only 21% last year). Yeah the girls!

In summary...

Yes, there will be some incredibly strong riders at the front...They'll be pushing hard, and we celebrate that.

But the heart of this event is riders who want an unforgettable outback adventure with all the logistics taken care of.

If that sounds like you , come and join us in the desert:

➡️https://bit.ly/3XSdD8f

Early Bird Pricing ends 30th June.

The (Number Crunchin') Rapid Ascent Team

19/06/2025

Tasman Nankervis…

A man with a cycling CV that could almost fill the entire Stuart Hwy…

A man who has been tearing up the American gravel scene for several years now…

And a man who is a CONFIRMED STARTER at the Shimano Gravel Muster this August!

Here are some of Tasman’s achievements to date:

- 1st RADL GRAVL Adelaide 2024
- 1st Sevens UCI Gravel World Series 2023
- U/23 XCO National Champion 2017
- 3 x 2nd place XCM National Aus Championships
- 2 x Top 15 Elite National Road Championships
- 3 x Top 20 U/23 World Cup results
- 7 x Great Otway Gravel Grind Winner
- 8 x Cross-Country Victorian State Champion
- 17th Overall Tour Down Under 2022
- Commonwealth Games long team 2018
- Olympic Games long team 2016
- 17th overall USA Lifetime Grand Prix
- 7th Big Sugar Gravel USA 2023
- 3rd Overall Breck Epic USA
- 1st The Crippler Gravel USA

Of course, Tasman is also a good friend of Rapid Ascent and regular fixture at the Otway Odyssey weekend (he’s won the Great Otway Gravel Grind every year, bar two and he won the Odyssey in 2017).

He’s also a qualified cycling coach, so maybe pick his brains in the outback. (Rumour has it, you will add 50 watts to your FTP just by being in his presence.)

Awesome to have you Tasman Nankervis!

No doubt you’ll be battling for the top step against Sam Fox and the other elites.

More info about the Shimano Gravel Muster here:
https://bit.ly/3EwCIPt

17/06/2025

**Elite Rider Alert** [SHIMANO GRAVEL MUSTER]

Please give a big whip-crackin’ welcome to Sam Fox as he joins the start list for the 2025 Muster!

Sam is an incredible cyclist, salt-of-the-earth human and good friend of Rapid Ascent.

Here’s a little “sizzle reel” of his cycling achievements to date:

👉 Current (2025) XCO Australian Champion
👉 Current (2025) XCO Oceania Champion
👉 5th Devil’s Cardigan - UCI Gravel World Series (2025)
👉 7th SEVEN - UCI Gravel World Series (2025)
👉 6th Commonwealth Games XCO (2022)
👉 13th Albstadt World Cup (2022)

He's also got an impressive track-record at the Otway Odyssey (Elite Mens)…

➡️ 4th in 2020
➡️ 2nd in 2021
➡️ 3rd in 2022
➡️ 5th in 2024
➡️ 4th in 2025
Is 2026 his year??

There’s no denying this guy can ride a bike…

More importantly though, he embodies the “spirit of the muster” with his fun-loving attitude, supportive nature and willingness to have a laugh.

If you find yourself riding next to Sam in a time-out zone, or sitting next to him around the campfire – say g’day and quiz him on his World Cup experiences. We’re sure he’s got some tales to tell.

Stoked to have you Sam!

More details about the Shimano Gravel Muster here:
https://bit.ly/3EwCIPt

13/06/2025

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 …𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧… 𝘜𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴.”

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿, 𝗭𝗼𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Zoe is relatively new to the ultra-running scene, yet she’s already becoming seriously “decorated”:

👉 100km Noosa Ultra Trail WINNER 10:41 2024
👉 Asia Pacific Trail Running Champs APTRC U23 WINNER 15.5km 2024
👉 WINNER SEQ Ewen Maddock 14.4km in 59:11(broke record by 6 minutes) 2025
👉 50km Noosa Ultra Trail WINNER 4:04:06 2025
👉 Ranked 6th in Australia in the UTMB General Index Score.
👉Awarded the AUTRA Young Female Ultra Runner of the year for 2024.

But…

Perhaps even more inspiring than her track record, is Zoe's deep insights about our beautiful sport.

We caught up with Zoe via email this week. Below are a few (of the many) highlights from our chat.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬…

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

(𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴) 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯.”

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭?

“𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 – 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦."

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬… Like what legacy she hopes to leave the ultra community?

“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦."

𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲!

"𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 100𝘬𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 100𝘬𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴.”

Amazing stuff Zoe – you're obviously a hyper-talented athlete and an even more incredible human being. Can’t wait to see you in action this September!

If you’d like to join Zoe on the start line at Surf Coast Century…

DETAILS AND ENTERY HERE:
https://bit.ly/surf-coast-century-2025

The Rapid Ascent Team

11/06/2025

Famous Rider Alert!! [SHIMANO GRAVEL MUSTER]

You probably know that Aussie cycling icon, Simon Gerrans, is riding the Muster.

But there’s another person of Tour De France fame who’s set to take on the 2025 edition of the event.

No, he’s not a rider…

He’s not a soigneur…

He’s not a director sportif…

Please welcome, sports journalist, Rupert Guinness!

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Rupert is a sports writer who’s covered the Tour De France 31 times, the Giro d'Italia 14 times, the Vuela a Espana 5 times (plus all the other big races you can think of).

He’s also covered dozens of other sports including:

👉 Rugby World Cup in 2003 and 2007
👉 The Olympic Games in 1992, 2000, 2012, and 2024
👉 Motor racing (F1 and V8s)
👉 Sailing (America's Cup and Sydney to Hobart)
👉 Boxing
👉 Cricket
👉 Triathlon

AND, he’s the author of 15 popular sport books, including:

👉 “Overlander - One Man’s Epic Race to Cross Australia”
👉 "Power of the Pedal - The Story of Australian Cycling"
👉 "The Tour - Behind the Scenes of Cadel Evans' Tour de France"

Rupert is also an accomplished cyclist. Just a few years back, in 2023, he completed the Race Across America – a 4,800km, non-stop, transcontinental suffer-fest (he won his age group). He’s also ridden across Australia 2.5 times, and ridden the 3,778km from Darwin to Adelaide.

Suffice to say, he’s going to have some tales to tell around the campfire!!

Stoked to have you Rupert. This is gonna be fun!

If you want to join Rupert in the outback:

More info and entries here:
https://bit.ly/3XSdD8f

The (starstruck) Rapid Ascent Team

P.S. We’ve had a few more elite riders join the mix. Stay tuned for announcements to come...

01/06/2025

Hallelujah sunshine!

It was a cold and frosty start to the Trail Series today (like less than 0 deg cold – brrrr) but when the sun came and we hit the trails – well, it was like the trail running gods were directing the sun on the beautiful town of Blackwood and the competitors out on the trails.

The first day of winter was also the first day of the 2025 Trail Running Series and both delivered in spades – the cold start turning into beautiful sunshine that warmed out souls (as well as our frozen fingertips), and the new courses at Blackwood were given a massive thumbs up by all who raced. With trails weaving alongside the Lerderderg River, along aquaducts and around the Ironbark bushland it made fir great running from the get go. And once the sun had warmed the start / finish area there was an air of wintertime festivity as satisfied runners relaxed with a burger, a beer and the sounds of live music mixed with woops of joy as others finished their run.

A HUGE congratulations to all runners. Whether you ran the 8 km, 16 km or 22 km, you’re all legends for braving the sub zero temperatures all in the hunt for fresh trails with a cool crowd. THANK YOU all for making today an absolute belter of a Race 1 - our first day of winter has been spirit-warming to say the least.

Check out this sample gallery of trail photos thanks to Photos4sale plus a few other pics we snapped around the start / finish area. There will be plenty more personalised pics coming into your inbox very soon.

Check your standings and speed down the finish cute with the FULL RESULTS HERE: https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29851

And don’t forget to surf the wave of endorphins and lock in your entry to Race 2 at Anglesa on the Surf Coast on Sunday 6th July or all the way forward to race 3 at Silvan on 3rd August. See you soon!

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Regarded as Australia’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 world’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, they’re about appreciating the great outdoors, promoting environmental awareness, healthy lifestyles, community participation and creating a friendly festival atmosphere for everyone.