Once again Thunderbolt's year was going to be wrapped up doing the Wildside race, this year a 50hr race based in the Myall Lakes region.  We had been looking forward to a longer race somewhere new, but were hoping the Wildside crew could come up with something fresh in an area we had raced in... Continue Reading →

All the top teams had some changes going into Hells Bells, to be run out of Noosa this year.  The news that Gary Sutherland was hospitalised with appendicitis the day before the race made us realise we are lucky to be racing.  Our own preparation had been a bit up in the air as well... Continue Reading →

Geoquest was an off then on again affair this year with Craig and Louise from Geocentric having too much in their program to run it.  It was great that Richard from Wildside and Chris from Wild & Co (who will take on running the event from next year) were able to step up and get... Continue Reading →

Leo had been telling us for months how good the format for the Rogue Raid was so our expectations were high as we headed up to Brisvegas.  As is usually the case some of us were organised and prepared and some of us were a bit underdone with life commitments (family, work etc), old man... Continue Reading →

Many readers will know this race did not end well for us.  It was long and challenging to get to and compete.  The good thing is that as a team we had some great moments and had a great race until it turned bad. Here is the summary of what we did: Leg 1 -... Continue Reading →

We were to start 2018 a little earlier than usual with the X-Marathon race moved to January to avoid clashes with XPD and Godzone.  This meant we needed to be ready for some hot weather.  The field looked very competitive and for various reasons we were all a bit unsure of our fitness (for Bern... Continue Reading →

It was Josh's turn to write the report for this race, and here is what we got .... 🙂☺😛😳😟😥😣😵😴😬😬😀👍😴 (Josh loves an emoji of those that don't know) As usual it was over to Bern to get us organised .... For the fourth and final race of the A1 series Thunderbolt AR was to be... Continue Reading →

Hells Bells was the third of the four races in the A1 Series and, as a 24hr race, nominally the shortest.  We packed the race into the two day weekend so it was a little rushed but great hospitality from local guru (and one of the course designers) Dave Schloss made it pretty easy for... Continue Reading →

The lead up to Geo 2017 was a little unusual.  It had been raining pretty solidly and the forecast for the weekend was ominous with flood warnings up and down the NSW North Coast.  This put the organisers in a difficult position as they knew from experience that rivers flood very quickly and this can... Continue Reading →

Team Thunderbolt were looking for something new and different in 2017 and so had chosen to do Expedition Africa as it provided a new location and previous competitors had spoken about how well organized the event was and how great the welcome was for competitors.  We arrived at the event after a few days of travelling... Continue Reading →