WEEKLY NEWS – 29/11/17

Kate Dzienis • November 29, 2017

Alpine Challenge

The Victorian Alps were the landscape behind last weekend’s Alpine Challenge, hosted by Running Wild, on November 25 and 26. Across three distances the event saw 42 competitors take on the 100 Miler, 45 in the 100kms, and 42 in the 60kms.

A big congratulations goes out to AURA’s own Dan Beard who closed in to take second place in the 100 Miler with a time of 25:02:48, just behind first place getter David Gianelli from Italy (24:36:43). Andrew Hough claimed the title of third male with his time of 26.38.32. A stellar job for two AURA members to take two places on the podium.

For the women, Rebecca Taipari finished third completing her Alpine Challenge journey in the 100 Miler in 37:38:32.

Great work also by AURA members Justin Parise (36:06:37), Jo Bailey (40:15:47) and Tim Woods (40:46:52) as well as Tarek Heiland and Gabor Jakus who gave it their all.

The 100kms also had its fair share of AURA runners enter and it was Nicole Paton who not only conquered the course in 14:25:41, but took home first female.

Hayley Teale (16:16:51) and Dej Jamieson (19:45:57) also did fine work at the Alpine Challenge 100kms.

The third event, the 60kms, saw four of our members battle it out in the great outdoors. Well done to Kylee Woods (6:49:29), Karen Mickle (9:38:58), Kerri Clayden (10:20:21) and Samantha Post (12:18:31).

We would love to hear your experiences racing the Alpine Challenge. Don’t hold back, and send in a race report to ultramag@aura.asn.au with a high resolution horizontal image for inclusion.

Pictured: Cleve Cole checkpoint, Mount Bogong on Saturday, about the 40kms mark of the 100 Miler and 10okms events at the Alpine Challenge. Photograph – Martin Reeves/Alpine Search and Rescue Victoria.

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AUTRA Race Report 2-11-2026

By Kate Dzienis • November 2, 2026

Illawarra Escarpment Traverse, NSW Kunanyi Trail Series - Cascade Slide, Tas Harry's King of the Hill, Vic Upcoming Events WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 2-11-2026 As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information: Word document, single spaced Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great) Please attach photographs to the email – do not put images in the body of your Word doc. You’ll just get me emailing you back asking for the photos sent in the correct way! As many photos as possible. With our new website, it’s now easier than ever to include a nice gallery in each race report No PDFs please And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AUTRA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AUTRA member for the 2026 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AUTRA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.