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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.
Otway Odyssey elite Q&A with Melisa Rollins and Brendan ‘Trekky’ Johnson. Such a good listen with these racing royalty with plenty of stories and racing tips passed on.
𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐃𝐘𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐘/𝐆𝐎𝐆𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄:
This year we aim to bring you as much live action as possible during the Odyssey and GOGG.
𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 & 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄:
We will be running an in-depth story with live footage and updates on both days here:
👉 www.instagram.com/rapidascent
We will also post updates throughout the day with photos and summaries.
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆:
We will have 2 static cameras recording during the Odyssey on Saturday, one facing the finish line and one facing the mid-race Feed Zone. And 1 camera at the finish line on Sunday for the GOGG.
Links will become available on the relevant race days here:
👉 otwayodyssey.rapidascent.com.au/2025-results
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐒:
We will also have live splits beamed from around the course to the link above throughout the races – so you can keep track of your friends and family as they ride.
Please share as much content as you can throughout the day and tag Rapid Ascent to be added to the event coverage!
Thanks legends,
The Rapid Ascent Team
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Good luck all riders can’t wait to follow along 👍👍💪💪🚴🚴🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♀️
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"𝑬𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆"
That's 👆 the advice Brendan Johnston (@trekky91) has for riders tackling the Otway Odyssey this weekend.
And when a two-time Odyssey winner (and countless podium stander) says to "eat & drink"...
It's time for us mere mortals to strap on a hydration pack and load our pockets with gels!
Here's some other insights Trekky gave us when we caught up the other week:
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬?
"𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦 2022 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 3𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒."
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧?
"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑂 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ ‘𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔’ 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑇𝐺𝑃 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑇𝐵 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑇𝐺𝑃 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦."
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞?
"𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 3 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑝, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑝."
𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲?
"130𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑚𝑖𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 2 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠."
𝐁𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩?
"𝑀𝑦 𝐺𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 ‘𝑀𝑇𝐵’ 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟, 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑦𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑝."
𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬?
"𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒. 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑠."
Trekky, we're honoured to have you back at the Odyssey.
Can't wait to see you in action!
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬?
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
Each course has a number of water stations along their length stocked by @skratchlabsaustralia and @clifbar (locations explained in event program here: issuu.com/rapidascent/docs/2025_otway_odyssey_and_gogg_program )
The following items are provided at each water point:
• Skratch sports drink sachets – one sachet mixes with 500ml of water and contains 19 grams of carbs & 400mg of sodium.
• Water - available from either drums or taps (BYO water bottle/vessel).
• Clif Bars will be handed out in your race pack at registration, PLEASE TAKE THEM WITH YOU if you require them out on course (they won't be at all water pts).
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭:
The 100km, 50km and 30km MTB courses all come through the water point on the Forest Football ground.
Riders can pre-place their own hydration / nutrition in the race chute ready to collect during the race.
Riders can also exit the race chute and receive support from non-riders (even buy an ice-cream!) provided you remain on the playing surface of the Football Ground.
“𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬?”
The 100km course includes three water points away from the football ground but we will only take your items to the first water pt at the 30km mark. Please read the program carefully for details and how to pack these items.
Thanks riders, look forward to seeing you there!
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Hi everyone.I have a double room available in Forest on Friday and Saturday nights if anyone is interested.It’s $100 a night for a couple and the same for a single person.Its a nice place as well.If anyone is interested staying a extra night I’ve booked it for Sunday evening as well. My No is **********. Thanks Craig.
𝐎𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐃𝐘𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄-𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒:
Howdy Riders,
If you missed yesterday's post, there are extreme conditions forecasted for Otway Odyssey this Saturday:
- 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 (temperatures in Forrest forecast to reach 36deg in the late afternoon with high humidity).
- 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 rating in the South West on Saturday (Sunday is forecast to be a more manageable 28deg and we are not proposing any changes to the GOGG).
We have had numerous discussions with Forest Fire Management, the local CFA and other stakeholders to ensure the safety of all riders.
All of these official bodies are happy for us to proceed with the events, however, they have strongly recommended some amendments (such as all riders being off the course by 12pm).
Based on their advice, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝:
– 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐓𝐁 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 ~𝟑𝟎𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫
– 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐤𝐦 𝐌𝐓𝐁 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟕𝟔𝐤𝐦 (no Thompson's Track Loop)
– 𝟓𝟎𝐤𝐦 𝐌𝐓𝐁 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 (11:30am at end of Red Carpet)
– 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 @ 𝟏𝟐:𝟐𝟎𝐩𝐦
– 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬, ‘𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
All of these changes are explained in detail in the updated event program (linked below).
We strongly encourage all event attendees to read the program and make sure you understand the new plans.
UPDATED EVENT PROGRAM HERE:
👉https://issuu.com/rapidascent/docs/2025_otway_odyssey_and_gogg_program
If you have any questions or issues contact our office on (03) 5261 5511 or via [email protected]
Thanks for understanding. With these changes we expect it to be a fun & safe weekend of racing, avoiding the hottest part of the day!
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thanks for puttin in the hard decision to get it all happening:)
Great work!
Good work Team on the hard work so we can all still race. I think I like the idea of the 76km version ;-)
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