Welcome to Rapid Ascent
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.
Most experienced riders don’t think about the Odyssey as one, 100km race…
They think about it as THREE separate stages (you just ride them back-to-back without stopping!).
Those stages are:
1️⃣ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝟏: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫
Distance: 43.60km | Elevation Gain: 1,252m | Lowest Elev: 167m | Highest Elev: 517m | Elev Difference: 350m
2️⃣ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝟐: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫
Distance: 34.01km | Elevation Gain: 674m | Lowest Elev: 154m | Highest Elev: 242m | Elev Difference: 88m
3️⃣ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝟑: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧
Distance: 22.88km | Elevation Gain: 752m | Lowest Elev: 158m | Highest Elev: 556m | Elev Difference: 398m
For a detailed description of each of the 3 “stages” (and links to the Strava segments), check out our article here:
👉https://mailchi.mp/rapidascent/are-you-ready-to-conquer-the-odyssey-1847263?e=[UNIQID]
REMINDER: Early Bird Pricing for Odyssey and Great Otway Gravel Grind ends December 1st (less than 2 weeks!).
If you’re planning on racing, go here and enter now:
bit.ly/3CaIe8S
The Rapid Ascent Team
P.S. If you've been following our series about climb/descent/bump/root of the course, stay tuned. There's more to come.
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“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 3 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡“
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘”
That’s 👆 what Short Course winner, Lachie McDougall said, as he sat on the finish line after the 3rd and final stage of 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐮𝐧 today...
And we reckon it sums up the “secret sauce” that has made this event so rewarding for all involved.
Yes, the trails have been sensational…
Yes, the scenery has been “picture postcard”...
And yes, the running has been a gruelling endurance challenge (the way you nutters seem to love it)...
But the real triumph has been the calm, collaborative and FUN atmosphere amongst all participants.
We had several runners comment that it hasn’t felt so much like a race… more like a team effort to unleash each individuals’ potential as they push their limits through nature.
And, in that regard, it’s been “mission accomplished” for each and every one of you.
THANK YOU to all runners for keeping vibes high. It’s been a privilege to watch you all come together from all corners of the globe and triumph in such an inclusive and supportive fashion.
Now…
To business…
CONGRATULATIONS to all finishers for completing a challenging, 3-day course! (the fact that this has been a serious endurance feat is easy to forget when everyone is so damn positive all the time 😂).
Special shout out to Stage 3 placegetters:
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄
1 Victoria COLE (#82) 03:57:11.79
2 Esther ALLEN-HOWARD (#32) 04:26:02.11
3 Sarah PADUANO (#73) 04:33:12.04
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄
1 Joel GRAY (#45) 03:25:07.15
2 Luke GORDON (#52) 03:57:29.17
3 Yannick SPENCER (#84) 04:13:08.95
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄
1 Christie LORI (#324) 02:07:12.60
2 Rebecca DOEDENS (#381) 02:24:05.07
3 Leah BRYANT (#405) 02:25:22.52
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄
1 Lachie MCDOUGALL (#361) 01:58:19.06
2 Benjmain HART (#315) 02:14:02.39
3 Adrian RODDA (#303) 02:14:03.21
And a HUGE “pop of champagne” to the the General Classification CHAMPIONS:
🏆 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 🏆
1 Victoria COLE (#82) 10:34:45.34
2 Sarah PADUANO (#73) 12:02:20.31
3 Natasha PERTWEE (#62) 12:31:05.48
🏆 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 🏆
1 Joel GRAY (#45) 09:11:38.60
2 Luke GORDON (#52) 10:45:08.82
3 Samuel BURKE (#70) 11:10:38.93
🏆 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 🏆
1 Christie LORI (#324) 06:03:23.93
2 Rebecca DOEDENS (#381) 07:12:53.13
3 Penny FEGAN (#375) 07:14:51.90
🏆 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 🏆
1 Lachie MCDOUGALL (#361) 05:44:24.67
2 Ryan MELDRUM (#387) 06:22:39.23
3 Shannan DIXON (#409) 06:25:53.27
Full results here:
bluechipresults.com.au/results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1785&EId=16&dt=0
Thanks again to EVERYONE who was involved in this event – runners, supporters, sponsors and everyone in-between.
We hope you all dream of Karri trees, sand and wild wind-swept beaches (we will).
Can’t wait to do it again next year!
The (tired yet invigorated) Rapid Ascent Team
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So. Content. Right now.
If Stage 1 of “Run Bib”, was a day of jaw-dropping views, excitement and… let’s be honest… some TOUGH running…
𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 was one of smiles, good vibes and trails begging to be run.
Despite being longer on paper, today can best be described as a “celebration of running” – everyone has gelled into their place in the pack, camaraderie is through the roof, and there was a real sense of community and contentedness as runners crossed the line.
Oh and the scenery and trails were “ok” too 😂
(But we’ll let you check out the photos and judge that for yourself!)
Huge congrats to all placegetters (some recurring names at the pointy end):
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Victoria COLE (#82) 03:12:02.18
2 Sarah PADUANO (#73) 03:33:44.85
3 Esther ALLEN-HOWARD (#32) 03:39:03.53
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Joel GRAY (#45) 02:46:34.07
2 Luke GORDON (#52) 03:13:53.11
3 Samuel BURKE (#70) 03:17:50.36
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Christie LORI (#324) 02:12:28.79
2 Penny FEGAN (#375) 02:37:38.74
3 Rebecca DOEDENS (#381) 02:38:48.11
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Ben LEESON (#312) 01:57:35.04
2 Lachie MCDOUGALL (#361) 02:04:43.59
3 Shannan DIXON (#409) 02:20:50.32
𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄:
bluechipresults.com.au/Results.aspx?CId=11&RId=1785
THANK YOU to ALL RUNNERS for your relaxed, friendly and supportive natures on and off the tracks. You’re all awesome!
REMEMBER: Presentations are at Boston Brewing tonight at 6PM (as well as a well earned pub meal, included as part of your entry).
Looking forward to clinking some glasses and carbo loading for Day 3 (the “Long one”) 🍻
See you soon,
The Rapid Ascent Team
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Rugged, wild, beautiful – and that’s just the runners!! 😂
Jokes aside…
Run Bibbulmun Track Stage Race got off to cracking start this morning…
~200 runners from all corners of Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius (and as far as the USA!), launched into a landscape so naturally stunning it would make Monet weep (too far?!).
Female Long Course winner, Victoria Cole said:
“It was beautiful. All the wild flowers on the ridge were just amazing. I’m so grateful to live here”
And she’s spot on...
This Great Southern region of Western Australia really is a rare patch of untouched beauty and raw power (especially with the sizeable Southerly swell today!).
Coming here reminds us that we are ALL so privileged to call Australia home.
A big congratulations to all runners. You all demonstrated serious grit to get through a solid first stage.
In particular, a shout out to place-getters from today:
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 (𝟑𝟓𝐊𝐌) 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Victoria COLE (#82) 03:25:31.36
2 Sarah PADUANO (#73) 03:55:23.41
3 Natasha PERTWEE (#62) 04:00:05.08
𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 (𝟑𝟓𝐊𝐌) 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Joel GRAY (#45) 02:59:57.37
2 Luke GORDON (#52) 03:33:46.53
3 Samuel BURKE (#70) 03:37:46.73
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 (𝟏𝟕𝐊𝐌) 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Christie LORI (#324) 01:43:42.54
2 Rebecca DOEDENS (#381) 02:09:59.94
3 Jill PORTER (#346) 02:10:30.58
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 (𝟏𝟕𝐊𝐌) 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄:
1 Lachie MCDOUGALL (#361) 01:41:22.02
2 Ryan MELDRUM (#387) 01:42:35.65
3 Benjmain HART (#315) 01:50:26.58
FULL RESULTS HERE: runbibbulmun.rapidascent.com.au/2024-results/
Tomorrow we head even deeper into this wind-swept paradise – with the Long Course (33km) taking runners from Gilge Rd to Cosy Corner, and the Short Course (24kn) intercepting the route a bit further south at Lowlands Beach.
It’s a biggy on Day 2, so rest up runners and get that fuel in…
We'll see you bright and early!
The Rapid Ascent Team
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