What I Actually Ate What I planned to have vs what I actually had turned out to be slightly different. Overall I averaged just under 100g carbs… Read more “Race Nutrition – 2026 C2C”
Category: Races
Read about events and races that I’ve recently been involved in
2026 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report
Skip the writing in bold if you want to just see the race day report. Before the report I will quickly cover the year leading into it.… Read more “2026 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report “
Wulong Mountain Quest 2025 (China)
Event date: 20th-23rd September 2025. 2025 marks 12 years since I first began racing in China, I’ve been most years since then, typically for multiple events but… Read more “Wulong Mountain Quest 2025 (China)”
Wulong Mountain Quest 2024
I haven’t written a detailed race report about a race in China since 2017. I wrote a short debrief in 2019 and a very short mention of… Read more “Wulong Mountain Quest 2024”
2024 KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST RACE REPORT (+ all of last year)
The best way for me to reflect on a race is to write a race report. I use it as tool for future race preparation (Don’t want… Read more “2024 KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST RACE REPORT (+ all of last year)”
2023 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report 🏆
Race reports are done typically within a couple of weeks of any event I do and there to help me reflect on how it went but also… Read more “2023 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report 🏆”
Motu Challenge 2022 (+the months leading in)
A recap of the past 9 months before the Motu Race report written down the bottom: Just 3 weeks after the Kathmandu Coast to Coast 2022, I… Read more “Motu Challenge 2022 (+the months leading in)”
KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST – LONGEST DAY 2022
All year long we’ve known that Covid-19 could affect this event, and always we have known that the event could well be affected by the weather. But… Read more “KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST – LONGEST DAY 2022”
Kathmandu Coast to Coast – Longest Day 2021
*Scroll past the section in bold if you wish to skip the d & m and get to the race day story. It is over a week… Read more “Kathmandu Coast to Coast – Longest Day 2021”
Recovering
As we all know (I hope), everyone is different. Unique minds, unique bodies, different strengths and weaknesses. I landed back in New Zealand after my final China… Read more “Recovering”
SAM MANSON 