Based:

Southern Edge of Metropolitan Perth

Coaches:

Online Athletes and local all ages group

Coaching Specialisations:

Longer Ultra Marathons, Trail, Road, Track 800m- 24hours +

Profile:

After a long apprenticeship racing on the road and shorter triathlons David read Ultramarathon Man by Dean Kananzes just before his 2^nd marathon. He was in the process of organising the first 6 Inch Trail Marathon and from here it was a slippery slope to longer and longer ultras.

In 2011 David made his first 24 Hour team and was Australia’s top performer with a PB of 236.928K and took home the Commonwealth Championship silver medal. 24 Hour World Championships followed in 2012 & 2013 where he finished 32^nd and 52^nd. After this he decided to concentrate on shorter ultras and had one of his most enjoyable ever races running (and Race Directing) the first WTF 100 Mile with 3 24 hour team mates and finishing 2^nd again in 17:38.

The following year a sub 30 hour Coast to Kosci was only good enough for 7^th in the best field ever assembled at this race. In this race there were top 10 finishers from Western States (2), Badwater (4), UTMB and World 24 Hour.

Finally, the focus on shorter ultras started to pay off with an 8:37 trail 100K in 2015 and an 8:04 on the road in 2016.