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35| Mike Lea's Ring of Fire Victory

Apr 7, 2026 · 66 min

Kia ora

Welcome to another episode with Mal and Dwayne. This time we are lucky enough to have MAGIC MIKE steal the show. He talks training, what it was like to race Ring of Fire, and his mental game during the event. We were lucky to ask him all the nitty gritty questions and are really grateful to have him on.


Mike Lea announced the upcoming "practice Backyard" event happening at Barge Park on 24th April from 10pm to 6am. This is a great opportunity to try out your gear, shoes, fueling ,set-up etc., before doing a backyard event. Reach out to His & Hers for registration.


Also, Dwayne and I are promoting the Northland 100 Entries giveaway event called the Watchless Race. This is held on Anzac Weekend, 26th April at 2PM at the Te Pohe Island Playground Carpark. We will announce the course the day of the event, in summary you are to guess what time you can run the course we provide (will be around 2-4km) and NOT be allowed to use your watch. Hence the name ;) Then the folks closest to their guessed times to run their actual times will WIN the free entry tickets to the Northland 100. Looking forward to seeing y'all there.

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