IN JULY 2022, FOUR SA ULTRA RUNNERS SET OUT TO RUN THE HEYSEN TRAIL IN A BID TO EXPLORE NEW LIMITS, CHASE AN FKT AND HONOUR THE LEGACY OF A FRIEND AND FELLOW TRAIL RUNNER. SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S 1200KM HEYSEN TRAIL EXTENDS FROM CAPE JARVIS ON THE FLEURIEU PENINSULA TO PARACHILNA GORGE IN THE FLINDERS RANGES, AND THE TRACK SEES THOUSANDS OF BUSHWALKERS, HIKERS AND TRAIL RUNNERS HIT THE VARYING GRADES OF DIFFICULTY.
THIS TIME IT WAS SIMON DUKE WITH MATES DAN CAMAC, MARCUS STAKER AND RURIK ‘ROO’ SYMON’S TURN TO TACKLE THE RUGGED GORGES, PINE FORESTS, NATIVE BUSHLAND AND COASTAL SPOTS FOR AN FKT.
Curiosity. It’s what makes us want to know what’s around the next corner, what it feels like to do the next distance and what draws us to explore where our limits might lie.
Dan Camac and I were driving home from the 2021 edition of the Hubert Miler, a course that takes in part of the Heysen Trail in South Australia and a drive that
