While you’re looking over results from the May Glasshouse trail run, check out the stunning new website. It looks great, its much easier to find what you want, there are some great shots of runners and terrain, and - well, see it yourself at www.glasshousetrails.com

The Mini Kokoda was offered last year alongside the Tambourine Trek, an established road & trails relay/ultra. The smaller Kokoda is a good training hit-out for serious trail runners, 27k and plenty of hills. And if you’re thinking about doing the 97k Kokoda Challenge itself, this is compulsory training - that Kokoda is tough! Don’t even think about entering unless you’re prepared to train over the course first… Read more

The Transalpine Run is a race consisting of several legs for teams of two runners, run for the second time in September 2006 over eight days. From its start in Oberstdorf, Germany, the route led runners through Austria and Switzerland to the finish line at Latsch in South Tyrol, Italy. Daily distances of over 30 kilometres and with climbs of 2,000 metres are no exception in this race. Read more

This year the start shifted to the Woodford swimming pool. Judging by the numbers who cooled off in the pool throughout a sunny May day, this was a welcome innovation. The great showers, toilets, BBQ and shade areas were fantastic too. Run options of 11, 30, 50 and 80 kilometres were offered and results are up on the brand new Glasshousetrails website. Read more

Two-time UK cross country champion Steve Vernon smashed his own course record by nearly four minutes to win the Puma Trailfox Hawkshead Trail Race, while Kenyan international John Kimaijo, making his trail running debut, found it tough going, finishing 13th. Read more

Surviving a horror car crash in Nigeria has inspired Wellington runner Melissa Moon to take part in a 24,000-kilometre round-the-world relay to promote the importance of safe drinking water. Next month the 37-year-old former world mountain running champion will lace up her running shoes as the southern hemisphere’s sole representative in the Blue Planet Run. The run will pass by global landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Red Square, as well as crossing remote areas like Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Read more