ML2024 Memo #4: Hour of Redemption

“They’ve done it! They’ve beaten the record!”

On the last run of the last heat, those words were spoken. Momomo and Mo had bettered the record in the dying moments of Climbing, leaving no questions about where the duo would place in the event…

ML2024 Memo #3: The Guarding of The Change

As the sun began its setting, three picnic-bound hikers began a slow-paced ascent up the side of the imposing Mt. Bonsel. To the right of their trail was its steep upwards slope; in the far distance, across swathes of rainforest valley, were its sibling mountains. The worst of the summer heat had passed with the early evening, but even now the three hikers kept to the shade…

ML2024 Memo #1: The More Things Change

After the Ice Dash ended, Billy found Smoggy in the Hazers’ common room as usual, slumped dejectedly against the couch watching local news play no louder than a hum. 

“Hello, Billy,” Smoggy greeted them, not turning their gaze from the TV.

Out of the Rolling – Event 2: Onwards and Upwards

“It’s funny, when you’ve been struggling to meet your expectations, and the harder you try, the worse everything crumbles around you.” Gloomo spoke to no one in particular, sheltered in the corner of a dark room with a bottle of water, listening vaguely to the sounds of laughter and camaraderie of fellow athletes the nextContinue reading “Out of the Rolling – Event 2: Onwards and Upwards”