The Coast to Coast race is a 243km race across the country from Kumara Beach to Christchurch. There is a two-day version that started yesterday and a one-day version that started at 6am today. The race is a 3km run + 55km cycle + 33km run (up a mountain!) + 15km cycle + 67km kayak + 70km cycle. Here is a photo of the lead pack of cyclists, whizzing by the local hotel. There were about 10 other people scattered along our stretch of street, including one photographer with a tripod, the parents of a competitor in the 1st chase group who yelled "hi Ma and Pa" as he passed, and the person arranging road cones to block side streets before the race. And now...back to sleep :)
Great little vignette on an interesting side bar story to your own adventures. Sounds like it would be my kind of race.
ReplyDeleteThe Tarawera Ultramarathon also took place in NewZelland Feb11th near lake Tarawera: a 102km footrace along the lake. Both the men's and women's race was won in record times (7hr:23min by Jim Walmsley and 8hr56min by Camille Herron), both extraordinary efforts over the roots and trails of NewZelland's forests.
So maybe I could go down and do both events on the same weekend? ;-)