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Tararua Mountain Race 2019

Tararua Mountain Race – NZ

Seniors March 25, 2019
9 March 2019 – Tararua Mountain Race – 36 km / 2,300 m One of the classics of the New Zealand calendar, the TMR is a fantastic community-run event. It crosses the rugged Tararua range just north of Wellington. The route is a point ...Read More
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Aorangi Undulator

Seniors, Trail November 18, 2015
Aorangi Undulator – 7 Nov 2015 – 33km / 2,700 m For my first proper race in New Zealand I thought I’d better not show up late, so I arrived 12 hours before kickoff and camped out at the finish. It was a couple ...Read More
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Wadsworth Trog

Fell Racing, Seniors February 17, 2015
7 February 2015 – 20 miles / 4003 ft A new course greeted the 156 happy runners who showed up at the Old Town Cricket Club for this year’s Wadsworth Trog. Reseeding and general maintenance on Wadsworth Moor meant that the long, tough early ...Read More
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Wasdale

Fell Racing, Seniors August 3, 2014
Wasdale, 12 July. 34km / 2,743m (or 21m / 9,000’ old money) “Are you alright?” a passing runner asked me. “Yeah fine. Just tired. Juusst tiirreedd”. I sat down. I needed a rest. I got up, ran a few paces. Sat down. [repeat two ...Read More
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Cronkley Fell Race

Fell Racing, Seniors July 8, 2014
29 June 2014 – 10.5m / 1,752 ft Has anyone seen Pulp Fiction? There is a scene where two guys are talking about being abroad and one says “You know what the funniest thing about Europe is? They got the same stuff we got ...Read More
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