Latest News 12/02/2022

One of the biggest races on the calendar in New Zealand took place on Saturday; the Coast2Coast across NZ adventure race is an iconic event that is even older than Ironman. The race is 243km long and consists of a 2.2km run to the bikes for an uphill 55km cycle to the base of a mountain where they transition to run up the extremely rocky and technical trail for 30.5km which climbs over 800m! There are numerous waist deep rivers to cross and then back down again. At this stage they would usually take on a 70km kayak leg in the rapids of the mighty Waimakariri River but unfortunately due to the bad weather in the days and weeks leading up to the race this was deemed too dangerous as the river was running fast and high so was replaced by a very hilly 115km bike ride, after this they finally got into the Kayak for a 30km paddle to the final transition and a 15km blast into Christchurch and the finish line! Next Level Athlete Guy Cory-Wright completed the course in a fantastic time of 13:43:02 which was good enough for 5th place in his age group on a day when 50% of the field did not finish!!! I'm super proud of Guy who has worked so hard for this event and totally smashed it! #properhardcore