Why would anyone do 7 New Zealand Great Walks in only 7 days?
Day 1 – November 29th – 42.7km – Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk
Day 2 – November 30th – 41km – Tongariro Northern Circuit
Day 3 – December 1st – 51.9km – Abel Tasman Coast Track
Day 4 – December 2nd – 78.4km – Heaphy Track
Day 5 [...]
Archive for the ‘racing’ Category
30 Oct
7 great hikes in 7 days
25 Oct
Julie Dibens dominates XTERRA World’s
This was one of the most impressive athletic performances I’ve ever seen from a female athlete.
Julie Dibens wins a record breaking 3rd XTERRA World Championships in series.
Wow.
And Julie finished ahead of second place Danelle Kabush Lesley Paterson only by 59 seconds by nearly 8min!
The Men’s competition was a battle, [...]
24 Oct
10km fun run, XTERRA, Maui
I’m happy to have survived. And fairly happy with my time of 1hr 12min, or so.
Since I’d not done any distance “running” since June, I placed myself at the very back of the pack for the start. That way I’d not suffer the indignity of little girls passing me en route. (The winner of [...]
23 Oct
LIVE from XTERRA, Maui
I registered for the 10km fun run Saturday, tomorrow morning.
Will then spectate World Championships Sunday morning.
Here’s a highlights clip from XTERRA World’s 2008 on YouTube.
The volcanic surfaces are pretty harsh for the cyclists, as you can see.
23 Oct
XTERRA World Championships, Maui
by site editor Rick McCharles
I just happen to be in Maui …
As my Adventure Racing team is at U.S. Championships in Texas this weekend, perhaps I shoudl jump in with the best off-road triathletes on Earth.
… What do you think?
At 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 25th, a maxed-out field of 550 international racers [...]
23 Oct
U.S. Adventure Race Nationals
Starts today.
Good luck to my teammates Jeni, Andy and Dave who are competing at Nationals for the first time. It’s in Texas.
(Me? I’m still in stealth training mode.)
From Jeni by email:
Race start is 7a.m. Friday, and cut-off is 1p.m. Saturday (although many, many of us may still be racing long after this time…). [...]
13 Oct
Kilian Jornet – record Tahoe Rim Trail
Kilian Jornet is the two-time defending champion of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc.
He holds the trail running record for the GR20 traverse of Corsica, one of the toughest tracks in Europe.
In September he took 7hrs off the record for the Tahoe Rim Trail in California.
At only age-21, sponsored by Soloman, you’ll be [...]
11 Oct
Mt Whitney Double
Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental USA.
Fedak linked to an amazing trip report.
By Rick Kent:
I started at midnight. For the first trip I decided to go up the Mountaineers Route. Despite going from Portal to summit (and much of the way back) in the dark I made good time. It helps that [...]
7 Oct
Ultra Tour Trail du Mont Blanc 2009
Laura Jones, a reporter from the U.K., hiked a 10 day tour:
… the lovely thing about the TMB is that the drama of those awesome panoramas of glaciers and mountain peaks are interspersed with walking green valleys filled with Alpine flowers, twisty turney streams, chalky blue mountain lakes – and if you’re lucky marmosettes.
The changing [...]
12 Sep
Fjällräven Classic – a hiking race
Fjällräven, a Swedish company specialising in outdoor clothing, sponsors an annual hiking race.
Hiking race?
I’ve never heard of this concept before. And 2000+ partipants attended this year!
The competition element is downplayed, however. It’s not in the same category as most other trail races. In this event, you must carry a pack. And sleep in a [...]
