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    RACING for the ADVENTURE

    Oct 15, 2018 6 minutes
    Photo: Ale Socci
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    Ale Socci

    WHETHER YOU ARE THERE FOR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CHALLENGE, SCENERY, CAMARADERIE, OR JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE, ADVENTURE RACING IS ON THE RISE IN AOTEAROA.

    THERE HAS BEEN AN EXPLOSION OF EVENTS AND IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING CHOOSING ONE TO ENTER - SOME LAST THE DISTANCE WHILE OTHERS FOLD AFTER THE HYPED-UP INAUGURAL RACE.

    ONE RACE MAKING WAVES LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IS GODZONE – EVEN THE GREAT ALL BLACK RICHIE MCCAW HAD A CRACK AT IT IN 2016 (TASMAN) AND 2018 (FORDLAND).

    TRAIL RUNNER’S MICHELLE CURRAN CHECKS OUT THE RISE IN ADVENTURE RACING, WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT AND WHY IT COULD APPEAL TO TRAIL RUNNERS.

    Everyone is doing it – even Richie McCaw. In the last 10 years, adventure racing – a multi-disciplinary team sport involving navigation over an unmarked wilderness course lasting anywhere from two hours to two weeks - has taken off in New Zealand.

    The number of people choosing individual pursuits

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