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    A LONG WAY FROM LANCASHIRE

    Mar 19, 2020 6 minutes
    WORDS PETE WELSH
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    The 70km point on Challenge Wanaka’s 90km bike leg has arrived and so far, so good. As I make the right turn at Luggate the pace suddenly drops. What’s wrong? There’s a very slight headwind, nothing more than a breeze, so it can’t be that. A quick glance at the tyres reveals I haven’t picked up a puncture. I look down the arrow-straight road and see the cyclists ahead of me, they don’t seem to be pulling away. Then it hits me. This lovely flat section of the course is one of those demoralising false flats that seem to go on forever. I have to remind myself to look around and take in the stunning scenery as my thoughts turn to the half-marathon run and the approaching midday sun.

    I’m in the South Island of New Zealand competing in my first overseas race. This is the 14th edition of Challenge Wanaka, which this year played host to the Challenge Family Asia Pacific Championship. I’d heard claims to this being the world’s most scenic

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