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Wyatt Lane Stevens's avatar

Love that track, and the race! I did my first 100km run on that track as an out and back from the Wanaka side, suffice it to say I was struggling on the last climb to Jacks Saddle, NZ tracks rewrite the meaning of steep!

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Brendan Leonard's avatar

OK wow, RESPECT, that sounds awful

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Mario Fraioli's avatar

That looked beautifully gnarly dude. But what a special finish!

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Madeline Harms's avatar

Excellent race report! Slighly jealous you got to run in with your toddler, this is my dream but she is always either napping or tantruming when I finish a race!

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Brendan Leonard's avatar

honestly most days I would not be mad if he napped more (or just at all)

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Sarah Lavender Smith's avatar

Fantastic details. One of the hardest trail races I ever ran took place on the West Coast of NZ's South Island. The Kiwis seemed to float over the technical terrain, having grown up on and adapted to those gnarly tracks.

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Brendan Leonard's avatar

I know! It's incredible. We're so soft with our switchbacks and trail bridges

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