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Dunedin Peak Bagging 2023
At midday Nov 18th peak bagging kicked off with the usual unknown number of participants. 24 hours later at Emerson’s Brewery things were becoming clearer. In summary, Dave McLean won the multisport category with a 24 hour trek to score 116 points. Due to a recent bout of Covid he scaled back the epic mission…
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Silverstream Spin 2023
At least 57 runners participated in the 3rd edition of the Silverstream Spin on Oct 7th. Robert Soper took out the win by rolling a 1, then a 1, then a 1! He decided on this 3rd roll to do the honourable (and less boring) thing and tried his luck by spinning the Wheel. He…
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Otago Sport Awards 2023
Steve won the Innovation in Sport award at the Otago Sport Awards 2023. Here’s the speech… …. Thanks to Otago Sports Awards. Thanks also to University of Otago. I never expected this. I got into trail running for my own mental and physical wellbeing but very quickly found a like-minded community of people who love…
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Pigs Backyard Ultra 2023
Last year it was cold, wet and muddy so we turned up the dial – perhaps a little far. Once again no one complained about the stream crossings – last year because they were already wet, this year because it gave a few chances each lap to submerge and keep the body temperature down. Once…
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Crush the Cargill 2022
The rain started Saturday morning and continued constantly until late Sunday morning. So on November 19th at 10am the 2022 Crush the Cargill 24 Hour of Rain Challenge began and the rest is history. Approximately 94 humans and 8 dogs participated. At 10am 52 runners set off up the track. Some people obviously missed the…
