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Edoras Challenge 2014

Glorious weather saw 23 teams compete in the annual SCARC 12hr Adventure Race, The Edoras Challenge at Mesopotamia Station and Forest Creek Station on Saturday, 27 September. It was our first race together as a team, building up for Godzone, and my first serious race for quite a few months apart from a few club kayak races.

With a shot gun start at 7am, teams had the choice to either trek first (30 km around Mesopotamia Station) or MTB (50km around Forest Creek Station), we made the call to bike first as we thought the weather would come in fairly early and would result in a slower bike time than the effect would be on the trek. We were pushed on the bike leg by team Heartland Ricoh but due to them making navigational mistakes and then ultimately forgetting about one of the last checkpoints, we managed to take the lead into the trek section.
 

This is where I knew things would begin to unravel as I had been focusing on my riding for the upcoming 12 hour solo at Mcleans Island rather than my running. Despite starting strong, the heat and then the untimely running out of drink meant I started to slow pretty quickly and couldn't manage much more than a fast walk.
 
In the end, we finished in 4th place, completing the 12 hour course in 8hr 10.

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