An event put on by John Newsom to get Christchurch people active over the winter months after the earthquake. I think it’s a great idea. Although not too many people signed up – about 200 all up. It was pretty crap weather at the start of the day, wet and cold for the juniors at 10am. We were lucky, by the time it was 11am and the start of our race there was a patch [...]

My neice raced in her first duathlon at school. She’s only 5 so the distances are only short. So cute! Here she is with the future budding athletes!

Gold Medal at Duathlon National Champs! Christchurch August 22nd 2010 We had the NZ duathlon nationals here in Christchurch on Aug 22. That’s 10km run / 40km bike / 5km run. The first run was up the quarry in Hallswell. !! I was worried about the race leading up to it and considering doing the shorter course since it didn’t have the hill in it. But went for the standard course (long) and actually loved [...]

Yesterday was a perfect day for a winter duathlon in Christchurch. It was 20 degrees which is pretty amazing. I was just hoping for no rain. But no rain and 20 degrees! Great day. The speedway is an excellent place to have a duathlon. The race was 2.4km run / 16.5km bike / 2.4km run. The run was 3 laps of an 800m loop, and the bike was 5 laps of a 3.3km loop. It [...]