Tarawera Ultramarathon
Saturday 12th February 2022 - Date TBC
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Race Reports:
Project Managing an Ultra Marathon - Tarawera 102k
If you want a Race Report with a difference ask a Project Manager to write it. After all, as Mike points out, an Ultra is just a large scale project that requires careful managing!
Tarawera Ultra: A Farmer’s Perspective.
If you want a story told in true no bullshit fashion then get it from a farmer! Chrissy's account of her first Ultra is as honest as it is hilarious. Enjoy!
Tarawera 87k - a Relay Runner's Perspective
Team 'The Left Socks' took on the 87k Relay at this year's Tarawera Ultra. The mud monster 3rd leg fell to our author, Jemma. Read how she and the team got on...
Tarawera 100 Miler - A Pacer's Perspective
Some people like having them, some prefer to go it alone. We often hear them referred to by runners in their race reports but we don't so often read of the pacer's experience. Lesley puts that right...
Tarawera 62k - "a little run in the rain"
Returning for another crack at the Tarawera 62k - familiar but different, as it was run in reverse direction this year - Kath Broad relives the "three trimesters" that make up this race, that because of the conditions presented extra challenges this year.
Joining the Dots - the Tarawera 87k
Wellingtonian Stewart (Stu) Milne had covered pretty much all the 87k course at TUM before, but not in one go and not in the 'reverse' direction. It was time to join the dots and, along the way, learn some important lessons...
The inaugural Tarawera 100 Miler
The ups and downs of running a truly LONG way in piss awful weather are captured magnificently in this piece by Wild Thing Will Bell.
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