3 RACE OPTIONS:
1. 71km Ultramarathon (Stages 1 – 4)
2. 51km Ultramarathon (Stages 1-3)
3. The Saddle Sore (24.5km)
The Saddle Sore is the longest and most arduous section of the QC Track. It starts at Camp Bay campsite and finishes at the Cowshed Bay campsite. It is essentially Stage 3 of the ultramarathon.
Check out this website for a great race report.
http://www.airforce.mil.nz/operations/airforce-news/archive/102/marathon-men.htm
Thanks for a great track description, it has helped with deciding to get up there for 11.11.11.
On your last paragraph, some thoughts-I thoroughly enjoyed your account and stand behind all your remarks about being open and positive. Sharing knowledge gained by putting yourself through the mill is a long way off “blowing your own trumpet” though. We all enjoy the understated side of Kiwi nature and I don’t think it’ll give way to brashness in the near future. The Myers Briggs personality anlysis tool used in business identified 75% of Americans as extrovert and the opposite with Kiwis. Are we just like that or does society play its part? Tall poppy sysndrome is plain negative nonesense, but humility a great character trait. One is imposed and the other meekly lived out. It would be great if we could have one without the other… Perhaps I should stick to running and leave the philosophy to the bearded ones! Cheers