XTERRA

The inaugural NZ Xterra Champs were on in Rotorua on Saturday, what a cool event. Here is a short video showing a little of what the race involved...

My buddies and I drove down from Auckland on Friday for the Xterra race the next day. I entered as an individual while Will, Zoe and Simon entered as a relay team, they also kindly filmed my race, thanks guys! They did well even with Simon falling hard and badly bending his derailleur hanger on the bike. 
I came into the race a little 'underdone' thanks to a flu virus and a back injury, but that didn't matter as my main goal was to have a bit of fun and a break from MTB racing over winter while still keeping fit. I will definitely be back next year if I can.

My next event (a month away) is the 24hr Cateye Moonride, which I am riding SOLO. Then the weekend after I am running the Huntly Half Marathon, in an attempt to beat my Dad's best time of 76mins and claim the $1000 he has bet on me failing! So over the next month I am going to be putting in some big miles on the bike and some frantic k's running.


Check back in a month to see how things went in the Moonride...