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Wouter Hamelinck climbing during the 2nd lap. Photo: Northburn Facebook.

Northburn 100- 2014 Recap

Above- post race interview with Northburn 50km winner and course record holder, Sage Canaday. The Northburn 100 took place this weekend in amazing and very ” un-Northburn” like weather. While in the past…

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Fast Times At Northburn 100

Wild winds, cold temps on the tops and fast times were the highlights of this weekend’s Northburn 100, held on Northburn Station in the Dunstan Mountains on the outskirts of Cromwell. Impressive course…

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Northburn Predictions- by Matt Bixley

Clearly the in-depth interview I gave for Northburn detailing my battles with injury and opening up the more empathetic side of me was not worthy of publication. Another theory is that Grant, like…

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Glenn Sutton pre Northburn 100

This weekend will be the 3rd edition of the gnarly Northburn 100mile race in the barren Dunstan Mountains east of Cromwell. The Northburn can lay claim to being New Zealand’s only true 100mile mountain (and 100km mountain) race and is certainly not…

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ANZ 100km Championships Report

The Athletics New Zealand 100km Championships were held today at Christchurch’s Hagley Park, in conjunction with the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Groups “Ultra Trio”. The race numbers were not huge, but race director Vajin Armstrong was wrapped with the turnout…

Northburn100 2012

Northburn 100 this weekend, held on Northburn Station just outside Cromwell, seemed to have a bit of everything. The race itself is crazy hard, with the 100mile having over 8000 vertical meters of…

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