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Rachael early in the big climb. Photo : Alastair Hanson.

Wild Earth Ascent “mid-pack” Race Report

Rachael Buttar, a Cromwell local and self proclaimed “average Joe Bloggs runner” tacked the Wild Earth Ascent 1/2 Marathon a few weekends ago. Despite the scare mongering by race director Terry Davis (really-…

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Rustic Run Marathon Race Report

While a foolish few where walking around in the fog doing the Wild Earth Ascent, the smart and speedy were running the Rustic Run- lapping up the fun and flowing trails of the…

First 6 "runners" walking up the first climb.
Photo: Alastair Hanson

Wild Earth Ascent – “Don’t be a Doofus”

I’m not going to describe how or why this event came to being. I wasn’t even meant to be there, but I couldn’t ask for a better substitute for the event I was…

Below the rocky section and back on the relatively flat stuff.

Wild Earth Ascent 1/2 Marathon- AT’s Report

Wild Earth Ascent 1/2 Marathon Race Report by Andrew Town. The inaugural Wild Earth Ascent  mountain adventure race held on Saturday 14th June was everything I had hoped for; steep climbs, technical trails, fast downhills and…

“Over there is where you climb up the second time…” Terry Davis points out the big climb in the 2nd lap of the "Ascent".

Wild Earth Ascent- Live Tracking

The Wild Earth Ascent  - When Terry first announced his dream event I said that if it didn’t clash with Heights of Winter I’d be all over it like a fly on shit….

“Over there is where you climb up the second time…” Terry Davis points out the big climb in the 2nd lap of the "Ascent".

The Rustic Run and Wild Earth Ascent

14th of June see’s two very different events put on by one very excited Race Director in the Kawaaru Gorge, near Cromwell. The Rustic Run was started by local hotel owner and new trail running…

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The Big Easy Mountain Marathon

The Big Easy Mountain Marathon, New Zealand’s Highest Mountain Marathon, takes place Janarury 26th, starting at the “Snow Farm” high on the Pisa Range and finishing in Albert Town just outside of Wanaka. Race…

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…

Northburn100- A chat with Lisa and Terry

The 2nd running of the Northburn 100 is this weekend and we will be down covering the race with live updates, which we are really excited about! We also have been lucky enough to chat…

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