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News from New Zealand
Stephen Elverd reports from New Zealand between treks:
Nep has just entered us in the Auckland Half Marathon next month. Will send a report. I hope you and everyone are well
and running is going OK. Haven't had a chance to keep up with Ciren news, but hope to do so.
Also, a little anecdote you might want to pass on. Back in September we stayed in a Wellington B&B called Booklovers.
One of the books I picked up was "Conquering the Coast to Coast" by a Kelly Barber. This is an account of how an average guy
got himself fit enough to do the cycle, kayak, mountain run for NZ's premier multisport event. I got a bit obsessed with this
account and I've been going on about the Coast to Coast ever since (might do it for my 50th). Anyway, we were on the Pelorus track
just before Christmas when we bumped into some trampers that we shared a hut with out in the wilderness. One of the guys had a
Coast to Coast competitor t-shirt, so obviously I got chatting to him and said I was looking for a suitably stupid challenge.
"I've written a book on it" he said. "Oh yes, what's your name?"
Wait for it............."Kelly Barber"
News from Africa
Update on Rob Forbes' epic cycle ride from Cirencester to South Africa, see www.tri4africa.co.uk for the full story.
Rob is currently in Nigeria having cycled through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin.
He has covered 11,091km to date with a mere 8,000km to go to reach his destination. He hopes to raise £19,000 in total
(£1 for every km travelled) and has already had some £15,000 pledged, including a donation from Cirencester AC.
Rob appears to be in good spirits and eating lots of bananas but doesn't say too much about his running training, somewhat
crucial as the final element of his Tri journey - remember he swam across the straits of Gibraltar - is to run in the famous
Comrades Marathon, all 90km of it!
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