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Day 25: Oharui Valley Road to Island Bay (and on to Makara Beach by bike)
Start: Oharui Valley Road (1,595km) Finish: Island Beach (1,623km) Distance for the day: 28km Cumulative distance: 1,623 The plan for today was ambitious, and unfortunately I didn’t quite pull it off,...
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Day 27: Camp Bay to Pelorus
Start: Camp Bay (1,724km) Finish: Pelorus (1,801km) Distance for the day: 77km Cumulative distance: 1,801km South Island distance note: the total mapped distance for the North Island is 1,623km,...
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Te Araroa Expedition – Video Dispatch 1
Enjoy the first Video Dispatch from the Te Araroa expedition, a new trail that meanders the full length of New Zealand. The North Face Athlete Jez Bragg is running a distance of 3,054 kilometres from...
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Days 50-51: Mavora Lakes Road to Merrivale Road (Longwood Forest)
Start: Mavora Lakes Road (2,797km) Finish: Merrivale Road (Longwood Forest) (2,924km) Distance for the 2 days: 127km Cumulative distance: 2,924km Distance to Bluff: 130km This trail is making me work...
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Te Araroa Expedition – Video Dispach 2: It was bold but Jez Bragg pulled it off
Enjoy this second video Dispach of Te Araroa expedition in New Zealand. At 1601hrs on Saturday February 2nd 2013 after, 53 days 9 hours and 1 minute setting from Cape Reigna, The North Face athlete...
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Day 1: Cape Reigna to Ahipara (Ninety Mile Beach)
Start: Cape Reigna (0km) Finish: Ahipara (101km) Distance for the day (101km) Cumulative distance (101km) Today was the start of the expedition and my first steps on the Te Aroara trail. The starting...
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Te Araroa – Day 2: Ahipara to Mangamuka
Start: Ahipara (101km) Finish: Mangamuka (154km) Distance for the day (53km) Cumulative distance (154km) Today was always going to be tough; the start of the back-to-back/running when tired routine...
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Te Araroa: Day 3: Mangamuka to Kerikeri
Start: Mangamuka (154km) Finish: Kerikeri (219km) Distance for the day: (65km) Cumulative distance: (221km) Cumulative moving time: 32hrs 05mins I’m quickly learning that Te Araora has plenty of...
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Te Araroa – Day 4: Kerikeri to Whangaruru South
Start: Kerikeri (219km) Finish: Whangaruru South (281km) Distance for the day: (62km) Cumulative distance: (281km) Today’s outing was a perfect illustration of why this is such an appealing route to be...
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Te Araroa – Day 5: Whangaruru South to Kiripaka
Start: Whangaruru South (281km) Finish: Kiripaka (338km) Distance for the day: (57km) Cumulative distance: (338km) Cumulative moving time: 50hrs 57mins The total distance for today’s run was actually...
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Te Araroa – Day 6: Kiripaka to Waipu Cove
Start: Kiripaka (338km) Finish: Waipu Cove (408km) Distance for the day: (70km) Cumulative distance: (408km) Cumulative moving time: 61hrs 15mins Today I ran/ paddled 82km, but because of the inland...
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Te Araroa – Day 7
Start: Waipu Cove 408km Finish: Matakana 472km Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 472km My first week on the trail is now complete – the first significant milestone – and a very...
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Te Araroa – Day 8
Start: Matakana (472km) Finish: Stillwater (543km) Distance for the day: 71km Cumulative distance: 543km A blog post from Mark tonight, as I had a late one on the trail – JB. It’s been a long day for...
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Te Araroa – Day 9
Start: Stillwater (543km) Finish: Ihumatao – nr Auckland Airport (607km) Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 607km Today was an exciting day, filled with unusual emotions and unexpected...
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Te Araroa – Day 10
Start: Ihumatao – nr Auckland Airport (607km) Finish: nr Upper Mangatawhiri Dam (670.5km) Distance for the day: 63.5 Cumulative distance: 670.5km This really is a surreal experience in so many...
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Te Araroa – Day 11
Start: nr Upper Mangatawhiri Dam (670.5km) Finish: nr Huntly (738km) Distance for the day: 67.5km Cumulative distance: 738km Today was hard (I might as well leave that opening sentence in every day)....
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Te Araroa – Day average: and a long way to go
(written by crew member Jamie Ashwell) 05.45: I’m deeply asleep (as we didn’t finish jobs and get to bed until midnight) but am becoming conscious of the stirring in the van beneath me. As I slowly...
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Te Araroa – Day 13
Start: nr Huntly (738km) Finish: Old Mountain Road (804km) Distance for the day: 66km Cumulative distance: 804km I was pretty honest about my day yesterday, it wasn’t great, but I’m happy to tell it...
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Start: Old Mountain Road (804km) Finish: Waitomo (870km) Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 870km I set off today with no target distance in mind for the day. I knew as soon as I looked at...
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Te Araroa – Christmas Day
Start: Waitomo (870km) Finish: Waipa Valley Road (somewhere) (922km) Distance for the day: 52km Cumulative distance: 922km Christmas Day on the trail was mentally very tough. If it had been a straight...
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Te Araroa – Day 17
Start: 42nd Traverse (half way across) (1,037km) Finish: National Park (1,113km) Distance for the day: 76km Cumulative distance: 1,037km I’m back! The last two nights I’ve spent in remote places on the...
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Te Araroa – Day 18
Start: National Park (1,113km) Finish: Bridge to Nowhere (1,191km) Distance for the day: 78km Cumulative distance: 1,191km Big day. It was another case of the official paper/mapped distance not...
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Te Araroa – Day 19
Start: Bridge to Nowhere (1,191km) Finish: Atene (1,263km) Distance for the day: 72km Cumulative distance: 1,263km A day off! Well from running…. This was a major milestone for me; reaching the...
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Te Araroa – Day 21: Koitiata to Turitea
Start: Koitiata (1,339km) Finish: Turitea – Greens Road (1,418km) Distance for the day: 79km Cumulative distance: 1,418km Don’t get too excited about the distance covered, it was pretty easy running...
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Day 23: Te Matawai Hut to Parawai Lodge
Start: Te Matawai Hut (1,484km) Finish: Parawai Lodge (1,515km) Distance for the day: 31km Cumulative distance: 1,515km I ‘ran’ for just over 13 hours today, and covered the rather measly distance of...
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Day 24: Parawai Lodge to Ohauri Valley Road
Start: Parawai Lodge (1,515km) Finish: Oharui Valley Road (1,595km) Distance for the day: 80km Cumulative distance: 1,595km Today’s objective was to get as close to as possible to Wellington, the...
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The North Face® Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc®
Ultra Marathon: The North Face® Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc® Story told by: Lizzy Hawker, Ultra-Runner Athletes in the video: Sebastien Chaigneau, Ultra-Runner Mike Wolfe, Ultra-Runner Tracy Garneau,...
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Get Ready For (ep. 4) – Spring Training And The Importance of Nutrition
In this Get Ready For Ultra Season episode, Sebastien Chaigneau visits his team member Jez Bragg in the South West of England to train together for the spring season. They explore the beautiful...
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The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont- Blanc Mini Races
The organizers of The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc this year adds a new level to an already epic beauty of a extraordinary human race by bringing on board the next generation of ultra runners....
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The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc – Mini CCC
Amazing kids, taking on the 800m with 6m of elevation gain Mini CCC course, The North Face Athletes; Sebastien Chaigneau, Mike Wolfe, Jez Bragg and Hal Koerner led the kids through this course, giving...
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The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2011: Athletes interview
The North Face® Athletes talk about their experiences as professional ultra runners. The post The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2011: Athletes interview appeared first on THE NORTH FACE...
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The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® – Updates from Saint-Gervais 5:30am
At Saint-Gervais after 21 km or so, the race is still close and competitive as 24 runners followed each other in a time of 10 minutes. Since the trail world championship exists for 3 years now, UTMB...
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The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® – Race Dispach part 2
After 8 hours of running, athletes are getting into Courmayeur around 8.05 am. The North Face® Athlete Sébastien Chaigneau has taken the advantage over his comrades. The French runner arrived one...
View ArticleAthletes Interviews Before the Start of the Race
The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc is about to start in one hour. While we wait for this epic moment to begin we want to share few Athletes interviews. We caught up with The North Face athlete...
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Te Araroa -5 days: Arriving in Auckland
So here the adventure begins. I’m on the final leg of a long journey from the south coast of England to Auckland, via Dubai, along with my two support guys, Mark and James. It’s almost feels quite...
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Te Araroa – Heading North
We’ve made the journey north from Auckland in a couple of legs; firstly an overnight in Ruakaka staying at a beautiful location next to the river estuary looking out over Bream Bay, and now up to...
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Days 28-30: A traverse of the Richmond Range
Day 28: Pelorus (1,801km) to Starveall Hut (1,848km) Day 29: Starveall Hut (1,848km) to Top Wairoa Hut (1,886km) Day 30: Top Wairoa Hut (1,886km) to road head (1,920km) Cumulative distance: 1,920km I’m...
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Te Araroa Expedition- After 53 Days and 3,054km of Running, Jez Bragg Crosses...
Start: Riverton (2,988km) Finish: Bluff (3,054km) Distance for the day: 68km Cumulative distance: 3,054km Distance to Bluff: 0km At 1601hrs on Saturday February 2nd 2013 after, 53 days 9 hours and 1...
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