Good Mates AR

We are cheering MATES home all the way!! Full course💥

Our Navs

Quick transition at TA6 for the team!

MATES smashed out their 120km MTB through the night and are now out on the 55km Takitimu Traverse on day 6 of their adventure. They have another stunning day for it!

MATES opted for the packraft over the hike up the mountains today in stage 6 of their GodZone adventure. Will they get ahead?

Great to see you MATES after a few remote TA’s with no support crew. We can’t wait to see them again for breakfast on Monday morning at TA6 if all goes to plan.
Keep up the awesome work!

Looking good and spirits are high. They are legends!!!!

3pm tomorrow we’re out the gate & into it🔥Get after it Team #21
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Looks like we’ve got a bit to chew off for the next little while ...
• 578km, 10 Stages
• 10,700m Elevation↗️
• 89km Packrafting
• 252km Mountain Biking
• 85km Kayaking
• 152km Trekking





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Sobering stats from our MATES at ⛑Why? ... because su***de is everyone’s business, it does not discriminate, including our little group of 4 MATES who go adventure racing.
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2/4 of our team have already experienced the impact that su***de can have in their immediate family.
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Let’s make it some normal talk about su***de & how we deal with. Not positive, not negative ... just normal, because it’s currently a reality that too many of us live with & we need to talk about it to change it.
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***deawarness

in the wild
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Been munching on these delicious bars while training for & they've really hit the spot 💪Good, clean, natural bars made locally in Christchurch ... how good!!
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We're big fans of sustained energy release from the balanced ingredients ⚖ & the fully compostable packaging🌏👏
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Better get your Berry Berry Beetroot & Cacao/Hemp asap before we clean them out for GZ next week😋

LUKE CARROLL
Our friendly Aussie, Luke is a positive & balanced guy, who reckons if you stop having fun, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.
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He moved to NZ from Aus to 'hike his brains out for a year or 2', but after discovering AR & multi-sport as a fun & fast way to see the back country, he's never left!
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Engineer by trade, Luke thinks he knows his way around a compass & loves a tough bit of competitive problem solving, so he'll be Josh's navigation sanity check, hopefully like Batman & Robin🦹‍♂️🦸‍♂️
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GZ newbie & also a brand new Dad, he told the team he'd have more time for training during paternity leave ... lol 🤣 ... at least the sleep deprivation has been good for him😴