Middle of Stage 3
Nga Rakau arrived at the endf of the 'white-water' kayak at around 4pm. Although the river levels were low, and there wasn't supposed to be much white-water, Neil & Tim managed to empty themselves into the river. And the team ahead of them did too. Resulting in Nga Rakau coming into the transition first, announcing that they were 'winning the AR World Champs'. Just because it's Tim's birthday, we let them have their moment of glory.
Their transition was a little slow, which was a very good thing, as Sonja and my (and Brian's) support day from hell was continuing, with three pairs of bikes shoes back at the last transition. (Did I mention the little town of Loriga at 3am this morning? No. That's because we're not over it yet).
The shoes turned up with another support crew in the nick of time, and the team headed off into the fading light on another 100km-ish MTB.
Word at that CP was that Orion & Nike had made it on to the water before the 3:30pm dark zone. Both still have all checkpoints & bonuses. I think the other teams can still get a checkpoint by the alternate trekking route, but another 20km on foot is probably not what they want right now.
Their transition was a little slow, which was a very good thing, as Sonja and my (and Brian's) support day from hell was continuing, with three pairs of bikes shoes back at the last transition. (Did I mention the little town of Loriga at 3am this morning? No. That's because we're not over it yet).
The shoes turned up with another support crew in the nick of time, and the team headed off into the fading light on another 100km-ish MTB.
Word at that CP was that Orion & Nike had made it on to the water before the 3:30pm dark zone. Both still have all checkpoints & bonuses. I think the other teams can still get a checkpoint by the alternate trekking route, but another 20km on foot is probably not what they want right now.
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