Wayne Oxenham, 36 (Team Captain)
Where did you grow up?
Omokoroa, near Whakamaramara on a Kiwifruit orchard.
What was your first Adventure race?
ARC12hr 2003, with my bro. We had never seen a topo map in our
lives, paddled single sea kayaks, didn't have a compass, but we
won it. He's now got two kids and an Enduro Bike.
Little known / unlikely fact about yourself?
I have one foot bigger than the other so tend to run around in
circles.
What you will do when your knees finally give out?
Knitting.
Occupation?
International Man of Mystery - for Orion Health.
Worst Adventure racing experience?
Taking over the nav from sick team mates in Ecomotion Brazil,
missing a turnoff and going down the wrong valley in torrential
rain and spending 12hours carrying our bikes over thick mud.
Biggest "blow"?
2004 6hr Rogainne at Huia - I tried racing on Coke (from the start),
and completely blew up after 3 hours - sorry Lach ;)
Favourite Adventure Racing food?
Pies (in transition and on the course).
Best support crew moment?
Every transition - they are always smiling and happy to see us
:)
Favourite Race?
ARC and really looking forward to the ARC48 in 2006!
Click here to watch a video of Wayne in action. [17.4MB]
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Results
2008
16th Coast to Coast
3rd Moehau Multisport race
2007
Recovering from achilles surgery
2006
1st Kaipara to Kowhai Coast Multi-Sport Challenge (in a team)
1st Wild Moa Multisport Race 2005
1st Piha 6 hour Rogaine
2nd in age-group at NZ Xterra in Rotorua – qualifying for
World Champs.
3rd Moehau Man
5th Wild Moa
5th Kururau Krusher
2004
6th Kauri Run – 25km off road run
4th Arrow Auckland, 24 hour race
2nd 6 hour Huia Rogaine
1st 6 hour Piha Rogaine
3rd Big Day Out Adventure Race
19th Coast to Coast
4th in Monty’s Revenge
1st two man team in Moehau Man
2003
5th Auckland Arrow, 24 hour Adventure Race
1st ARC 12 hour Adventure Race
6th in Superdune
6th in Motu Challenge
10th Colville Connection Mountain Bike race
3rd Wild Turkey off road half marathon
1999
1st in 1999 NZ Swim Run Championships (age group title)
10hr 31min NZ Ironman
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Stuart Lynch, 30
Where did you grow up?
Rangitoto, not the island - a small farming community east of
Te Kuiti where my parents still have their Dairy farm.
What was your first Adventure race?
Leppin Big day out in 1999, held in the Kaimai Ranges in the worst
weather I've ever raced in - everything since has been easier.
Little known / unlikely fact about yourself?
My middle name is "Edric Baker" which is the name of
my uncle who works as a doctor in a rural village in Bangladesh.
What you will do when your knees finally give out?
Buy a dirt-bike and take up Enduro riding.
Occupation?
Computer Programmer for Datacom Systems Ltd - Auckland.
Worst Adventure racing experience?
Spending many hours lost on a farm in what should have been an
easy bit of navigation near the end of a long mountainbike stage
in the 2004 Southern Traverse.
Biggest "blow"?
Last stage on Day two of the Coromandel Classic 2003. Took 2 hours
to complete a 30km bike leg. Consumed an entire packet of toffee
pops while sitting on the side of the road.
Favourite Adventure Racing food?
Bacon and egg pie with veges for transition and jelly snakes out
on the course.
Best support crew moment?
Receiving a foot wash and massage after the trekking stage in
the 2003 Auckland Arrow. Far above and beyond the call of duty
but pretty near the best feeling in the world.
Favourite Race?
Tie between the ARC 24hr and the Carson Challenge.
Click here to watch a video of Stuart in action. [9.1MB]
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Results
2008
1st Wild Moa
2nd Kururau Krusher
7th Coast to Coast
1st Moehau Multisport race
2007
12th Coast to Coast
1st Moehau Man
1st Kururau Krusher
1st Wild Moa 2006
1st Head to Head
1st Black Stump MTB Race
1st Moehau Man
2005
1st Piha 6 hour Rogaine
1st in age-group at NZ Xterra triathlon – qualifying for
World Champs
2nd Moehau Man
1st Wild Moa
1st Mixed Team – Kaweka Challenge
2004
2nd Kauri Run – 25 km Off Road Run
NZ Representative for Mountain Bike Orienteering at world champs
8th Southern Traverse 5 day adventure race
1st P6, 6 hour adventure race
1st Arrow Wellington, 24 hour race
2nd Arrow Auckland, 24 hour race
1st Whakatane 24 hour race
1st Mixed Team Monty’s Revenge
1st Carson Challenge Cruising division
2nd Wild Moa
2nd Coromadel Classic
2003
1st Arrow Auckland, 24 hour race
1st Rodney Coast
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Brent Edwards, 29
Where did you grow up?
A farm in Oropi, somewhere between Tauranga and Rotorua.
What was your first Adventure race?
2004 Christchurch Arrow 24 hour, in the snow. Came second just
half an hour behind Seagate.
Little known / unlikely fact about yourself?
I don't think so, everyone already knows way too much about me.
What you will do when your knees finally give out?
Put them in the garage with all the other broken gear.
Occupation?
NZ Police Officer (retired).
Worst Adventure racing experience?
Being support crew, I just wanted to be out there racing.
Biggest "blow"?
2004 Kauri Run. feeling good the entire way then, after consuming
numerous jellybeans getting massive cramp down the last hill.
Having to stop and stretch for 5 minutes before limping home.
Favourite Adventure Racing food?
Pizza.
Best support crew moment?
Finishing the 2004 Christchurch arrow, and our support crew (Russell
Prince) was not at the finish. Instead he had gone to go to the
local night club in Hamner to dance the rest of the night away.
Favourite Race?
I hate them all an equal amount.
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Results
2008
7th Kururau Krusher
2007
19th Coast to Coast
2nd Wild Moa - Multisport 2006
1st Waiheke Challenge
5th Wild Moa - Multisport
2005
7th Motu Challenge
1st Auckland Orienteering Championships
8th NZ Orienteering Championships (long distance)
Selected for World Oienteering Champs (Japan)
28th World Orienteering Champs (Long Distance)
2nd 10/20 Adventure Race
3rd NZ Orienteering Champs (Relay)
1st Team Coromandal Classic
6th Wild Turkey Off Road Half Marathon
2004
2nd Christchurch Arrow Adventure Race
10th Kauri Run
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Anna Berthelsen, 25
Where did you grow up?
An isolated Dairy Farm in Tasmania.
What was your first Adventure race?
24hr Arrow in Christchurch 2005.
Little known / unlikely fact about yourself?
I used to live on a boat.
What you will do when your knees finally give out?
Walk on my hands (I used to be a gymnast).
Occupation?
Marine Biologist.
Worst Adventure racing experience?
Running out of lollies.
Biggest "blow"?
One time bike training without enough food my family had to come
pick me up off the ground on the side of the road cos I didn't
have enough energy left to even stand up.
Favourite Adventure Racing food?
Lollies.
Best support crew moment?
Every time my family and friends are there to help me out is great.
Favourite Race?
TWALK (24 hour orienteering race in Christchurch) heaps of fun
with friends and 24 hours of hot food all you can eat, what more
could you want.
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Results
2008
4th Coast to Coast
2007
2nd Moehau Man
1st Wild Moa - Multisport 2006
3rd Coast to Coast
1st Wild Moa
2nd Moehau man
1st Mt Maunganui running race
2005
5th Coast to Coast
1st Son of Moehau
2004
2nd Two day Coast to Coast
1st team Goldrush
1st Son of Moehau
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