Ussher to defend Coast to Coast title in Trinidad
Stan van Jaarsveld / 07.10.2007
The third edition of the Tropical Power Coast to Coast race will run off today at the Toco Light House, Toco.Stage one of the five stage event will consist of a 1.4km run before competitors transition to a 37km bicycle ride to Matelot. The second and final stage of the first day will see competitors complete a 32km run ending at Blanchisseuse.
The second day of competition will start at 5.30am with Stage three being a 58km bicycle ride to Diego Martin North Post followed by Stage four which is an 8km run ending at Macqueripe. The fifth stage will see competitors undertake a gruelling 30km paddle ending at Williams Bay.
Returning for the 2007 race are defending men and women’s champion Richard and Elina Ussher from New Zealand. Top South African Multi-Sporter, Martin Dreyer will be making his first appearance at the competition alongside a host of foreign competitors from Canada, England, Scotland, United States as well as local Multi-Sporters.
This year a total of US$10,000 in cash prizes will be at stake with the overall winner receiving US$3,000. If the overall winner is male the first female will receive US$1,500, the second US$1,000 and the third US$750, while the second male would receive US$1,000 and the third US$750.
The first local person to finish the race would receive a trip to New Zealand to compete with the world’s best in their state Coast to Coast event. In the relay category the team winning the event would receive US$1,500, runner-up US$1,000 and third US$750.
