Snowy Hydro Upper Murray Challenge
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Kate Reeves - Melbourne Adventure / 10.10.2006
“ The Upper Murray Challenge, hmmm, 38kms of mountain biking, 26kms of paddling followed by a hilly 25km run. What a great sounding event… but what on earth am I doing here!!?� All this was going through my mind as I squared up at the start line on a brisk spring morning in Khancoban last week...A couple of years ago whilst returning from a ski trip to Kosciusko we passed several cars adorned with bikes and boats and wondered what was going on. Someone piped up that it must be a multi-sport race, the Upper Murray Challenge. I remember thinking that it all sounded quite cool, pity I couldn’t paddle or run. But somewhere a seed of an idea must have been planted… So it wasn’t a total accident that I ended up on the start line two years later. Little by little I have been trying to convert myself from a long time mountain bike only chick into a runner and a kayaker too (and there’s still a long way to go mind you!) I started to check out a few different events and, along with a crew of willing accomplices, have worked my way through various Kathmandu, Teva, AROC and the Anaconda races, sometimes doing the whole thing and sometimes doing it as a relay but this was going to be a big step up!
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