The Mars Challenge
The Chocoholics Race
Jarad Kohlar / 29.04.2006
After heading down to Tasmania to compete in the annual Three Peaks Race the weekend before this year’s Mars Challenge, I was a little concerned about how my body was going to pull up. At the start line at Sovereign Hill I knew it was going to be a long day. After about 30minutes into the run I found myself struggling to run up hill, losing ground to a team runner on the uphill, and then recovering it on the downhill. The running weather was wet, misty with a little rain. This made some of the downhill sections quite slippery under foot but also provided me with some entertainment. I watched a team runner slide out and roll down the steep switchback sections off Mt Buninyong. In the end I gritted my teeth and managed to head into the run/ride transition in pretty good shape 4 minutes ahead of the next solo competitor Ryan Cross.
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