When you cross the finish line of the Greymouth Spring Challenge or Hawkes Bay Spring Challenge, you and your team mates have accomplished something very special.
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Andrew’s Journey From Starting Fitness To Coast 2 Coast With Coach Ray
I would highly recommend to anyone the services of Ray to help them on the way to achieve great results in whatever sporting endeavour they are taking on.
View More Andrew’s Journey From Starting Fitness To Coast 2 Coast With Coach RayNess Tackles Spring Challenge Challenges
Ness Gundry is this months ‘Client of the Month’. In the last weekend of September she completed the 9hr Spring Challenge (a women only adventure race) and…
View More Ness Tackles Spring Challenge ChallengesHow to Plan an Adventurous Training Session for Spring Challenge
Earlier this week I wrote an article that has been very well received about my Top 3 Training Locations in Takaka for the Spring Challenge.…
View More How to Plan an Adventurous Training Session for Spring ChallengeHow To Celebrate Your 40th
I’ve just had an amazing weekend thanks to my partner putting together a weekend to remember. Since we first met nearly two years ago we…
View More How To Celebrate Your 40thBeginner Adventure Racer Enjoys the Spring Challenge with Guidance from Coach Ray
Signing up to Spring Challenge as a first timer was both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Aside from riding my bike around town…
View More Beginner Adventure Racer Enjoys the Spring Challenge with Guidance from Coach RayPeriodisation of a Season
There are a number of methods to periodise a training build up for an event. Some of the more prominent coaches and academics in this…
View More Periodisation of a SeasonNew Year’s Adventure Part One
I’m typing this after arriving at Slaty Hut. Rachel and I have walked 17.7km thus far today. Over 7 hours of walking up from Aniseed…
View More New Year’s Adventure Part OneSpring Challenge
“When Ray asked me to write an article on my Spring Challenge experience I thought heck I could easily write a novel. But he required only 200 words. It was three weeks from the Spring Challenge kick-off. I get the important text “Ness would you want to be in my team the Stoken Hopefulls for Spring Challenge?” I didn’t need to be asked, I was in. I did feel a slight pang of guilt when I signed up. I felt like I was dropping my uncommitted teammates Marg and Rach for this other team. I had no idea of my “new” teammates’ strengths and weaknesses. I felt confident I had a good base level of fitness.
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