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Melissa_Theuriau
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 Posted: Fri 2nd May 8:56am Post subject: MS: Kathmandu Crazyman |
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Calendar Event: May 3, 2008 
World Champion & Wife Favourite For Crazyman
Close to 500 endurance junkies will line up on Petone Foreshore on Saturday morning for Wellington’s 18th HuttValley.com Crazyman. The 66km multisport epic will see competitors from all ends of New Zealand and Australia kayaking, mountain biking and mountain running the rugged splendour of the Lower Hutt’s hills, river and harbour is one of New Zealand’s biggest and longest running multisport events.
On a course that is as spectacular as it is challenging, competitors open up with a 12k kayak leg along Petone Foreshore and around the eastern bays of Wellington Harbour to Eastbourne. They then swap kayaks for running shoes for an 18k mountain run over the Eastern harbour Regional Park and Mt Lowry to Wainuiomata. The final leg is a 34k mountain bike along the Hutt Hills Skyline and down the Hutt River Trail to finish at the Lower Hutt Town Hall.
As part of the Sportzhub.com national series, the Kathmandu Crazyman is one of New Zealand’s most prestigious multisport events, and a world class field will gather on the Petone Foreshore start line.
Favourite is three-time world multisport champion Richard Ussher. The former Olympic-skier, who hails from Wellington but now lives in Nelson, won the Crazyman in 2000, 2006 and in 2007 when he smashed his own race record by 15min.
This weekend he faces the comeback kid in former world title runner-up Neil Gellatly from Rotorua. Gellatly has come back to the top level of the sport this year and at the Crazyman he returns to the site of his first multisport race more than a decade ago.
Both Ussher and Gellatly, however, will need to watch out for dark horse Australian Jarad Kohlar. The Melbourne athlete is a top performer on the fast-growing Australian multisport scene, and three years ago he led Ussher after the mountain run at the world championship at the Coast to Coast. His ability on foot could see Ussher in the unfamiliar position of chasing to retain his Crazyman title.
Richard Ussher will have some extra motivation, however. As well as defending his Crazyman title he’ll be trying to repeat the husband and wife double that he and wife Elina achieved last year.
Elina Ussher, formerly of Finland but now living in Nelson, returns to defend her title. But on recent form Wellington’s 2007 world champion Fleur Pawsey is favourite.
Pawsey claimed second in this year’s world championship at the Coast to Coast earlier this year. She has extra motivation too, after failing to finish last year’s Crazyman when her kayak rudder broke.
Both women will need to watch out for mountain bike specialist Katrina Lawton. The Rotorua firefighter is a solid kayaker and runner, and if she can start the mountain bike section within five minutes of the leaders she could surprise the two favourites.
In other categories, the men’s duathlon option is shaping up as a top class affair, with former New Zealand rep Dave Rowlands going head to head with mountain bike and off-road triathlon specialist Mark Leishman. Leishaman's partner Nic Leary is also favourite in the women’s duathlon.
Kathmandu Crazyman organisers are expecting approx 500 competitors for the 66km tour through the icon outdoor elements of Wellington’s Hutt City. The event includes the full kayak, run and mountain bike for teams and individuals, and also a run and mountain bike duathlon option for non-kayakers. The race starts at 8am on Saturday morning on Petone Foreshore, and entries will be taken up to 7:00pm on Friday. For further details visit www.crazyman.co.nz or Ph: 0275 244 821.
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psychavoc
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 7:26pm Post subject: |
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That was fun to watch today!  Didn't get to see much other than the transitions and the finish, but the bike section looked pretty muddy judging by all the mud on people crossing the finish! 
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SlackBoy
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 7:29pm Post subject: |
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but who won, did cabin get the record, did ussher win the overalls. did big gav rule all on teh bike????
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psychavoc
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 7:31pm Post subject: |
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Richard Ussher won the multisport. Cabin got second to Rowlands (after he went the wrong way at the start of the bike section!) in the duathlon. Gav was third person back on the bike and his team came first in the multisport
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wgtngrl
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 8:18pm Post subject: |
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Have to see full results to find out who did fastest bike of the day... any confirmation on womens multi and duo?
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jo
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 10:58pm Post subject: |
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I think rockit said she was in the 2nd womens multi team. Unless the wine has dulled my brain which is entirely possible. 
Apparently there was a little confusion in the results at prizegiving, so maybe all will be cleared up in the next day or two.
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jo
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| Posted: Sat 3rd May 11:12pm Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, I think rockit said individual multisport women went
1. Katrina Lawton
2. Fleur Pawsey
3. Jo Holden
But same caveat applies... 
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benw
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| Posted: Sun 4th May 7:41am Post subject: |
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It was super slippery, cold and muddy yesterday. I was hailed on twice on the tops but still plenty of fun, streaking past multi-sport types down the hills was a highlight. Silly buggers from Hutt City or GW cut down about 2 kms of gorse and put it all over the track on the last downhill into Silverstream.
Nevegals for the win in the mud although not so much on the hutt river trail into the teeth of that southerly  By the comments I was one of the muddiest at the finish
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Cabin
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| Posted: Sun 4th May 10:21am Post subject: |
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| wgtngrl wrote: | | Have to see full results to find out who did fastest bike of the day... any confirmation on womens multi and duo? |
Nic won womens du. Was on course to smash record till a whole lot of parc got in her eyes and she rode the last 12km or so pretty much blind. still won easily (and my have done fastest bike split anyway? Not sure right now...)
Course conditions were pretty slow. Big Gav fastest bike easy. I was a bit average. Head not really n it. And decided to take a bit of a deviation before starting the MTB section (thanks marshalls?!) so gave Mr Rowlands an extra 4 mins or so on top of the 6-7 he already had after the run. He broke his own record, and I ame in 3 or 4min later.
Ussher showed his class in destroying the mens field in the premier race. even with a couple of punctures still won comfortably.
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thelivo
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| Posted: Sun 4th May 11:46am Post subject: |
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I had loads of fun, first time i have been off road in the mud for years, had a hoot. I'm not the greatest climber in the world but felt really good to pass loads of people up everest and then cycle through 4 or 5 people having a break at the top!!
All in all a good day!
(and a nice surprise was getting 3rd in the mixed team event!)
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benw
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| Posted: Sun 4th May 2:40pm Post subject: |
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| Cabin wrote: | | And decided to take a bit of a deviation before starting the MTB section (thanks marshalls?!) so gave Mr Rowlands an extra 4 mins or so on top of the 6-7 he already had after the run. |
Sorry to hear that, did the marshalls point you the wrong way down the street?
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Cabin
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| Posted: Mon 5th May 10:11am Post subject: |
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| benw wrote: | | Cabin wrote: | | And decided to take a bit of a deviation before starting the MTB section (thanks marshalls?!) so gave Mr Rowlands an extra 4 mins or so on top of the 6-7 he already had after the run. |
Sorry to hear that, did the marshalls point you the wrong way down the street? |
well.... it is athletes responsibility to know where course goes... but I rode straight past the marshalls at the turn in point as they watched me go past. Me thinking maybe they were at that gate to stop people turning in there! couple of miutes later having ridden round the roundabout a couple of times it was pretty obvious what I should have done. ah well. wasn't meant to be!
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psychavoc
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Cabin
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| Posted: Mon 5th May 10:23am Post subject: |
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Hmmm. Not bad huh? Must have a good coach 
Imagine whenl she remembers to start wearing glasses so can actually see for the whole ride! Oh.... and I built up the new bike yesterday arvo. Almost 2kg lighter than what was ridden on Saturday. That might make a wee difference too
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psychavoc
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| Posted: Mon 5th May 10:26am Post subject: |
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She'll be unstoppable
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