Norsewood to Takapau Fun Challenge
Sunday May 12, 2019: A point to point race between Norsewood and Takapau using back country roads. It is organised by Takapau School as a fundraiser - at $25 for a half marathon it is great value. It's most definitely a no-frills event - no medals here, times recorded manually at the finish - but I love the grassroots style event. This was to be my 6th half marathon, and my training had been far less consistent than what I would usually do in the lead up to a half marathon. I usually schedule in long runs with building distances, but this time around, while I'd still been running three-four days a week I hadn't run over 10km since the Ruapehu Express in February. A few weeks before the event I took part in the LedLenser Night run in New Plymouth, 12km in the forest with a reasonable amount of elevation, which I managed quite well (better than I thought!) despite thinking I didn't have much endurance in my legs. My mate Kevin had invited me over to d