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Question of the day · From 1 October

Reckon you know your trails?

From Thursday 1 October there's a new question here every day. One question, 10 seconds, no Googling. Most right in the month takes the prize.

Here's a practice one so you know what you're in for. It doesn't count.

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VERTual July

100 m of vert on day one. 200 m on day two. Keep adding 100 every day. Miss a day, you're out. Last one standing wins: five-and-a-half Everests if you make the whole month.

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What's on

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Sep 26

Cole Murray Cape Kidnappers Trail Run

Hawke's Bay

6km 10km 15km 21km 34km Entries closed

Sep 26

The Awa Backyard Ultra

Taranaki / Whanganui · Whanganui

Back Yard Ultra

Oct 3

Rakiura Challenge

Southland · Rakiura / Stewart Island

32km

Oct 3

Marina 2 Marina

Nelson / Tasman · Picton

10km 13km 24km Closing soon

Oct 11

Trail Trilogy

Waikato · Waihi, Coromandel

9km 21.1km 42.2km (Solo/Relay) 55km (Solo/Relay) 100km (Solo/Relay)

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Men's "Recovery" Jumper - 4 AM

This is for the mission-hungover, the brunch-bound, and the stiff-legged legends who did something yesterday.

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Adventure Cap - 4 AM

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Runner feed

Out there on the trails this week.

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Some fantastic racing at the pointy end over the last weekend at Race Tekapo 👌

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Some predictions for this weekends Race Tekapo. Looks like a good dusting of snow overnight so expect a bit of extra mud on course 👌

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One more for good luck

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A few more silly posters for ya’ll. Newsletter delayed to tomorrow, been getting down with the sickness 🤘

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What ya’ll get for Fathers Day? I made this image as a nit of a joke but starting to think I would probably read it front to back 😂 @malsadventures didn’t you say something like you need to write a new book?

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