Behind the current podium potentials there’s a few shifts going on. It looks like Ataraxia MACPAC (01) and Racer’s Edge – Powered by Torpedo 7 (21) are spending Monday evening and night taking turns in the fourth and fifth spots over the Te Iringa Track and Mohaka River. Both teams are very well respected by
An ongoing battle is developing for second and third position on day three of GODZone as the 666km race heads into serious backcountry southeast of Taupo. Richie McCaw’s sixth placing at GODZone in Fiordland back in 2018 has been playing on his mind and, the former All Black seems determined to push his isport team
Checking out the GODZone tracking map today, it would easy to wonder what on earth teams have been doing overnight as they are spread through the Whirinaki State Forest in clusters. It’s been a night of bush bashing and head-scratching as teams tackled GODZone’s first Rogaine (and trek), which has slowed down the mid-fields pace
It’s at this stage of the race that doubt starts to creep in for some teams, as to whether they will make the cut off or not. Day Two has just about come to an end, with the top half of the field on the Stage 4 rogaine which takes them through the Whirinaki State
Given New Zealand’s iconic expedition-length adventure race put the ‘Sold Out’ sign up just one day after opening entries way back in September 2019, it’s been a long haul since then to get the Chapter 9 operational. But up and running it is as the teams kick into day two of racing around the greater
In true New Zealand style, the epic nature of the world’s biggest adventure race, GODZone, was heightened by an earthquake that decided to jump on in and shake things up. At 2.27am this morning a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, one of three in fact, hit 100 kilometres east of Te Araroa in the North Island. Even
He is a world-class paddler. His team are six-time world champion adventure racers, so it’s no surprise that Nathan Fa’avae and team Avaya are pushing former All Black captain Richie McCaw and his isport team for pole position on the first day of GODZone. “This is an exciting event for us, and it’s the first
The GODZone course was revealed to competitors at yesterdays briefing ahead of today’s start at the beautiful Redwoods Maori Village in Rotorua. As the first North Island race, Rotorua and the greater BOP and Taupo volcanic area’s have offered up a plethora of incredible locales for racers to experience and Event Directors Warren Bates and
Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick championed GODZone competitors and the race organisers this morning when she delivered an official event welcome to Rotorua via video messaging. Today’s official GODZone Chapter 9 welcome and event race briefing planned for the Rotorua Energy Event Centre (EEC) was canned due to New Zealand’s current Level 2 Covid restrictions. Instead,
Welcome everyone to GODZone Chapter 9 in Rotorua. All competitors please see below an official welcome to the region from Rotorua Mayor Stevie Chadwick, the competitor briefing with Race Director Adam Fairmaid, the safety briefing with Wayne Allen, a general briefing with competitor liaison Keren McSkimming and a GODZone race patron Steve Gurney. Mayor Stevie
GODZone event director Warren Bates says the event has been planned with potential COVID restrictions in mind. The organising team is working closely with local and Government authorities to ensure the event can go ahead safely this week. “Our organising team are aware of the need to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and are committed
It will be all guns blazing when seventy New Zealand adventure racing teams line up on the start line for GODZone Chapter 9 in Rotorua next month. The multi-day, nonstop expedition race (4th – 14th March 2021) has attracted some of the world’s best racers, including six-time world adventure racing champions Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart,
In just over eight weeks, more than 300 adventure racers from around New Zealand will descend on Rotorua in readiness for the ninth chapter of the world’s largest expedition adventure race GODZone. GODZone will celebrate Rotorua’s acclaimed natural, volcanic landscape and local outdoor adventure scene. The adventure racing teams will experience the best the region
Former All Black champion Richie McCaw has announced he will be lining up for a third crack at New Zealand’s premier adventure racing event, GODZone, in March 2021. McCaw will tackle the gruelling expedition race, the largest of its kind in the world in Rotorua from the 4th – 13th March 2021 alongside fellow adventure
