On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 5:30 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > The Coast to Coast is THE multisport race to take part in. It attracts > masochistic multisport athletes from all over the world who traverse 243km > (about 150 miles) by bike, foot and kayak to journey from the west coast to > the east coast of NZ's South Island. Everyone who finishes the race gets a > medal and a hard-earned can of beer. > > The top one-day competitors typically finish in the 11-to-12 hour range. > > The finish line is in a beachside suburb of Christchurch city, where I happen > to live, so I'd be crazy not to miss it. Especially as I run a multisport > website... however I don't move in such exalted circles as to obtain a media > pass, so I just turned up and found a spot alongside the finishing chute. > It's the first time I've witnessed this and it was quite inspirational to see > what these people had achieved in finishing. > > This year the course was altered due to bad weather in the mountains, and > this took about 90 minutes off the elite finishing times. > > I've split the photos into two galleries due to the quantity. I think there > are 30 photos in total. > > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/705-2010-02-13-speights-coast-to-coast-photos-1.html> > > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/706-2010-02-13-speights-coast-to-coast-photos-2.html> > > The photos look like they're out of order because the athletes are started at > different times depending on which section they're in (2-day individual, > 2-day team, or 1-day individual).
Why are people running in the sand with their helmets on? I take it they just got off their bikes a few moments ago? Each gallery features really good photos. Gives us a real feel for how what the athletes went through to get to the finish line, and what they were feeling as they crossed that line. Well done! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
