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A great weekend had by all below is Bern's report Mention the word 'Taupo' to our tri-buddies and the conversation goes quiet... real quiet. So to get us out of our rut, Coach decided the Kinloch half marathon was the ideal way to break the ice. So last weekend Sue, Bessie and G-man led Anton, Jen, Shan, Gussy, Liza, Chris and Rachel and a couple of others down to the great lake with a view to build our confidence and give us a bit of a change up in our training. Sue also managed to add in a recovery swim and a blat down the Ironman bike course to fill the weekend! So road trip on Friday, which isn't complete without a stop for pies along the way, as well as the obligatory 20+ toilet stops. We arrived in Acacia Bay in plenty of time, settled in and went into town to grab supplies and seek a remedy to Anton's bike which had more defects than a Russian nuclear reactor! As we turned onto the main road and crossed the bridge into Taupo itself, the ute went deathly silent... as we all knew that in 6 months and 1 day, we would be lining up for the biggest sporting challenge of our lives. We laughed at the prospect, and carried on, picked up our rego packs and headed back for tea and an early night. Saturday dawned fine but chilly. We arrived as per instructions from Sue in nervous anticipation of the day ahead. The half marathon-ers were first off. A jovial bunch who quietened down once the race started due to the 6 odd k's of climbing at the start. The 10k-ers started with earnest, me amongst them. The first part of the course was uphill, which immediately spread the field out. I settled into my pace, and concentrated on what Sue had said as I nervously approached the start area, 'just focus on what you can achieve and don't panic'. The track flattened out and then went downhill and I was still running, so my confidence was high. I got thru the first 30 minutes of the run and knew that barring a 6k uphill finish I would be ok. So I decided to not rest on my laurels and picked up pace, going from snail to salamander pace. Unfortunately, the people around me decided to do the same as me, so I lost a few places but kept my pace up. With three k's to go, an uphill dogleg gave us a surprise. The good old hill repeats training kicked in and while others walked the hill, I was able to keep the run on, and actually lift it! I headed to the finish line pretty happy with my finishing run, and clocked a slow but satisfying 77 minutes. I then had the new experience of waiting for everyone else to come in to the finish line. To see the exhaustion, acomplishment and determination on peoples faces must make being a coach rewarding, but for our coach she was putting herself out there and completed the half marathon as well... leadership by example. We all headed to our respective homes for some food and to get ready for a recovery swim. It was chilly outside, which made the warm pool inviting. We swam for a little while, then soaked tired legs in the hot pools, which helped a little. Sunday dawned fine and chilly again, bugger not bad enough to pull the pin! We quickly ate and left the house in earnest to ride the bike course as far as we could get in three hours. Legs were still sore and tired, so we were all popped whatever energy giving food we had. Going out with G-man gave us the chance to check the intel on the course. We came away with a better sense of the challenges in front of us in doing a 180km cycle and surviving well enough to follow that up with a 42km run. His advice is experienced based, he knew the qualities of a good ride and bad one, cheers G! We caught up with Gussy, Chris and Liza out on the course, which allowed us the opportunity to discuss the different aspects of the course, including cycle uniform colours, how to draft on milk tankers and how we have managed to drag our partners into the sport! We also discovered that Heartbreak hill is an apt description for the innoculous climb near the end of each lap. All of us were hurting in our own different ways as we made our way up the climb, which gave us the reality check we needed to ensure we don't blow out early. We journeyed back to our respective houses, cleaned up, and apart from my unsuccessful attempt to front flip my bike over a roundabout, had a quiet trip back. Thanks to Sue, G-man and Bessie for giving us a roof over our head while in Taupo, to Chris, Liza, Gussy and Rach for the great company and Anton, Jen and Shan for the pie-pumping road trip and for putting up with my boisterous nocturnal sleeping habits. As a good mate used to say, its all about the journey. 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