Richie McCaw s GODZone team in battle for second place
7 Mar, 2021 04:50 AM
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Rotorua Daily Post
An ongoing battle developed for second and third position on day three of GODZone as the 666km race headed into backcountry southeast of Taupō, and there s a well-known face in the running.
GODZone is an eight-day adventure race that includes roughly 365km of mountain biking, 140km of paddling and 190km of trekking.
Participants race day and night around the Bay of Plenty course.
Richie McCaw, who placed sixth in GODZone in Fiordland in 2018, is in a fight for second place with his team isport.
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 5:30 pm
Nathan
Fa avae heading towards the Motu
river.
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 harder and faster to stay in the placings at
Chapter 9.
Richie and teammates Simone Maier, Dougal
Allan, and Theo Wordsworth regained the second position
overnight last night after bush bashing their way around a
21km Rogaine and trek section through the Whirinaki bush.