Adventures on a Summer Weekend – Race Report by Jackson Bunt

The Adventures on a Summer Weekend started off like any other North Queensland weekend…it rained during the kick off event, the 1-hour “Tear around Tinaroo” Metrogaine. This event was a huge success. It was set up for anyone, with the course able to be done within the hour, for the elite athletes. The course had a variety of different point markers scattered about to attract anyone to give it a crack.

Then after at 4:30 out at Barabadeen there was the 2-hour “Bash around Barabadeen” Rogaine out in the scrub. This was supposed to be good fun, which it was, and be filled with beautiful sites, which I missed out on because my partner and I got lost. Our team was called “The Lost Boys”. All this was followed by a successful BBQ, which had every one talking about their day and the big day ahead.

Sunday was huge with four different events, the “Off-road Multisport long and short course. The multisport and triathlon long course, called the “TERRA” consisted of a canoe paddle or swim, an off road mountain bike leg, a run leg and finish on the bike. The short courses were 500m paddle or 300m swim, 10km mountain bike ride and finish with a 3km run. The mountain bike ride was quoted as “different” and “hard”. By the end of the events almost everyone was ready to go home and rest but despite this fact, everyone was generally happy with the way the weekend went, with thanks to the people who made it happen, they way it did. I really enjoyed the weekend of sport and hope that this “weekend” continues in the future.