The route was posted on the kitchen wall of the Turangi campground. It looked daunting. The hand-out of notes condensed the route down to a paragraph per stage – reading it this way appeared much more achievable. I headed off to the supermarket to buy supplies. Having never done a Challenge before I had no […]

OK, so it’s official – I’m mad! I signed up for the Grand Challenge a couple of months ago thinking this was a great idea – now I’ve seen the route and I’m not so sure. The Grand Challenge involves riding 1000 miles (that’s 1600 km) in 24 hours or less. And what do you […]