FKT: Lucy Clark - Te Araroa (NZ) - 2020-01-16

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66d 7h 8m 0s
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I also recorded most days on my Garmin as a secondary back up and uploaded it to Strava. I couldn't do this on the overnights through as the battery wouldn't last!

Day Date Crew Crew/Runners Start End Daily kms Cumulative Vert Notes on deviations
Day 0 Monday, 11 November 2019     Cape Reinga Locked 69 69 428  
Day 1 Tuesday, 12 November 2019     Locked Takahue Road 59 128 520  
Day 2 Wednesday, 13 November 2019     Takahue Road Jackson Rd 38 166 1382  
Day 3 Thursday, 14 November 2019     Jackson Rd KeriKeri Stone Store 57 223 1509  
Day 4 Friday, 15 November 2019     KeriKeri Oakura Road 61 284 1022 Caught ferry from Opua to Okiato and then driven around Waikare Inlet. Rejoined trail at Waikare Landing.
Day 5 Saturday, 16 November 2019     Oakura Road Nikau Bay 56 340 1887  
Day 6 Sunday, 17 November 2019     Nikau Bay Marsden Pt (beach) 45 385 1677 Drove around the Ngunguru river early morning, then ran the 1km down the road to the Nikau Camp to start my day. 
Attempted to cross the Taiharuru River however it was halway between low and high tide, so it would have been too high to do safetly (1.3m or so). So I backtracked and ran the road detour (Up Pataua Rd then turn left onto Taiharuru Rd. Is approx 7 or 8 kms).
Day 7 Monday, 18 November 2019     Marsden Pt (beach) Mangawhai Riverside park 57 442 963  
Day 8 Tuesday, 19 November 2019     Mangawhai Riverside park Dome/Flats Rd 47 489 1728  
Day 9 Wednesday, 20 November 2019     Dome/Flats Rd Silverdale 52 541 1352  
Day 10 Thursday, 21 November 2019     Silverdale Auckland! Anebury regional park 59 600 1220 Part of the track on Mt Eden was closed so we pretty much ran up and down the same track.
Day 11 Friday, 22 November 2019     Auckland! Anebury regional park Bombay 55 655 688 Ihumatao Quarry Rd was closed off so had to detour around
Day 12 Saturday, 23 November 2019     Bombay Huntly 60 715 610  
Day 13 Sunday, 24 November 2019     Huntly Whatwhata 60 775 1255  
Day 14 Monday, 25 November 2019     Whatwhata Kaimango Rd 47 822 2120  
Day 15 Tuesday, 26 November 2019     Kaimango Rd Te Kuiti 49 871 1680  
Day 16 Wednesday, 27 November 2019     Te Kuiti Ngaherenga Campsite 58 929 621  
Day 17 Thursday, 28 November 2019 Caz flying to Auckland Caz Ngaherenga Campsite Piropiro campsite 37 966 720  
Day 18 Friday, 29 November 2019 Caz meeting us Caz Piropiro campsite Ongarue 44 1010 523  
Day 19 Saturday, 30 November 2019 Caz Caz Ongarue Owhango 50 1060 835  
Day 20 Sunday, 1 December 2019 Caz Caz Owhango Lake Rotoaira Rd 45 1105 1233  
Day 21 Monday, 2 December 2019 Caz Caz Lake Rotoaira Rd Mangahuia Campsite 41 1146 1903  
Day 22 Tuesday, 3 December 2019 Caz heading to airport   Mangahuia Campsite Whakahoro Campsite 58 1204 631  
Day 23 Wednesday, 4 December 2019     Whakahoro Campsite John Coull Campsite 38 1242 0 Kayak from Whakaoroo Landing as the Mangapurua Track was closed due to slips.
Day 24 Thursday, 5 December 2019     John Coull Campsite Bridge to nowhere campsite 29 1271 0 Kayak
Day 25 Friday, 6 December 2019     Bridge to nowhere campsite Parakino 76 1346 738 Kayak to Pipiriki and then ran 54km on the road.
Day 26 Saturday, 7 December 2019   Ez/Steve Parakino Cnr Santoft Rd & Rauma Rd 72 1418 589  
Day 27 Sunday, 8 December 2019   Ez/Steve Cnr Santoft Rd & Rauma Rd Palmerston 55 1473 375  
Day 28 Monday, 9 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th  Ez/Steve Palmerston Mangahao Rd 50 1523 1427  
Day 29 Tuesday, 10 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th  Ez/Steve Mangahao Rd Te Matawai hut 33 1556 2371  
Day 30 Wednesday, 11 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th  Ez/Steve Te Matawai hut Waitewaewae hut 20 1576 1853  
Day 31 Thursday, 12 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th  Ez/Steve Waitewaewae hut Paraparaumu Beach 45 1621 1430  
Day 32 Friday, 13 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th  Ez/Steve Paraparaumu Beach Bells Track Trail Head 58 1679 1751  
Day 33 Saturday, 14 December 2019 Ez arriving on 9th/10th    Bells Track Trail Head Wellington 22 1701 777  
                   
Day 34 Sunday, 15 December 2019     Ship Cove Cowshed campground 50 1751 1748  
Day 35 Monday, 16 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Cowshed campground Pelorus Bridge Camping 59 1810 1118  
Day 36 Tuesday, 17 December 2019   Nicki & Mat Pelorus Bridge Camping Start of Richmond Range track 13 1823 283  
Day 37 Wednesday, 18 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Start of Richmond Range track Hacket Hutt 34 1857 1678  
Day 38 Thursday, 19 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Hacket Hutt Mt Rintoul Hut 24 1880 2566  
Day 39 Friday, 20 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Mt Rintoul Hut Hunters Hut 32 1913 2073  
Day 40 Saturday, 21 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Hunters Hut St Arnaud 38 1951 1893  
Day 41 Sunday, 22 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat St Arnaud West Sabine 38 1989 1646  
Day 42 Monday, 23 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat West Sabine Anne Hut 49 2038 1812  
Day 43 Tuesday, 24 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Anne Hut Boyle Campsite 28 2066 642  
Day 44 Wednesday, 25 December 2019 Nicki & Matt Nicki & Mat Boyle Campsite Rest day 0 2066 0  
Day 45 Thursday, 26 December 2019 Nicki & Matt   Rest day Hurunui Hut 44 2110 1172  
Day 46 Friday, 27 December 2019 Nicki & Matt   Hurunui Hut Locke Stream 24 2134 725  
Day 47 Saturday, 28 December 2019     Locke Stream Morrison Footbridge 22 2156 760  
Day 48 Sunday, 29 December 2019     Morrison Footbridge Bealey Hut 33 2189 1153  
Day 49 Monday, 30 December 2019     Bealey Hut Lake selfe 40 2229 1023  
Day 50 Tuesday, 31 December 2019     Lake selfe Comyns Hut 39 2268 1122 Driven around the Rakaia River
Day 51 Wednesday, 1 January 2020     Comyns Hut Rangitata River 53 2321 1284 Driven around Rangitata River
Day 52 Thursday, 2 January 2020     Rangitata River Camp Stream Hut 40 2361 2140  
Day 53 Friday, 3 January 2020     Camp Stream Hut Tekapo Canal + State Highway 49 2410 444  
Day 54 Saturday, 4 January 2020     Tekapo Canal + State Highway Weir near Lake Ohau 54 2464 392  
Day 55 Sunday, 5 January 2020     Weir near Lake Ohau Ireland St Bridge 49 2513 1438 Ran the bailout option (extra 5km) around the Ahuriri River as it was too high to cross. Ran to the bridge.
Day 56 Monday, 6 January 2020   Alex Ireland St Bridge Stodys Hut 42 2555 2406 Ran the extra 5km back to the trail head from the bail out.
Day 57 Tuesday, 7 January 2020   Alex Stodys Hut Bremner Bay 44 2599 908  
Day 58 Wednesday, 8 January 2020   Tommy & Alex Bremner Bay Roses Hut 44 2642 2619  
Day 59 Thursday, 9 January 2020   Tommy & Alex Roses Hut Arrowtown 22 2664 1169  
Day 60 Friday, 10 January 2020   Robbie Arrowtown Taipo Hut 53 2717 1267  
Day 61 Saturday, 11 January 2020   Robbie Taipo Hut Mavora Road 59 2776 874 Ran the detour (crossed final swing bridge and ran on true left side as opposed to true right side) as Mararoa River flowing fast
Day 62 Sunday, 12 January 2020     Mavora Road Lower Wairaka Hut 48 2825 1731  
Day 63 Monday, 13 January 2020     Lower Wairaka Hut Birchwood 38 2862 1424  
Day 64 Tuesday, 14 January 2020     Birchwood Cascade Rd 55 2917 2170  
Day 65 Wednesday, 15 January 2020   Tommy Cascade Rd Oreti Beach 63 2980 548  
Day 66 Thursday, 16 January 2020   Tommy Oreti Beach Bluff 43 3023 357  
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