Josh Street has smashed the previous course record in the Masters Class by over 20mins to set a new mark in 6hrs2mins57secs. Josh finished outright 5th place, and spent most of the race in sight of 4th placed team mate Rob Preston.
Jarad Kohlar (www.peakadventure.com.au) put together an amazing race, starting with a course record on the bike leg. Extending this lead on the Murray river kayak leg he was able to cruise a the line in 5hrs28mins beating Jeremy Ross’ previous record by 4mins. Two time UMC winner Luke Haines (www.train4adventure.com) was satisfied with his race, setting a personal best time and comfortably in 2nd place 4mins behind Kohlar. John Kent from Bright had a very consistent race to take 3rd place in front of Blackheart.com.au boys Rob and Josh.
Kathryn Ewels (6hrs51mins43secs finished in 3rd place in the Women’s category, behind one of the best female multisport athletes in the World- Mimi Guillot from France, and Australia’s #1 athlete Deanna Blegg. Kathryn overcame a mechanical on the bike- a bolt fell out of the shock in her brand new Gary Fisher Superfly 29er. After some very grateful help from a course official she was back on the bike battling the super hilly mtb course. She improved her kayaking time by 10mins from her 2008 race, and then smoked the final run leg in 2hrs13mins- taking back 10mins from Mimi and 16mins from Deanna.
If you haven’t done the Upper Murray Challenge before then you should really put it on your must do list for 2012. The course is fantastic and the community support behind the race really makes the trip to the Towong Shire worthwhile.
Rob’s full race report to follow
Josh is happy with his new paddle thanks to Meek Kayaks and free 1 on 1 training session with Jarad Kohlar
Kathryn collecting her medal
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