Figure 8 of the mountains – big Revenant training mission

Nearly packed and ready to go. A final big Revenant training mission tomorrow…and thru into most of Saturday at Tongariro National Park. 

The warm up is done! 45km Tongariro Northern Circuit in 6hrs 45. Quick sock change, makeup , food and drink restock and now it’s round the mountain – I think 70-ish km. Woohoo!! 

Mission accomplished! A 120km figure 8 starting with Tongariro Northern Circuit followed by Round the Mountain (Ruapehu). I have run the Northern Circuit before but this was my first time doing Around the Mountain. Stunning – although most of it was in the dark and rain but the 10-50m in front of me I could see was amazing! The second half was a bit hairy with rain meaning the tracks were muddy streams and rivers a bit dicey to cross but got around. Not fast 24hrs 20 but that was the idea so I can recover quickly. The Revenant race is in 4 weeks. This was a final big hit out for that race so testing gear Altra Running New ZealandUltraspire NZ @, food, drink Tailwind Nutrition NZ , my head, pace etc. Stoked with how it went. Now recover and work on the event admin. #trailrunningnz#tongarironationalpark#mtruapehu#trailrunning#figure8#newzealandmountains#nznationalpark @ Tongariro, New Zealand

Here’s a sweet video Gareth Morris did of the run around the Northern Circuit a couple of days ago with a few mates – my warm up 😀 before I continued on the Round the Mountain trail.