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Thousands of people have come out to support GODZone Chapter Five teams as they make their way through the first day of the race.

With hundreds on the beach at the start line on Kaiteriteri beach and hundreds more waiting for the teams to arrive at Rabbit Island, competitors have been cheered on for much of the route.

As they moved onto the Great Taste Trail, supporters were waiting to cheer them on.

Race director Warren Bates has been blown away by the support from the public.

He said: “I have been adventure racing for 20 years and I have never seen crowds like it. We were coming into towns and they were standing on the side of the road with their families. It was great.”

Mar

7th

21:03

A sure shuffle for those chasing the leaders

Behind the current podium potentials there’s a few shifts going on. It looks like Ataraxia MACPAC (01) and Racer’s Edge – Powered by Torpedo 7 (21) are spending Monday evening and night taking turns in the fourth and fifth spots over the Te Iringa Track and Mohaka River. Both teams are very well respected by

Mar

6th

22:03

You just have to believe

It’s at this stage of the race that doubt starts to creep in for some teams, as to whether they will make the cut off or not. Day Two has just about come to an end, with the top half of the field on the Stage 4 rogaine which takes them through the Whirinaki State