North Shore Coastal Challenge

What better way to discover the beautiful North Shore Coastline and Tawharanui Peninsula than doing the Coastal Challenge with the Fitness is Fun team! Even though the sky was dull and the weather had decided to remind us winter was on its way, I confidently assured the team that the worst had come and we would be in for fine weather come challenge time.

The day arrived and unfortunately the bad weather still hadn’t quite made its much wanted exit. The first leg was the most challenging and had been altered more inland for safety against strong winds. This leg was an 11km run which required Jody and Jayne to complete a 100m and 300m swim, and to add to the challenge Jody decided to do the run without her glasses. Both ladies finished their leg thrilled at what they had been able to accomplish, even with a “Wahoo that was fun!” from Jayne.

Leg Two Nicola was a mountain goat across the rocks! We waded through the water and completed the leg. This was my first event since falling pregnant over a year ago and I was ecstatic to be back into it, enough so that I called Tim to check if Lucy would by fine without feeding for another leg. The third leg Hayley was bouncing with energy so we sent her ahead to run the sand sections and come back for us. The humidity at this point was high so the splashing through the inlets was a welcome refreshment.

Leg Four was carried out by Gills and Larissa, however by the end they were still able to push more so we sent them on running a little further.

Leg Five saw Emma and Kirsten face up to the final challenge, even though neither are running enthusiasts’ they took us to the finish line with a smile on their face. Much to my happiness Kirsten went on to say “It was really fun, the rock hoping and variety distracted me so it was over before I knew it”.

All round it was a great event with a great team!

Check out the comments below from our a few of our participants, and get in touch with us if you'd like to tick an event like this off your bucket list:

“I love it that when I was freaking out about the swimming, the weather, the I don’t know, everything, you were just still so calm and reassuring and believed in us all (and the weather gods!)” Jayne.

“Thanks Anna for an amazing event and believing in us. My cheeks hurt just as much as my legs from smiling so much. Had an absolute blast, it was so much fun. Three years ago I never dreamed I could do something like that! And the best part was doing it with a team. Bring on the next one please” Jody.