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After competing in 16 Coast to Coast multisport competitions a Christchurch vegetable grower is hoping to nab his first win.

By Sally Murphy of RNZ After competing in 16 Coast to Coast multisport competitions a Christchurch vegetable grower is hoping to nab his first win. Ryan...

Four-time Coast to Coast champion Elina Ussher will be in her element as she challenges for the title in the epic traverse across the South Island's main divide.

Three weeks before the race, Swannanoa vegetable grower Kiesanowski dropped an attachment hose full of water with a metal buckle on the end onto his right foot. He broke his fourth toe and also suffered a fracture to his fifth toe with surgery recommended straight away. Iain McGregor/Stuff Ryan Kiesanowski cools himself on the mountain run of the Coast to Coast. Coast to Coast veteran Kiesanowski, who has competed in 14 races across the longest day, two-day and teams events, opted to put surg...

Wanaka athletes take out men's and women's longest day titles after both powering home on the final bike leg of Coast to Coast.

“I did get caught up in it last year and I sort of raced Sam Clark the man rather than Coast to Coast the course and that didn’t work out for me,” he said. “That’s been a big focus for me this summer and its definitely the mindset I want to take into Saturday.” The 35-year-old Allan will be lining up in his ninth Coast to Coast, having first competed in 2008. With a young family (he and wife Amy are parents to Flynn, six, and Matilda, four) and endurance coaching business, he was...