OK, so what exactly is the Mizone 7in1 Challenge then? As Mal has already outlined, he is an absolute nutter and has decided to knock off 360km of trail running in 7 consecutive days - good idea Mal. So the 7in1 is an event that gives individuals and teams alike the chance to (a) come and run on some awesome off-road trails on a brilliant piece of land (thanks Rob Garden and Marquita Gelderman, you're bloody legends!), and (b) contribute to Mal's efforts in raising $50,000 for the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation in a very real and tangible way.
In short, the 7in1 is a mini version of the 7in7. We have created 7 individual courses, all of which will be named after each of the great walks Mal will knock off later in the year (eg. Lake Waikaremoana, Abel Tasman, Routeburn etc).
Each of the courses will be between the 2km - 8km distance, and each will start and finish from the same place at the event base.
So, what do you do then? Well, you come along to the 7in1 (either as an individual, or as a team) with the intention to complete all 7 stunning courses - the total distance of all courses will be approx 30km so there's a fair chunk of territory to cover as an individual (which is why the team option isn't a bad idea!!)
So if you're participating as an individual, you'll knock off the 7 courses and will come back to base after each course (which is where each course ends, and each new one starts), have a quick slurp then head off to knock another one off - repeat until there are no more courses left to do!
If you're keen on the team option, then only one of your team heads into the wilderness at a time. The rest of you hang about and drink coffee until your team mate comes back, at which point the next team member laces up and hits the next course - repeat until there are no more courses left to do!
And just to make sure that you don't just disappear into the horizon, never to return to your family, we will have a 5 hour time limit placed on the proceedings ie. if you or your team isn't back in 5 hours we pretend we've never known you and deny all knowledge that you were at the event when the police come knocking!
On each of the courses, there will be a token that you need to collect and bring back to base, which proves to us that you've been there - not that we would ever imagine you'd even consider taking the odd short cut. Each token will have a random points value and the person or the team that
collects the most points will be declared the winner – so basically anybody could win, regardless of athletic ability. Like we said, this is a fundraising, not serious competition
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