This weekend the annual Kepler Challenge was held through the Kepler Track, a 60km pilgrimage through the rugged mountainous ranges near Te Anau.
In 1st place and completing his hat-trick, Martin Dent in a time of 4:49:36.
Dent (36) is an elite runner from Canberra, Australia, who competed in the 2012 Olympic games and three Commonwealth games. He is the 2013 and 2014 winner and is the current race record holder.
Dent lead from approximately 8km in. He was King of the Mountain for the 3rd year in a row, the title given to the first man to reach Luxmore Hut.
Completing her 5th Challenge was Ruby Muir from Napier. She came in 1st in a time of 5:37:23. This was Ruby’s first event as a newly married woman, husband Kristen Day came 2nd in the Luxmore Grunt.
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