What you're hearing about Taupo is 100% accurate. Gorgeous location, entertaining course, highly navigable village (no Kona traffic jams), and a sports-obsessed citizenry that fully embraces the race. Quick telltale story: We went fishing in Lake Taupo on Wednesday and caught a couple pretty large rainbow trout. There was too much to eat at the Airbnb that night, so the boat captain directed us to a local butcher shop where they smoke fish overnight. (Because, you know, everything is healthier and closer to nature there, too.) When I went back the next day to pick it up, at least three locals chatted me up about the race and wished me luck while we were waiting. Where else does THAT happen?!?
Clearly that town knows about the unified theory of fucks. (Which is my favorite read of the month. Thank you.)
Someone else told me that about Taupo too, that everything is super local and the town was super into it. Maybe it's all about where we pick to have these world champs races!
“Kat scored 20,761 out of a possible 2,150 points”… somewhere this math doesn’t math. Otherwise it’s still a heck of an accomplishment!!
Hah, oops! 2,761 points
What you're hearing about Taupo is 100% accurate. Gorgeous location, entertaining course, highly navigable village (no Kona traffic jams), and a sports-obsessed citizenry that fully embraces the race. Quick telltale story: We went fishing in Lake Taupo on Wednesday and caught a couple pretty large rainbow trout. There was too much to eat at the Airbnb that night, so the boat captain directed us to a local butcher shop where they smoke fish overnight. (Because, you know, everything is healthier and closer to nature there, too.) When I went back the next day to pick it up, at least three locals chatted me up about the race and wished me luck while we were waiting. Where else does THAT happen?!?
Clearly that town knows about the unified theory of fucks. (Which is my favorite read of the month. Thank you.)
Someone else told me that about Taupo too, that everything is super local and the town was super into it. Maybe it's all about where we pick to have these world champs races!