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limited entries Tasmania will be another exceptional race. Its beautiful coastiline and abundant animal life and plants.
DEBBIE CHAMBERS XPD ADVENTURE RACER
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Debbie is a legend in adventure racing and
has been at the forefront of women and the outdoors in New Zealand. Check her facebook page Fit To Live fittolivenz.blogspot.co.nz
dventure racing is addictive it sucks you in and entrs your very soul. Most people think doing an expedition length adventure race is pure madness but for us it is the ultimate challenge. Doing an expedition length adventure race is like compressing a year’s worth of emotions and experiences into 140 hours. During a race you will experience amazing highs and lows, you’ll feel the best and the worst you have ever felt, you’ll feel totally in control and powerless In the space of minutes, you’ll laugh, cry and giggle like never before, your strengths and weaknesses as an individual and as a teammate will be laid bare before your eyes and you’ll be pushed to your physical, emotional and spiritual limits. However, once you achieve the goal of getting to the finish line with your team intact you’ll feel invincible and like you’ve given life a damn good nudge.
WHY DO X XPD Debbie is a veteran of the sport and has been adventure racing since 2000. She has successfully captained the all female Girls on Top adventure racing team to a number of podium finishes and has competed in over 15 expedition length adventure races as well as numerous smaller events. She currently works in event management and spends her days putting on great events in stunning locations. She gets a real buzz out of seeing the smiles of achievement on people’s faces as they cross the finish line. Debbie’s role in the team is motivator and logistics manager. She is always focussed on helping her team to be the best that they can be with the resources they have.
PD adventure racing teaches you never to give up and that the body and mind are capable of incredible things. I recall during a 37 hour trek leg in the XPD Whitsundays race we we’re stumbling aimlessly up and down a river valley unsure of where the checkpoint was. We were down on ourselves convinced that we had wasted hours and hours and that we had stuffed up big time and were way out the back of the field. Our first instinct was to sit down and give up. We knew in our hearts this Was not the right thing to do even though our bodies were telling us otherwise? What would help? Perseverance.... We re-grouped and re-focussed, found the checkpoint and made it out of the river valley. Back at transition in the light of day we found out that all was by no means lost and many other teams had also had trouble on this leg. You should have seen us dance!! Cheers! Debbie Chambers