Winning steps . . . Vajin Armstrong strides through the final river crossing at Arrowtown on Saturday, ahead of winning the Motataopu 2011 Off Road Marathon. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Coming through . . . Matt Pepler, left, passes Monique Laracy near the finish line of the 2011 Motatapu events. Mr Pepler finished 4th in the off-road marathon. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Scott Dimmock nears the finish line in the 2011 Motatapu Off Road Marathon. Dimmock finished in 10th place in the Open Male (20-39 years) category. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Nearly there . . . Adam Keen is all concentration as he nears the end of the 2011 Motatapu Off Road Marathon at Arrowtown on Saturday. Keen finished in 11th place in the Open Male (20-39 years) category. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Rebecca Keat on her way to taking out fourth position in the 2011 Motatapu Off Road Marathon Open Female (20-39 years) category at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Dave Loader on nearing the finsish line during the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail. Mr Loader finished 8th in the Master's Male section (40-49 years). Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Inaugural winner . . . Axel Reiser, of Christchurch, on his way to winning the first Motatapu Half Ironman Triathlon at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Samuel Dunbar gets more than his feet wet during the final river crossing of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event. Mr Dunbar came 13th in the event. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Ann Smail does the hard yards near the finish line of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Still smiling . . . Wendy Armstrong nears the finish line of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event, while Brad Williams, an Off Road Marathon competitor, right, is full concentration. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Am I there yet? . . . Claudia Salvetti is still going strong as she nears the end of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail even at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Beaming . . . Corrina Peterson has enough energy left for a smile as she nears the end of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Henry Youngman, left, of Queenstown, and Katie O'Meara head towards the finish line of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
James Milne, front, and Katie George head towards the finish line during the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Jen Fraser is counting the steps until the finish line of the 2011 Motatapu Miner's Trail event at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Winning smile . . . Axel Reiser, of Christchurch, the winner of the inaugural Motatapu Half Ironman length Triathlon during the prize-giving at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Done for the day . . . Some of the hundreds of mountain bikes which were used to cycle in the 2011 Motatapu Mountain Bike event, which finished at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Some of the thousands of competitors, supporters & volunteers enjoy a free concert in Butler's Green, Arrowtown on Saturday night following the 2011 Motatapu events. The concert, raised money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
From left Hugh Copland and Kylie Kjestrup, both of Ashburton, with Mark and Keryn Ford, of Christchurch, following the 2011 Motatapu events at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Kim Munro, back and Mede McElwee, both of Cambridge, take a well-earned break after the 2011 Motatapu events at Arrowtown on Saturday. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
Exhausting weekend . . .Visitors to Arrowtown are, from left, Shane Kaio, Sandi Kaio, Jodie Tipping and David McFarlane, all of Mt Maunganui. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh
l-r: Abi Smart, Neil Long, both of Christchurch and right, Paul Teed of Timaru take the meaning of "iron man" literally during the 2011 Motatapu Off-Road Marathon event on Saturday. They set a world record in 'Extreme Ironing'. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
On their way . . . Some of the 624 entrants in the 2011 Motatapu Off-Road Marathon event wade through one of the many river crossings at (???) on Saturday. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Photos are by Otago Daily Times Photographers Tracey Roxburgh and Stephen Jaquiery and prints are available online at Otago Images.
