One of our favourite training loops here in Wellington is around Makara. The round trip from Wellington city takes approximately 1 hour 15 minutes at a good tempo, but rumour has it that Barney reeled off 1 hour flat (start/finish Karori Mall) when he was a full-time athlete between jobs a couple of years ago.
JC is the unofficial record holder for the ascent of Makara Hill in a time of 6 minutes 18 seconds. His climbing strategy is to not let the speedo drop below 18km/h. Ouch.
Christmas eve was a beautiful evening here in Wellington so we headed over to Makara and took a few photos of Joe for a lead in story on his 2011 season. Check out the full photo set on Flickr.
