Page’s Costa Rica success

Calder Valley FR’s international runner Holly Page competed in the 15th Coastal Challenge race along Costa Rica’s tropical Pacific coastline.
Photo  Holly Page clambering over a waterfall on the last day of this challenging race (crédit :
@greenmediacr)  there are other photos available at https://iancorless.org/2019/02/15/the-
coastal-challenge-2019-tcc2019-day-6/Photo  Holly Page clambering over a waterfall on the last day of this challenging race (crédit :
@greenmediacr)  there are other photos available at https://iancorless.org/2019/02/15/the-
coastal-challenge-2019-tcc2019-day-6/
Photo  Holly Page clambering over a waterfall on the last day of this challenging race (crédit : @greenmediacr)  there are other photos available at https://iancorless.org/2019/02/15/the- coastal-challenge-2019-tcc2019-day-6/

Having run through jungle, rainforest and across mountain trails, the final leg of this race last weekend saw runners finishing in a fishing village which was until only recently accessible by boat on Drake Bay in the Corcovado National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site.

As the top six runners had a staggered start, the last leg of this race is unusual in that none of them really know how well they are doing in comparison to each other.

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Page reports how, despite having already completed 200-plus kilometres of running, her legs still felt good.

She was not only the first runner to cross the line, holding off the other top-five runners and catching all those who were ahead of her at the beginning of this last leg, but also set a new stage course record, in addition to her female course record on stage four.

She said: “It was a nice way to end an awesome week with wonderful people in wild surroundings - so many great memories!”