It wasn’t just Facebook or the mountain bike press; Newshub, the Southland Times, Stuff all tittered that it was an entertaining waste of the council’s time asking the mountain bike club that runs the tracks to change the names. * What's in a name: Documents reveal push to change Dunedin mountain bike track names* Don't be ashamed of experiencing emotionsYeah. Coincidence, I guess, that it was one of a suite of tracks: “The Ginger Cougar”, the “Mistress” and the “Missus”. In mountain biking it’s often the track builder, or in climbing it’s the first to ascend a particular route, who gets the right. Annemarie Jutel is Professor of Health at Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington, a former president of Triathlon New Zealand, author of The New Zealand Women’s Guide to Running: Beginner to Elite, and a former Otago champion runner.

Source: Stuff November 26, 2020 15:56 UTC