David Reid Homes Team Take on Motatapu

David Reid Homes has 14 team members taking on the 2018 Macpac Motatapu next weekend, each taking on one of six iconic and challenging events designed to test their physical and mental strength.

We caught up with a few of them to find out what drives them.

Name: Tim Allan
Franchise: Head Office
Event Entered: Skoda Mountain Bike
What’s your Why: To help my brother around the course.

Name: Justine McCall
Franchise: Queenstown
Event Entered: 15km Miners Trail Run
What's Your Why? I did the 15km last year and would like to shave 30 minutes of my time.  Also just a get thing to keep on track with healthy living and getting outdoors more.  I have been on some amazing walks in the lead up that I would never have done otherwise.

Name: Chris Solly
Franchise: Canterbury
Event Entered: Skoda Mountain Bike
What's Your Why? To Beat Bob, World supremacy, To save the dolphins

Name: Richard Copland
Franchise: Dunedin
Event Entered: Skoda Mountain Bike
What's Your Why? Work provides plenty of mental challenges, so I needed a physical challenge to test myself. What do I hope to get out of it? New bike - check! Fitness  - Check! (Though could be higher still..) Sore arse - check! (New gel seat coming my way!)

Name: Fraser Mackenzie
Franchise: Queenstown
Event Entered: Skoda Mountain Bike
What's Your Why? Get fit and healthy, great to have a target for motivation.

Pictured: Chris Leith of David Reid Homes Wanaka.