--- title: "A bullseye at Archie" url: https://adventurouslucy.com/ description: "The running and travel journal of Lucy Clark: 3,000km along the Te Araroa in New Zealand, the length of the UK by bike, and four months across Europe and the USA." published: 2021-04-18 updated: 2014-09-15 --- # A bullseye at Archie Published 2021-04-18 · Updated 2014-09-15 By Lucy Clark·4 min read·[Racing](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/racing/) Ok, so the title is a little misleading. Whilst I might have managed to take out the win in the 2021 Archie 55km at Hut2Hut, it was most definitely not a bullseye of a run. 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