"I knew straight away things were not right," Edgar recalled. Somehow Edgar got back on her feet and stumbled her way to the second checkpoint at the foot of Goat Pass.
Desperate to continue the good work done by cycling team-mate Gavin Mason, Edgar was forced to bow to officials, who called in a helicopter to take her to medics at Klondyke Corner. She was then taken by road to Christchurch Hospital, where X-rays revealed bone fragments and ligament damage to her right foot.
The swelling was so bad, the foot could not be put in a plaster. Only after three weeks did the swelling start to subside, and within a month Edgar was cycling and swimming again. Although determined to have another crack at the Coast to Coast, it was not until early June that Edgar was able to do any light jogging.
Reinvigorated with summer training, Edgar is now beaming with renewed confidence as she returns to the famous endurance race for the individual two-day event.
"I'm confident I can match it with all the other women on the first day," she said.
"It's just my lack of experience in the kayak, that hopefully I can pull back on the bike."
Whatever the result, Edgar is determined to return regularly to contest the individual two-day section, while preparing to contest the ultimate event, the Longest day.
