About

Location

Te Anau


How many years have you been running?

35


What is your goal race for the year?

Kepler Challenge


What is your greatest running accomplishment?

4th in 24hr Rogaine National Champs


What is your "ultimate dream" running goal?

Dragons Back Race


2013 Kepler Challenge


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Due to a string of unrelated and non-running injuries, I was unable to run from May 2012 to late Sept 2013. This left far too little time to train for my 2013 Cool Impossible, but made it an even better goal.

The…

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Injury Frustration


In mid 2012 I injured my achilles. No surgery required, but a nasty injury. At 51 things take longer to heal, and there was no way I was doing the 25th Kepler Challenge, despite having an entry (getting an entry is a race in itself, places fill in 4-5 minutes!).

By Christmas I was running again, just built up to about an hour gentle running. Physio had forbidden me to sprint.

Of course, over the Christmas break it's…

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