Yet the wheels started to fall off very early- energy levels low before the 28km aid station. No time expectations, I would be happy just to complete.
Since nailing Taupo 100km the world seemed to throw everything at me to challenge my resilience and determination - just getting to the start line was an achievement. How we cope when it hurts, when we have no energy and can’t remember why we wanted to enter in the first place.įor me this was the toughest race to date. We do these things, these crazy endurance competitions to discover what we do when the going gets tough. 100km run, that’s ridiculous!”įast forward 3 years and there I was, 1 o'clock in the morning, trotting along that same section with my loyal pacer, Fiona Donald, no legs, plenty of blisters, but happy, so, so happy that I was going to finally tick off that impossible dream of finishing the Tarawera ultra marathon- TUM102.
I’m thinking “What are these crazy people doing, surely they can’t be running all through the night. The dream started in 2020 when I spotted a headlight bobbing through the night from my Rotorua motel. Inspirational, funny, sad, delightful, everyday stories of running. It doesn’t have to be a race or a mountain summit - it might just be a run around the block - but it’s a run that sung to you for some reason. Greatest Run Ever is one of the most popular parts of the show, the bit where we ask you to write in to us and tell us your Greatest Run Ever.
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