Doing it for the SCONES
They had me at scones and jam.
Who wouldn’t go past an aid station, stocked with freshly baked scones and delicious plum (I hope) jam.
When my editor Gregor Paul asked me to write (in December) why I had signed up for the 2019 Tarawera Ultramarathon 50km event on February 9, I really had to think about it.
Why would I sign up to run 50km – that’s nearly half way to Hamilton from Auckland, and risk losing toe nails, suffering blistered feet and
