RUNNING FOR TAKAYNA
“THE ROAR OF THE FALLS ECHOED IN MY MIND, AND IN THE QUIET OF THE WILDERNESS EVENING, I WENT HAPPILY TO SLEEP ON EARTH.”
BOB BROWN
Over the years, I’d see people running. I never understood it. I’d pass judgment watching them sweat themselves into psychosis… I mean, why would you put yourself through it?
I’m 41. Three kids. I’ve seen the spare tyre come and go above my waist line, more prominent with each child. That former life – surfing hours on end, days on end – now replaced with three-wave surfs and half-hour ‘Dad’ windows. Wouldn’t have it any other way, of course.
A good mate asked me to come for a
