Before completing my first ultra-trail run, I viewed ultra runners as ‘nutters’. Obviously, they were a bunch of ‘running away from life’ with issues that needed a couch and lots of therapy.
After completing my first Tarawera Ultra 60km in 2016, running from Rotorua to the beautiful Tarawera falls in NZ, my view of the ultra running fraternity completely changed – they are the sane ones. Training and getting involved in these events is about embracing all the best aspects of life.
I’ve coached trail runners for ultra distances from 50km right up to 170km. Before 2016 I competed in the odd triathlon, and I’d run road half marathons and marathons for almost 25 years.
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