At the start of this week I announced, I‘m taking the rest of the year off. Tim Ferriss introduces the concept of a mini-retirement in his book ‘Four Hour Work Week’ (aka 4HWW). Here’s the basic idea. “Tim argues that instead of deferring retirement to the end of our careers, we would be happier, more … Read more
The “Southern Crossing”. A classic 2-3 day alpine hike in the Tararua’s. We attempted to run it – in one day! Car park to car park in 10 hours 19 minutes. Far from a record, but included plenty of time to stop, eat and enjoy the glorious views along the way. So blessed … Read more
We had been on the road for 5 hours, and the kids were starting to lose it. It was the last day of a 7-day holiday around the North Island. We only had one more hour of driving to get home, but we decided to stop at a park and let them burn off some … Read more
I sent this text to encourage a friend. She was wanting to run more but didn’t have the desire to run long distance. I have since passed it on to my sister and thought it would be good to post here. This is extra encouragement to start and keep up the running, riding or exercise … Read more
We were spending some time and Rotorua and I had been told it was awesome for mountain biking, so took my bike up hoping to get a few rides in. I couldn’t spend hours out there, but we were staying really close by to the Redwoods forest and I managed to get a nice run … Read more
It was a Saturday morning. The alarm jolts me awake at 6am. I really didn’t want to get out of bed, and it took a good minute or two for me to get orientated. I stumbled to the kitchen where shoes, shorts, and shirt were waiting. I made a coffee, ate a bowl of cereal, … Read more
Much like the run to the Airport this started as an idea on holiday. Karl mentioned he had always wanted to ride from his house, over the Rail Trail and around the coast back to Wainui. I added in that it would be cool to ride a bit further to the pub in Petone to … Read more