Jup Brown Running NZ – Finish! from Rick Zwaan on Vimeo. Jup Brown, a 38yr old plumber from Wanaka, has just run more than a marathon a day up the length of New Zeal and over the past 67 days – all in the name of the Stroke Foundation. This is the final update from […]
Oh what a day – Huge fun and everything I wanted/dreamed of. We had a great night at the Clipper Court Motel in Orewa and we had a group to meet at 8.30. A great day with the sun out for a start anyway. 10 people had come out to run the 37kms down […]
Hey Everyone, if you’re keen to come down and support Jup as he finishes his 2900km run today, check out the map bellow for his ‘victory lap’ route. We’ll be at point A (viaduct harbour) at about 2pm. Then you can join him on a 5km loop before finishing at point B (Wynyard Quarter) at […]
Last night we stayed here at the Castle Court Motel which was great. Had a spa so me and Josh were in there chillin until we had to go get Rick and Simone from Auckl and. We headed off towards Orewa at 8.30 and with a nice 45kms to do and this being the […]
We stayed at the Waipu Hotel which is right in town and only a few kms from the beach, Great place. There as I was chillin out I met Shai , he is from Israel and asked if he could come join me in the morning and of course the answer was yes, He […]
We stayed with Sharon and Doug Gor don last night, Sharon is the sister of Debbie who had helped us out in Kerikeri, Sharon and Doug were awesome. They made us so at home. Thankyou so so much and best of luck with those plans, Go for it I say xxx I had a […]
We stayed at the Centre Point Motel which was great, right in Kawakawa. Thank you so much for looking after us. Just as I was setting off I had a chat with the coffee man which made me happy so I started with a smile again. The sun was out in force […]
Yesterday we finished at the wrong corner by mistake so had an extra 2kms to do straight up before we met the first people of the day so we did 49 today. Today was a busy day with a few people keen to join us, I couldn’t wait as it has been a while […]
Last night we stayed at Kahoe Farmstay Backpacker and it was great. Stephano cooked us a mean pizza and there was a great group of people from all over the world staying there. It was another beautiful day when we started and I was feeling good in the legs, but my mind was a […]
We stayed here at the Norfolk Motel which is in Awanui. I came here back in July and met Kim, she was great and put me up then and then again last night. Really nice place and Kim is super friendly – Thank you so so much for helping us out Kim. We […]
