We stayed at Te Kao Lodge with Irene for the last 2 days, great little place to chill out right at the top of NZ. Thank you so much for helping us out. We had another beautiful day and I was feeling great so off we set heading south towards Awanui. First chat […]
Jup Brown Running NZ – Cape Reinga! from Rick Zwaan on Vimeo. Jup Brown, a 38yr old plumber from Wanaka, is running over a marathon a day up the length of New Zeal and for 69 days – all in the name of the Stroke Foundation. This is the eigth update from the top of […]
We were up early and driving to Cape Rienga, we wanted to get a bit of filming done before we set off. As we got out of the Guardian (van ) 2 young pretty Dutch ladies came up and asked us to help change their flat tyre. So I had to get the guns out […]
We stayed at the “Heritage Hotel ” last night which our Vodafone team hooked us up with. It was so nice and I can’t say thank you enough to Graham, Kim and Samatha. You all rock. I got up and went for a walk down on the waterfront to check out where I was going […]
What a day, special in soooo many ways. Firstly I ran for a very special lady by the name of Thonia Hartdegen. Thonia had 2 strokes exactly 1 year ago today. I had a letter from her daughter Jessica who had heard of our run from a friend. I also got to meet Thonia, […]
Last night we stayed at the Hillside Hotel and Nature Resort, it was so nice. Rosemary hooked us up with as much discount she could, thank you so much for helping us out. Today I was running for Ashleigh Clement. Ash is only 19 and she had a stroke this Sept 29th. She is […]
HUGE Congrats to the All Blacks for winning the World Cup. You guys worked so hard last night and the whole comp that I thought I would run today for you and show my support. I got my NZ flag and taped it on a 3m long bamboo stick and carried it the whole […]
Today I had Marc G with me for the whole 56kms which was great. Marc had only run a couple of marathons before but does heaps of other sports, and he is just like me and does it for fun. Loved talking with him about his adventures. We cruised along at a nice […]
After our great day off here in Tauranga we had a big day ahead. I got told yesterday by Tim that the coffee shop downstairs from his office “Sammies”, the owner Nigel had a big stroke just 3 days ago. I would love to send our love and wishes to him from the Running […]
Jup Brown Running NZ – 7th Update Tauranga from Rick Zwaan on Vimeo. Jup Brown, a 38 yr old plumber from Wanaka, is running over a marathon a day up the length of New Zeal and for 69 days – all in the name of the Stroke Foundation. This is the seventh update from Tauranga […]
