Today marks the start of New Zeal and Stroke Week Last night we stayed at the Kingston Motels and it was great. Very very welcoming. Thank you so much John and Catherine. My sister Amber and her Hubby Jonny came down early to meet us at 8:30am and we ran the first 10km together. […]
Two days ago my beautiful friends Russ and Jodie Gilbert from the Mermaid on the Gold Coast gave birth to a beautiful girl called Cobie Mae Gilbert. So today I ran my 42km for little Cobie. I can’t wait to go over and visit her once I finish this mission. Russ and Jodie have been […]
Got up at 7am and was feeling great which I was happy about. After breaky said our goodbyes and thank yous to George and Patrica at the Dipton Diary – they were awesome and looked after us 3 boys. A mate from school, Ross Curtis, who is living in Lumsden came and ran the first […]
Woke up at 6am and was feeling good – a day after running more than a marathon it’s a great sign for someone who’s started to run the length of the country. Today I started at 7am in the nippy Southl and morning sun. We started early to get to Winton by 10am for the ‘Blackout’ […]
Day one on the run got off to a great start after it stopped sleeting. With the sun just about to burst over the horizon in Lees bay Stewart Isl and, Jup set off on his mammoth mission at 6.45am. A few locals joined along the 6km leg to keep him company and show […]
Today we went along to our first school of the trip, to the Halfmoon Bay School. I had a talk with the kids for 10 minutes about strokes and our mission ahead. They were awesome and asked heaps of questions, and knew quite a bit about strokes which was great. A couple of the boys […]
Jup Brown Running NZ – Day Before the Start from Rick Zwaan on Vimeo. Jup Brown, a 38 year old plumber from Wanaka, is about to run 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 first […]
Hi everyone, we are having a fundraising night when we hit Wanaka. Please come down and join us at Mint Bar from 6pm on Wednesday 7th September. There will be heaps of giveaways and raffles going on – great things to be won. Together let’s help the Stroke Foundation and make this run something that […]
Today I was up at 4:20am to leave home at 5. I had a long drive south, first I went to Dunedin from Wanaka. This is the sun rise near Roxburgh… OUR TEXT DONATION LINE IS LIVE!!!!! Just text the word ” STROKE ” to 5339 to give an instant $3 donation!!!!!! Easy as bro. […]
I have been ticking things off my never-ending list but found the end today which is awesome. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped me out over the last week. Peter Jackson helped build our caution sign and connect up our beacon light, and most of all let me live in his house […]
