Ep. 110: Running the Lenth of New Zealand - Anna McNuff
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2015
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Anna McNuff entertains us with her delightful wit and style as she recounts what it was like to run the length of New Zealand solo, on backcountry trails, self-supported. She also biked through all 50 US states! Inspiring, funny, and powerful. Listen in!
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| 0:00.0 | And for me, that was a big difference because I could have walked it, but I love running. |
| 0:03.7 | And so I was just doing it for the sheer joy of running. This is the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:29.1 | Brought to you by 180 Tack. |
| 0:31.6 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:35.6 | Episode 110, running the length of New Zealand with Anna McNuff. |
| 0:47.1 | Hello and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:49.6 | This is your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:51.2 | Today I have a wonderful adventurer to visit with us. I'm really excited. Anna McNuff. |
| 0:56.6 | Grew up in the UK. Her parents were Olympians in the Moscow Olympics in rowing, and they raised her to be adventurous and to get outside and to have fun. |
| 1:07.6 | And since then, she has picked up the torch. And she is an adventurer and |
| 1:12.4 | endurance athlete back in 2013. She bicycled through all 50 U.S. states, including |
| 1:18.6 | Alaska and Hawaii, which was a fantastic adventure. And she just returned from an adventure |
| 1:25.2 | where she ran the length of New Zealand, both islands on backcountry |
| 1:29.5 | trails, which just sounds fantastic. |
| 1:31.3 | And I have to throw in there, she has a heart for giving back. |
| 1:34.2 | And so as she does these adventures, she always tries to stop in with schools and to work |
| 1:39.5 | with the students so that they can have the seed planted for adventure in their own lives. |
| 1:44.8 | Anna, welcome to the program. |
| 1:46.4 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:48.2 | Oh, it's our pleasure. |
| 1:50.6 | So Anna, I just kind of hit some bullet points, but please tell our audience who you are |
| 1:55.6 | and about your passion for adventure. |
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