Ep. 501: Running the Length of New Zealand Revisited - Anna McNuff
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Originally from November 06, 2015
Anna McNuff entertains us with her delightful wit and style as she recounts what it was like to run the length of New Zealand, on backcountry trails, self-supported. She also biked through all 50 US states! Inspiring, funny, and powerful.
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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. |
| 0:13.5 | And so I was just doing it for the sheer joy of running. |
| 0:19.6 | This is the adventure sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:27.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, |
| 0:34.5 | we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that |
| 0:38.5 | next adventure. |
| 0:40.0 | The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned |
| 0:45.2 | self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental. |
| 0:49.9 | You can check them out at campcrate.net. |
| 0:53.3 | Thank you. You can check them out at camp crate.net. |
| 1:07.5 | Hey, folks, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:13.3 | Today is a throwback Thursday episode, so we're going to be digging in out of our vast, now 500 episode pool to showcase shows that didn't get a lot of love at the beginning when they |
| 1:23.2 | were first released, or maybe when the show was way, way smaller, and we are releasing just |
| 1:29.4 | epic stories that maybe only a small, small fraction of you or none of you have ever heard. |
| 1:35.2 | Today's is one of those stories. |
| 1:37.0 | It is from way back in the 100s, like one of the, like episode 110. |
| 1:43.1 | It's Anna McNuff. She runs on trails the entire length of New Zealand. |
| 1:50.1 | Both islands, mind you. She is just a serial adventurer doing all kinds of crazy things. |
| 1:56.9 | She's ridden a bike through all 50 states. She's, Kurt will get into it. This one's hosted by |
| 2:01.8 | Kurt. First of all, thanks for all the folks listening to the special episode 500. Yeah, that was |
| 2:08.2 | really cool to catch up with Kurt and Travis, see how they're doing, see what they're up to, |
| 2:12.6 | and talk about just what it's been like to do this show for the last four years. |
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