The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand

by Anna McNuff

I was afraid I wouldn’t finish, and that made me too afraid to start.

‘Nah, I’m only doing the fun run…’ said Jen between mouthfuls of toast, as I asked whether she had entered New Zealand’s legendary 100 km Tarawera Ultramarathon. ‘Oh. How far’s the fun run part?’ I asked. ‘Only sixty kilometres. Pete’s doing the full one hundred.’