10 Days To Go
The training is done but my ‘to do’ list never seems to grow any shorter. With 10 days until kick-off things are frantic at 7in7 HQ, but at least I now have Sally to assist. Yesterday she sent out all the Icebreaker 7in7 running shirts and event tee-shirts – a massive job, but worth it [...]
7in7 on air
A wonderful opportunity to share the 7in7 vision with a large audience of sports fans has come my way thanks to the tireless and unpaid work of friend and PR guru, Kathy Cunningham. On Weds 20th October I will be guest on Radio Sport’s “Who’s on Wednesday” slot. I will be sharing an hour of [...]
7in7 hits North America!
Word about the 7in7 Challenge continues to spread internationally. The story has been picked up by Colorado-based Trail Runner, North America’s biggest and best magazine covering this fast-growing sport. I love it’s tag line “One Dirty Magazine”! Anyway, to read the article just click here.
We went down fighting!
It was never going to be easy – an individual entry up against an entire university department – but we sure gave it one hell of a good crack. Yesterday I spent 17 hours at the keyboard, almost without a break, trying everything I could think of to bring in enough votes to take out [...]
Marc Ellis joins the Challenge
This morning we held the official media launch for this year’s 7in7 Challenge and revealed the identity of the ‘celeb’ runner who is kindly giving up his time, and risking his knackered knees, to help the cause. Big ups to Marc Ellis, former All Black and now popular TV figure, who is quoted as saying [...]
Wow, what a response!
The new website has only been live a couple of days and already it’s seen thousands of visitors. People are checking in from all over the globe, especially North America, UK, France and Australia but even from places as unlikely as Ukraine, Tunisia and Vietnam! Given that I’ve only just started putting the word out [...]
7in7 on YouTube
Video highlights from the 2009 ‘Great Walks’ edition of the 7in7 Challenge are now available for viewing on YouTube – just click here to see the show! This is 66 hours of running reduced to 6 minutes of action – a time-collapsing feat that even Dr.Who would be proud of. Many thanks to all who [...]
7in7 hits the big screen!
Amid all the frustrations of sorting out this year’s Challenge has come the great news that the short film about last year’s epic adventure is to be shown at the NZ Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka. The Festival runs from July 2nd to 6th so if you are in the Wanaka area you might like to check [...]
Addressing top young athletes
I have just received a great honour …. I have been asked by OPC to give a talk about the inaugral 7in7 Challenge on the eve of their 10th annual Genesis Energy Hillary Challenge. This is the toughest sporting/adventure/outdoor competition that secondary school students can do in NZ. It is taking place 17-21 May and on [...]
10, 9, 8, 7, 6……
6 days to go. I’m feeling strangely calm and relaxed about it all, but not so sure this will last all the way through to Sunday! Have a couple of busy days ahead as we start to pack, and then on Friday I have my live TV appearance – Breakfast on TV1 at 8.40am on [...]
