Te Araroa

Apr 22, 2025

‘Hardest Geezer’ lives up to nickname with 100km PB run amid gruelling endurance challenge

Russ Cook, who describes himself as “an unhinged ginger bloke with a personal vendetta against the global tarmac network”, is running the 3,000km Te Araroa trail.

Apr 7, 2025

Germany’s Paulina Zäck resets women’s FKT on New Zealand’s Te Araroa trail

Germany’s Paulina Zäck sets a women’s overall FKT on the 1,898-mile (3,054 kilometers) Te Araroa trail in New Zealand, in self-supported fashion.

Feb 18, 2025

Belgian man breaks speed record for running length of New Zealand

Karel Sabbe has smashed the record for the fasted run of New Zealand's longest trail Te Araroa.

Feb 17, 2025

Barkley Marathons hero Karel Sabbe sets insane FKT on New Zealand’s Te Araroa trail

The Belgian covered the 3,054-kilometre trail in under 32 days to take 17-and-a-half days off New Zealander George Henderson’s previous best mark.

Feb 6, 2025

‘We’re looking at 10 Mt Everests in 10 weeks’ – Hardest Geezer reveals his next challenge

The man who rewrote the record books by running the entire length of Africa over 352 days in 2023 and 2024 is now planning to clock up 3,000km in New Zealand.

Jan 20, 2025

Ultrarunner's team attacked by dogs on first week on Te Araroa trail

The attack happened on Sunday, and one of his support crew was bitten, and had fallen and broke his elbow.