In late November last year, I had the pleasure of taking part in what was called the "7in7". It involved a man called Malcolm Law running the seven "Great Walks" of New Zealand in seven consecutive days, hence the name "7in7". Here is the site: 7in7
You can read my brief post prior to running in the event here. The event was held as a fundraiser to get some money together for the Leukemia and Blood Foundation of New Zealand
Mal put in a huge effort for the whole seven days. I had the opportunity to run the first day with Mal, around Lake Waikaremoana. At the end of day one, I was knackered. Mal, on the other hand, was just warming up....he still had six days to go.
It was a tough, warm day; 8.5 hours round the Waikaremoana 'Great Walk', but well worth it and a good time had by all. I will struggle to patiently tramp now and will want to run everywhere.
I couldn't believe that Mal would be going through another six (probably harder) days. But he nailed it, with the support of his wife, friends and supporters it was a fantastic event; over NZ$75,000 has been raised so far.
Check out Mal's account of events on his blog, and remember to support the cause.
I'm the grinning idiot on the left, the rest were uber-runners comparatively, Mal is second from right.
The event will be 'wrapped up' so to speak with a documentary comprised of material from dedicated cameraman Dimi who got the good and the not so good times on film. As a part of this documentary I am helping put together some graphics....this involves showing the tracks in Google Earth. I thought I may as well make the track files public so people can view them in Google Earth and see exactly were Mal ran.
Download Google Earth here if you don't already have it.
Simply click on your desired track and then hit 'ok' it will then load in Google Earth.
Keep your eyes on this blog to find out when the documentary is available/showing.
If you would like to use these .kmz files commercially or publicly please contact me.
Or if you would like me to create some .kmz files for your needs then let me know.
Contact me via: ash@coastalconcepts.org