A days account of a winter hiking trip with Christchurch Tramping Club to Goat Pass from Otira to Arthurs Pass.
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Vicky Havill
Hi I’m Vicky, the creator of Dreaded Runner. If you are here because you want to hear that you can accomplish your dreams despite your own personal adversities then you have come to the right place. You won’t see podium finishes or record breaking here, you will see an ‘average’ runner who has become a better and stronger person through running. I am a woman of many endeavors, mum of two homeschooled kidlets, writer, trail runner, ultra runner and epileptic. This blog is all about how being the best that we can be is not about tapping into natural abilities. Its about tapping in to what makes us happy and leaning into the process of becoming better than what we were yesterday, last week or last year. At 30 I couldn’t run around the block, at 37 I completed my first 50km ultra marathon, and at 38, my first 100km ultra. I have found what I love and despite facing adversities and a diagnosis of epilepsy I am still here doing what makes me feel alive. Still consuming my soul food.