Tag Archives: Perry Newburn

Day 3: Perry’s Run Across the USA

#goperrygo Today Perry is running from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Jonestown, Pennsylvania (roughly 56 miles). Some updates from this morning… Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Current Stats Distance Run since September 1st: 112 miles Distance Run yesterday: 52 miles Distance Planned for Today: 65 miles Miles left to go: 2988 Signed up for 5K […]

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Moon Jogger attempts to break WORLD RECORD!

Runnin’ down a dream By Zaryd Wilson Perry Newburn achieved a long-held dream in running across the United States. He claimed a world record too. PHOTO/ZARYD WILSON Perry Newburn ran from New York to Los Angeles in world record time. He tells Zaryd Wilson how he did it. Watching the rain pour outside his Feilding […]

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Running For 24 Hours

Running for 24 hours!! By Perry Newburn After struggling for ideas on what to write about I thought lets cover what its like to run for 24 hours – for me anyway – around a 400 metre athletic track. This would not be most people’s idea of fun but I actually looked forward to it. […]

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THE CONTINUING JOURNEY

So, initially the seed was sown after following Dean Karnazis’ Run Across America. This of course became the DREAM. However I began to think of what could be done in NZ of a similar magnitude. A few people had run the length of NZ ( a distance of approximately 2000kms) but what could be done […]

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Run for Life – The Continuing Story…

What does it take to be an Ultra Marathon Runner? So the step into the ultra arena happened (approximately 10 years ago) and after that first 67 km (a run through some beautiful countryside) I found that I definitely enjoyed them!!!! – strange I know. I,m not sure what it was – the challenge maybe, […]

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Run For Life – WHY?

Who is Perry Newburn? Here is a bit of background as to why I came up with the name “Run for Life.” Yes, it could be a name of a book I started to pencil together last year. One day I may get it finished.  Here is the brief version… I grew up (not too […]

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