In Christchurch – Help required running south!
Hi All!
Thanks to my very kind host Valmai here for putting me up and accepting my 3 packages sent here including running shoes number 32 as last pair were run into the ground right up to Valmai’s door last night with a hole in the heel!
Christchurch has suffered a lot due to 2 relatively recent earthquakes in recent years. In September 2010 a 10 minute rattle of the city caused much damage but as it occurred in the middle of the night miraculously nobody was killed. A second earthquake occurred in February 2011 in the afternoon which unfortunately took the lives of around 160 people. This lasted just 18 seconds and caused significant damage to the cities infrastructure and peoples homes.
So obviously people are still dealing with these issues. I saw much of the damage on the run into the city, a city in rebuild mode. I understand there are significant as these tradespeople can’t find work back in Ireland.
I do not have internet service on the run as I cant be bothered with the constant hassle of keeping an Iphone charged up not to mention the many stops to keep checking it and am not going to have a second phone because of the lack of charging up facilities, so please, please if anyone is offering me a place to stay or wants to meet for a chat or run on my route south towards Bluff please TEXT me 021 08437842
I got a place in Invercargill, thanks Paul and Grace!
I got so many emails after 9 days and with a slow internet connection cant respond, or even open many important ones, sorry for this!
Anyway I expect to have NZ run within another 2 weeks all 610km of it. So far I have run around 26,045km in 624 road days. The last 24 without a rest day all the way from Auckland, I may just continue that streak all the way to Bluff. I have a flight to catch to Tasmania on 27th, so far so good 
Gotta Run!
February 11th, 2013 at 9:15 am
24k on Monday, total 26.369km for 625 road days made it to Rolleston BP petrol station and will sleep around back, Thanks to Valmai.David and Alan for their help and also Ann.Matt.Ger.Richard and Ash in Ireland
February 11th, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Glad to see you are enjoying the South of New Zealand and running well. Continued success Ann
February 11th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Hi Tony,
Great getting your text this morning and that everything is going so well for you. Your singlet should arrive in Australia in about a week. Take care of yourself and enjoy the sunshine Mam
February 12th, 2013 at 9:50 pm
tony, nice to see the spot tracker moving along. kevin
February 13th, 2013 at 8:47 am
great to hear you are still on track. keep up the good work.