If you were watching it, you would have been thinking, How did this kid not make the state team? ‘There is Bunyaville State Forest over there,’ he continued. This forest run became my foundation, my rock. That moment as a 16-year-old in the middle of my first forest run was so significant that it helped change my mindset into that of the driven athlete I would become. That was a big moment, that belief that came from making the state team.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 24, 2026 17:31 UTC