Veteran ultramarathon runner Perry Newburn took up running to help with his rehabilitation from a heroin addiction. Calder has also subsequently learned of at least one other occasion in the North Island when Newburn was driven. Had Newburn missed the ferry - the last for the day - it would have set his record attempt back 12 hours. That to me was all part of the logistics of completing the run within the record," Calder says. Postscript: In April, Grant 'Curly' Jacobs (Don Jacobs' cousin) will have a crack at breaking Bauer's 44-year-old record, running the opposite way from Bluff to Cape Reinga.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2019 10:52 UTC