Monday 17.04.2023

• Te Araroa kilometres done: 2962.5km
• Official kms: 0 (bypass/detour)
• Garmin kms: 25.24km
• Total time: 5:05
• Calories burned: 1842
• Body battery: 7/10
• Accommodation: Airbnb Riverton.
• Tent nights tally: 19
• Zero days had so far: 32

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Today I’m all about getting it done as I have a zero tomorrow which my body is begging for. I have more aches & pains than ever at the moment.

I left not long after 9am & it was a cruisy walk on footpath for the 1st 1.5km, then it ended & I was walking on the side of the road.

From here I put my headphones in & listened to some upbeat music to set my pace. It worked well as I was averaging about 5.5km per hour.

Today was similar to yesterday, just sealed road through farmland. I didn’t stop until I pumped out a half marathon, at that point I stopped for a banana & some electrolytes. This was just outside a huge amount of river huts alongside the Aparima river, I’m assuming they are for whitebaiting.

After leaving it was only 4km to go but seemed very slow as my legs, ankles & my right glute was very sore!

Upon reaching my amazing accommodation, with a nice little note & some chocolates I sat down for 10 minutes, then emptied my pack.

I then set off with my empty pack to walk the 1.5km into the supermarket to get the next few day’s supplies. I then had to walk my newly loaded pack the 1.5km back.

After getting back I ran the outside bath & lay in it for a good hour to soak my sore muscles. It’s a relaxing evening with hopefully an even more relaxing day off tomorrow.