---
title: "Te Araroa"
url: https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/
description: "On Nov 11, 2019, I set off to run the length of NZ along the Te Araroa Trail. I did it...in 66 days and 7 hrs."
published: 2020-03-11
updated: 2020-03-11
author: "Lucy Clark"
---

# Te Araroa

By Lucy Clark · Published 2020-03-11

On Nov 11, 2019, I set off to run the length of NZ along the Te Araroa Trail. I did it…in 66 days and 7 hrs.

## [Packing for a 66-day run across NZ](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/packing-for-a-66-day-run-across-nz/)

By Lucy Clark·4 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

Packing for an overseas trip is hard, let alone packing to run t run for 66 days across a country. So where did I start?!

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## [Food, glorious food](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/food-glorious-food/)

By Lucy Clark·3 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

Prior to starting, Tommy and I had a food plan which we based on what I ate during training. Our thought process was focus on fatty and c...

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## [Mental toughness](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/mental-toughness/)

By Lucy Clark·6 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

A trip like this is both physical and mental. In fact, I would probably say that, assuming you have done the appropriate training, it is more mental because the body is only going to keep going as long as the mind tells it to.

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## [How the heck do you train for a 3,000km run?!](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/how-the-heck-do-you-train-for-a-3-000km-run/)

By Lucy Clark·6 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

This is one of the questions I get asked most frequently. And to be honest, before I started this journey, I had no bloody idea! But over...

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## [Te Araroa Trail - The South Island](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/the-south-island/)

By Lucy Clark·8 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

You would think that after running the entire North Island in 34 days, I would have a little bit of confidence going into the South Island right? Wrong.

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## [Te Araroa Trail - The North Island](https://adventurouslucy.com/post/the-north-island/)

By Lucy Clark·8 min read·[Te Araroa](https://adventurouslucy.com/the-blog1/categories/te-araroa/)

The sky was dark and the waves crashed over the cragged rocks, spraying salty water everywhere. I was clinging to the side of a rock, wai...

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