“Growing up playing cricket, running was always part of the training program. I loved it till I was a teenager and developed growing pains in the knees and ankles. I ended up dreading the 5km training runs and couldn’t think of anything worse.
As time went on, the body came right after regularly visiting a great chiropractor and doing a bit more stretching. I ended up becoming a Chiropractor and that kinda lights me up now, to spread my work as much as I can.
I am now living and practising in Düsseldorf, Germany and no matter where I am in the world I try to find the ‘local’ forest / hills / ocean / lake and use the running to get into nature and clear my head after a busy day.
In Christchurch that’s the Port Hills, In Auckland Takapuna Beach, in Haarlem Zandfort and in Düsseldorf the Grafenburger Wald.
The South Island of New Zealand always takes the cake, and I’ve had a blast doing the Routeburn with some good mates!”
Andrew @drandrewmccracken
(Christchurch/Düsseldorf)
Photo taken on the Routeburn Track, Fiordland
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