Kat on the trails

A Christmas Celebration of Kat's Trail Runs of NZ's Great Walks 2025
🎉 ALL 10 GREAT WALKS COMPLETE! + ULTRA TRAIL ANGKOR 2026! 🎉

All I Am, I Ran

Fern, moon, fractured bone— through mist and pain, I found this: all I am, I ran.
Pink sunrise, year's end— ten walks done, the ridge now crossed: great year done. Begin.
km Total Distance
Great Walks
9 → ALL Completed! ✓
1 To Go → DONE!

The Journey

10 Great Walks across Aotearoa New Zealand — ALL COMPLETE! ✓

Routeburn Track 32 km ✓ Completed
Rakiura Track 32 km ✓ Completed
Tongariro Northern Circuit 43 km ✓ Completed
Abel Tasman Coast Track 60 km ✓ Completed
Lake Waikaremoana 46 km ✓ Completed
Heaphy Track 78.4 km ✓ Completed
Paparoa Track 55 km ✓ Completed
Milford Track 53.5 km ✓ Completed
Kepler Track 60 km ✓ Completed
Hump Ridge Track 61 km ✓ THE FINAL ONE! 31 Dec 2025
🎊 31 December 2025 🎊

The Final Chapter: Complete!

Hump Ridge Track — with Mum (Janice) & Dad (Bryan)

Pink on ocean; rising sun.

Happy year end everyone.

Hump Ridge, run.

Great Year, done.

Adventures though; just begun.

— Kat, 31 Dec 2025

61km

All I am, I ran. All 10. All done. ✓

🏔️ Hump Ridge Finale 🏔️

The last 20 photos from the final Great Walk — NYE 2025

🏛️ Bonus Adventure 2026 🏛️

Ultra Trail Angkor

Cambodia — A Family Affair

24 January 2026 • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

Ultra Trail Angkor 2026 - Running past the ancient temples of Angkor Wat
Dad (Bryan)
100km
Ultra-Trail 100
Kat
64km
Bayon Trail
Mum (Janice)
42km
Marathon Trail

Ez: "How's the marathon going team? 🍺"

"All done! Hardest run of my life. Finished about 30mins ago. Watch died. Phone almost dead. As am I."

— Kat, 24 Jan 2026

Ancient stones bear witness—
through temple heat, three hearts run:
family, finished.

— Haiku for Angkor

Ultra Trail Angkor route map showing 64km Bayon Trail course
Ultra Trail Angkor Official Site →

The Memories

115 moments from an incredible year (95 + 20 from Hump Ridge!)

A Little Something Extra

To celebrate this incredible achievement

🏃‍♀️

Strava Art

A special route spelling out the words that defined your year: ALL I AM I RAN

View the Route →
📚

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

A story of another woman who found herself on the trail. For your next adventure.

Get the Book →

Merry Xmas sis! Happy 2026! 🎉

You did it — ALL 10 Great Walks complete! And then straight into Cambodia for the Ultra Trail Angkor with Mum & Dad. "Hardest run of my life" — legend! 🏛️

Awesome effort on the 2025 Great Walks and will join you on the 2026 Whanganui Great Kayak!

— With love, Simon ❤️