Fifty-Two: Birth of a Soul Runner

Looking out across the rooftops of Hamilton City to the distant Kaimai Ranges and Maungatautari Mountain on New Year's Day 2017, Campbell Forlong had no idea that instead of just ticking off these two running challenges from his bucket list, something bigger was about to happen in his 52nd year.

After he'd completed three random marathon runs on consecutive weekends, his brother Paul phoned. "I see you've run three marathons in three weeks - you planning to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks?" he ...