Ultramarthon runner Inia Raumati taking part in Namib Race 2024. Photo: Supplied / Inia Raumati
Dr Inia Raumati is an emergency doctor at Auckland City Hospital, he's also on a mission to be the first person in the world to run a self-supported, multi-stage ultra marathon on every continent, in a single year.
Inia hopes to raise $10 per km, amounting to $20,000 to support future athletes. Here's his givealittle campaign.
He's used Tikanga (Māori values) to navigate the challenges that come with ultra-marathons around the world.
He sat down with Mihi to share how the mindset needed to push through extreme situations has helped him in all aspects of life, including critical situations at the hospital, being deployed to Iraq with the NZ army, and volunteering on rescue helicopters.
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