He isn't an athlete that will get a lot of coverage on television (he gets some but not as much as he deserves for his exploits). You might hear about him on the radio if you're lucky. But the most likely way you will hear about Malcolm is by either spotting his book at your local bookstore or through the trail/ultra running community.
Some people struggle to fathom running 5kms. Other people think running 42.2 kms is a bit nuts. Well @runningwildnz eclipses all of those distances. And he does it over and over and over again. To be fair running a marathon is like going for a medium distance training run for Malcolm.
Putting it out there - I started following Malcolm's exploits via Facebook back in 2012 when he and another running partner undertook a huge run over in England. And I have also met Malcolm in real life and his personality is just as big as his running. He is a man who is full of life, highly intelligent, willing to take a risk and is always looking for his next adventure.
Don't expect to be inundated with tweets from Malcolm. He is usually off an adventure somewhere (and I don't mean just on the weekends - I mean ALL THE TIME!) so tweets come through from time to time. Or for as long as he is able to actually sit still in any one place at any one time.
When he does tweet often times what you will get are updates from his Facebook feed. But don't let that put you off because he does occasionally find the time to actually write proper tweets. Here is a sample of what you can expect to see -
:-) (tweeted January 14th)
and lots of tweets saying thank you to people who have either read his book or who have reviewed it.
@runningwildnz is about more than just Malcolm and his running exploits. Well actually it is. So if you don't like - running, being inspired or being challenged then you may be better off going and checking out some other twitter account like Grumpy Cat.
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