Jane Carswell Photo: Jane Carswell
Jane Carswell this year achieved the fastest crossing of New Zealand by bike.
She was at a low point in her life with mental health struggles in 2023 when she turned to the bike.
Starting in Bluff on March 8, the endoscopy nurse completed the 2000 kilometre trip in 10 days - averaging 200 kilometres a day.
A former competitive cyclist, she battled crosswinds on the Canterbury Plains and sheeting rain in the Waikato among other challenges, coming in to Cape Reinga on March 18.
Two weeks later her record was verified by the Guinness World Records.
