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A marathon for Lachie Love's Bucket List!

  • Te Araroa Virtual Challenge and a new team mate!!

      8 May 2024
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    Nikki here! A week of annual leave a couple of weeks ago, I got heaps of training in, but this week and last has been harder to find or make time to run! My life is always very busy so I need to get a bit more strategic with getting runs in. Life will keep happening, stuff will always crop up but I need to get out for runs more.

    So to do this and manage my ADHD brain I’ve signed up to the Te Araroa 100mile virtual challenge!

    And I’ve very easily convinced my friend Charly to run too, Charly will do either the half or the full depending on the situation closer to the time as she is doing a PhD too!

    Arani and I hope to get out for a weekend run together!

    If you want to know more you can follow me on Instagram: @a_marathon_for_lachie_love

    And please share the page!

    Lachie’s MRI is stable at the moment and he and his whānau are trucking on. Lachie makes me laugh on the regular, now he has my email address to send me iMessages I’m sure he will increase the laugh rate!

    Thanks for the support it doesn’t go unnoticed!!

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  • Training is all go!

      24 April 2024
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    Nikki here, I’m not sure my Strava app knows what’s hit it. Literally months or possibly a year of virtually no runs or other similar activity and then I’ve done 4 runs and 3 bike rides in the last week or so! The motivation has FINALLY kicked in. This is thanks to everyone’s support and donations! External accountability for the win!

    The marathon is for Lachie and it is for me. Last year I had a head injury and was processing a late diagnosis of ADHD. The sh*t show of last year impacted my mental health in a significant way. I wouldn’t have fathomed doing a marathon last year. I know I can do this, I have good people cheering me on and good friends doing it too. Thanks again, will keep you posted!

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  • Training has started! (And an enormous thank you!)

      14 April 2024
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    Nikki here! I was really procrastinating going on my first actually training run, I think it was knowing once I did that, that was it my life would be 50% running from then on!

    But L it’s about Lach not me so I phoned a friend.

    Arani and I did our first run by the Otago Harbour. 4kms on total. I’m unfit so it was slow and steady.

    It was more of a diagnostics run for me, basically a what hurts and how unfit am I run 😂

    I was absolutely buzzing after and unsure why I hadn’t been sooner! Might be the overwhelming idea I’ve signed up for a marathon 🙄

    I need to say a huge thank you, I am overwhelmed by the support and donations already! Lachie is already thinking about what big thing he wants to do. If only we can make Eminem tour like he’s rumoured to do! The money will go to a family trip for the Loves. Will keep you posted!

    I’ve set up an Instagram page for this marathon journey to keep me accountable, to post updates and raise awareness of DIPG, the rumour Lachie has. You can follow it here https://www.instagram.com/a_marathon_for_lachie_love?igsh=MXJqOHo3cHJqeHEyaA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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