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The Most to Most! 30 km in 30 days to get to C4YW

  • Update for 02/01/2012 - 04/01/2012

      4 January 2012

    Most to Most Day 3 - (4/1/12) Today: 60 lengths! (1.5km) Total: 3.5km Today's High: 60 lengths! Don't know what came over me. Swim Forest Swim! Today's Low: Hot flush, in the hot pool, after a hot swim, on a hot day - not fun! Fundraising Total to date: $180 :-) Fundraising Target: $2,400 Most to Most Day 2 - (3/1/12) Today: 40 lengths (1km) Total: 2km Today's High: Finding my togs and swimming foobs - hurrah :-) Today's Low: Seeing a giant rogue big toe plaster on the floor of my lane! Most to Most Day 1 - (2/1/12) Today: 40 lengths (1km) Total: 1km Today's High: Actually making it to the pool after dancing til 1am the night before Today's Low: Losing my togs and having to use an old pair with 'improvised' boobs

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  • The Most to Most! 30 km in 30 days to get to C4YW

      29 December 2011

    Having been lucky enough to be gifted a partial travel grant to the Young Survival Coalition C4YW conference in February 2012 ? Ifm determined to attend and make the most of this golden opportunity both for the future development of Shocking Pink and my personal journey. The only snag is that the conference is in New Orleans and tickets from Christchurch to New Orleans are far from affordable. We have applied for funding from various organisations but have been unsuccessful to date and time is running out. Not being one for kayaking, cycling or running over mountains (or indeed anywhere if truth be told) I am embarking on my own personal eventc(drum roll)c. The Most to Most ? 30kms in 30 days. In true endurance fashion Ifll be swimming from Darfield, once infamous as the most shaky place in NZ (courtesy of the mag 7.4 earthquake in Sept 2010) to the centre of Christchurch now officially the most shaky place in NZ (since the mag 6.3 in Feb 2011). Its 30kms as the crow flies and I am going to swim the whole way (not literally you understand! but the equivalent distance at the local pool) in 30 days starting 2nd Jan and I would love you to please sponsor me and support this worthy cause. Thanks a million

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  • About Cheryle

      29 December 2011

    In 2010, aged just 34, I was diagnosed with rare and aggressive Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) while breastfeeding my 1 year old son. After 16 treatments of chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy and 25 sessions of radiation, I am now out the other side and having continued hormone therapy. I have also inherited the BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutation and face further prophylactic surgery in the future. With the unconditional love and support of my boys, my family and amazing friends I have been able to co-found Shocking Pink and create something positive from my situation. I am Chair, spokesperson and scribe.

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