Help Fight Depression one race at a time

Ok here is some back ground - I (Chris Bennett) run an adventure racing team called Warning Contains Nuts. Now what we do is enter races around the country promoting our charity Live More Awesome - www.livemoreawesome.com

These races are everything from 10km runs to 7 day full expedition length adventure races. - Check out www.godzone.co.nz for details on what and Adventure race entails.

The reason we do this is to raise awareness of the Charity and to show our members on the site ways on how to deal with depression other than just taking drugs.

For as long as i can remember I have suffered at the hands of depression. But with the help of exercise I have found an outlet that has not only help me find a way to deal with the darkness but better still its been a way to to keep the darkness at bay and to find my happiness and joy back.

To achieve this I have developed goals to achieve in life and now its time to put them into practice. 18 months ago I was over 120 Kgs, very unfit and never dreamed of doing any of the things i have done or about to do. I was killing myself slowly. I also lost some friends last year through depression so some of this is in their memory.

So here is a few of the races we have done so far and some of the many races coming up we are wanting to complete.

Mud Sweat and Tears.

Christchurch Half Marathon - 2hrs 9 mins (first ever half).

Young Adventures 12 hr Adventure Race - 3rd in Men Open (13 hours 10 mins)

12hr Mountain Bike Blast (Christchurch) - 21 laps (11 km laps)

24 hr Cromwell Adventure Race (14 / 15 th November 2014)

Queenstown Full Marathon (22 November 2014)

24hr National Rogaine Championships (6th December 2014)

Spieghts Coast to Coast (14th February 2014)

GodZone World Series Adventure Race (1st - 7th March 2014)

and many more.... plus the training that goes with these...

What I hope to achieve with this is to inspire people into looking after themselves and their mates by showing how positive actions do help.

Now this is where you come in to it...

I am asking for $5 donations and in return you will receive one entry in to a prize draw for my beloved 1995 Toyota Corolla. It will come with 6 months rego and warrant and will be delivered to any main city centre in New Zealand. (If your overseas I will arrange for the car to be sold via Turners Auction and forward the proceeds of the sale to you).

There is also now some new prizes ....

1st prize is The car and 1 ticket* to the Worlds Longest WaterSlide 2015. http://www.worldsbiggestwaterslide.com/

2nd - 5th prize - 1 ticket* to the Worlds Biggest WaterSlide 2015. http://www.worldsbiggestwaterslide.com/

6th - 15th prize - A copy of Jimi Hunt's book 'A Bit Mental'

http://www.abitmental.co.nz/

*Half Day Tickets - (valued at $149)

A ticket to either Saturday or Sunday afternoon (4hrs) on the World's Biggest Waterslide

All the usual event goodies; At least two other slides, bands, DJ's, food trucks, yoga, smoothies, inflatable activities, mental health resources and anything else we can think of!

Every $5 you donate gets you one entry - so donate $10 and get two... :)

I do have a min target of $5000

The money raised will be used for training and race entries. In return we will be writing about our adventures and encouraging others to join us where possible. We will also be carrying out random acts of kindness where ever we go - So we do recommend that you join the community to see what Live More Awesome and Warning Contains Nuts are up to.