Raising funds for the 2019 Kimi Ora School camp

Last November following completion of a tough mountain bike marathon race I thought “hey I didn’t suffer enough through that, let’s find another race that is even harder” and I somewhat foolishly decided to enter the Whaka 100. This is regarded as one of the toughest one day mountain bike marathon races in the Southern Hemisphere comprising over 100 km of technical single track riding and a brutal >3,800 m of climbing in the beautiful Whakarewarewa forest near Rotorua.

As I’ve decided to inflict this on myself I thought it would be great if I could use the opportunity to raise some money for a worthwhile cause.

Kimi Ora School in Naenae, Lower Hutt is a special needs school catering for a diverse range of students aged from 5-21. It is also where my wife Sarah works as a Speech and Language Therapist. Every 2 years the school arrange a camp where the students get to do loads of cool activities like horse riding, water slides, archery and trampolines. As well as being a fantastic few days for the kids it also gives the parents and carers of the students some very well deserved respite from what is often a 24 hour care role. As is often the case these days getting funding to enable the camp to take place is getting harder and harder and I know that if you good people are able to make a small donation it will make a big difference to Kimi Ora being able to make the camp happen.

So whether it’s the thought of all the students having an amazing time at camp or me suffering on another of the relentless climbs during the race please make a donation if you can.

Thanks in advance and I’ll let you know how the race goes!

Rich