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Running for our Canterbury Kids' Mental Health

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Given by 15 generous donors in around 5 months

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Fundraising for a new youth mental health facility in Christchurch

Canterbury

To help raise funds for a new Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Facility (CAF), I plan to run a total of 500km between 1st September and 31st December 2021, around the hills in Christchurch and different parts of the South Island.

This facility will be a modern, welcoming and fit-for-purpose outpatient service that will, once complete, replace the current, very grim one located at The Princess Margaret Hospital, CDHB.

500km is roughly the distance between Christchurch and Gore. I will update this page regularly with my current virtual location on the map along with photos from events and training as the kilometres build up and I track my way virtually down South.

Check out Jason Gunn's video, click the map picture.

For more information on the CAF project please visit the Māia website:

https://www.maiahealth.org.nz/projects/key-projects/youth-mental-health/

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Finished! 10 January 2022

Well that's it, I did 115km, over 6600m elevation in 10 days to bring me to Gore and finish the 500km challenge. 500km may not seem a lot over the months I have done this but it has mainly been on hills or mountains and mostly very early in the morning so that I can fit everything else in. I have loved doing it and will continue running and raising money for Move for Māia. On Sat I have a 28km race in Te Anau and in 4 weeks the 30km Coast to Coast Mountain Run, both will be tough runs but turning up to run against others is probably the most challenging aspect for me. So thanks for all your support with this and more importantly the kid's of Canterbury and their families thank you for helping to bring us closer to making this new Mental Health facility become a reality.

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