Challenging myself for a cause: The Mental Health Foundation 24-Hour Ultra Marathon

I swapped sleep for running and completed the 24-hour ultra marathon, clocking up 128km and over 3,000m of elevation (turns out, hills don’t get any smaller at 3am). It was brutal, it was beautiful, and somehow... it was a lot of fun. My legs are still filing a formal complaint, but the real win was raising $950 (and counting!) for the New Zealand Mental Health Foundation. Every step and every mental battle was worth it.