Motor Neurone Disease Awareness
I will be attempting to run my first ever marathon to raise awareness and funds to support Motor Neurone Disease here in New Zealand
Auckland
After half a lifetime of hating running I have bizarrely decided to run in the Auckland marathon on October 29th. This is firstly to prove that I can and secondly and more importantly to raise awareness and funds to support sufferers of Motor Neurone Disease here in New Zealand.
Jon Adams' involvement (page creator)
My close friend and former colleague Roger Shipton was diagnosed with this horrific disease just over a year ago. As a result he had to leave the job he loved at The Warehouse and return to the UK, where he is being cared for by his family. MND seems to be a difficult disease to identify and support can be problematic in NZ. Hopefully by raising some funds that will go to MNDA NZ we will be able to help and maybe even reduce the numbers of future sufferers from this terrible disease.
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That’s all folks! 30 October 2017
That’s all folks!
So it’s over. My limbs - despite still hating me - are very thankful about that. I managed to run the whole way and although it was not at a pace that will trouble the Guinness people, that was actually what I was hoping to do. I got round in 4 hours 53 minutes.
Much more importantly we all managed to raise over $2500 for MNDA NZ. A massive thank you to everyone who supported me in this feat. Not only the donations but the messages of support and especially those who shouted me on during the race.
I’ve enjoyed the ride - I hope you have too!
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