Kirsty takes Ironman 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏃🏽

Ironman NZ Taupō

3.8km swim · 180km bike · 42.2km run

I have Cystic Fibrosis. Throughout my life I have spent hours every day doing physio, medication and nebulisation, and frequent hospital admissions just to stay healthy. Completing an Ironman seems like an impossible challenge. On March 7 I will be taking it on, thanks to Trikafta the 'miracle drug'. I'm fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis NZ to improve the lives of others with CF

Ironman is one hard day. CF is every day

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Borrowed Breaths

Lake Swim

Cold water. Adrenaline. 2,000 swimmers. Controlled breathing. Every stroke starts with a breath I’ve had to fight for my whole life

For me, breathing has always required planning, treatment, and discipline - long before race day.

Your donation backs the first kilometres and every breath that got me there

Sponsor the breaths I don’t take lightly

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The Long Middle

180km Bike

This is the grind. Headwinds, hills, tired legs - and no hiding from fatigue

Living with CF means managing energy constantly: meds, physio, recovery, repeat.

These kilometres reflect that - relentless, unglamorous, but necessary

Fund the hours that feel endless

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The Finish Line

42km Run

The hardest kilometres of the entire day. The sun goes down. Empty legs. Tears are possible. Breathing that feels heavy again. And finishing becomes a choice

This is where I choose to keep moving - the same choice I make with CF, over and over.

Your donation carries me through the final stretch and across the line

Back the choice to never give up