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My Progress

I'm walking 75 km for Kiwi hearts this May.

I've raised

$96

I've moved

75KM

My Target

75KM

Ending note

Kia Ora/Greetings

Firstly I started MyMarathon because I have family that have been affected by heart disease and I feel that by participating it is a good way to give back. I am grateful to have been a part of this fundraiser. I have gained a lot from this experience and a big thank you goes out to my only donor. Although I did not reach all of my goals it gives me more drive to reach them next time around.

Week 1 - Starting off slow I wanted to ensure I could walk at a manageable pace and start getting some kms on the board! I also realized how unfit I was lol (cardio).

Week 2 - Enthusiastically driven to achieve the goals and seeing the times and steps slowly improve was a great week.

Week 3 - Body was sore and starting to struggle as the walks was added to an already exhausting weekly gym load. I was just trying to get through the walks with good numbers. and the improvements were in the times and steps as I got faster everything improved besides the body lol.

Week 4 - Surprisingly harder, I started the week flat and I feel the lap times showed it but by Fridays last walk I had the enthusiasm to try and put a great ending 5kms on the board which showed. The pace was great from start to finish and I never felt drained of energy at any part of the walk. Seeing the end in sight it was a great feeling to have accomplished my marathon.

Thank you to all at The Heart Foundation and my love goes out to everyone who participated and everyone who is or has been affected by heart disease.

Nga mihi

Dave

Day 1

Kia ora! Today is day 1 and I have walked 5.8kms in 1 hour and 35 minutes with a total of 10,354 steps.

First km was 18:00 minutes. 2nd km was 19:00 minutes. 3rd km was 18:40 minutes. 4th km 19:40 minutes. 5th km was 20:20 minutes.

Legs are feeling a bit tight but overall feeling great! I have had a good preparation! the last 2 weeks have been spent doing a lot of cardio.

I set the bar where it is atm as I don't want to get too far ahead of myself! lol

Ps I do not have a compatible app as my apps won't let me download for some reason so using health app.

Support my challenge to save Kiwi hearts

This May, I’m taking part in MyMarathon to raise funds for heart research that will help save lives.

Every 90 minutes, a person dies of heart disease. It's the single biggest killer in New Zealand, and I want to do something to support the thousands of Kiwis whose lives are impacted by this disease every single day.

Please make a donation to support my challenge and help save Kiwi hearts.

Together, we can win the race against heart disease.

Thank you!