Please 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. Heart research has helped save my heart in the past, and is doing that again right now!

Some of you may know that I was born with Congenital Heart Disease and had open heart surgery as a child to repair an ASD + PAPVR (hole in the heart + dodgy vein plumbing). That repair has served me well for 48 years and has allowed me to live a full and active life.
All that changed a month-or-so ago when the scar tissue from my earlier surgery suddenly caused the electrical pathways in my heart to go haywire, causing severe tachyarrhythmia and a lengthy stay in hospital. I'm now awaiting a procedure that will remove the scar tissue and hopefully allow me to return to a normal life.
... All thanks to heart research!

In the meantime my usual routine of walking 50-60km per week has changed a tad. My walks are now much shorter, slower & flatter - but hey, at least I'm still walking!
The NZ Heart Foundation MyMarathon event allows you to choose how many marathons to walk or run, spread across the whole month of May, to help raise funds for heart research. I am challenging myself to walk the equivalent of two marathons (84km).
Yes, I have cleared this with my cardiologist!

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, like me, whose lives are impacted by this disease.