Helping promote the walk ways and pathways around Auckland 🙂  I normally push around on my day chair or race chair, but when with friends on bikes, it’s easier on my hand cycle. When in a wheelchair, pretty much every activity means using a different piece of equipment, or having an adapted mod added to
Let’s do a run ‘Wings for Life’, at 11pm at night, on a Sunday!! Ha ha, sounds like madness, but it’s for a good cause. All the proceeds from WFLWR event goes to spinal research, what a great cause. It was raining, my squirrel suit head was smashing on my glasses (hurting my nose), and
Another year and another silly costume, the squirrel rides again! This Southern Cross Round the Bays event can only be put on because of the people that volunteer to make this event possible. A big thank you to them as well. I’m proud to be entertaining the people, the children and other runs dressed as the
Well, in the immortal words of Sir Edmund Hillary, I knocked the blighter off 🙂 Thanks to RtB for again making sure the event went ahead, even under a lockdown rules with this virtual run. I didn’t do great, but I did do well. Honestly I hope you’re training and fitness was productive over the
After Covid caused so many shut downs and lock downs, the RtB organisers managed to come up with this novel approach to their event… the Round the Backyard, virtual run. I managed to get in a few good kms, but didn’t bother wearing my usual costume (well, any costume). It just didn’t feel right. Managed
It is with a very warm heart I place this on my website. Thank you to my Alumni OHS for still seeing me doing silly things, but you seeing them as worthwhile. Really makes me smile reading this article. PS – Round the Bays is a fun event, always is, lots of smiles 🙂
The world is having a very challenging time dealing with this virus. I feel so lucky and blessed to be in NZ where our struggles are quite minor in comparison to other countries. We all have our own struggles, some are seen, some we hold within us. I continue to train even though several events
Once a year FireUp Events helps corporate runners run the gauntlet up the Skytower. This year was no different to others, raising a bunch of funds and spreading a bunch of smiles (“Always smiles at the start line” Tony Scott). A big thanks to Scotty (FiredUp Events) and SkyCity for allowing the event to take
Every year these firefighters never cease to amaze me. Within a few months, these brave men and women, paid and volunteers, do way more than expected and channel their efforts to raise funds for LBC. $1,318,000 raised for LFC in 2019 by Firefighters doing their thing. Supported by FiredUp Events, this annual cause is backed
This was the Auckland Marathon event where wheelies were invited to take part and race over the Auckland Harbour Bridge for the first time! Starting at Devonport and soon becoming very hilly, all the way through to the bridge itself. What a great course and this very special event happened to be my first ever