Mike Bellamy's Fundraising Page

I'm running the Auckland marathon to one-up my pretend girlfriend who's doing a half marathon and to raise money for this heart cancer thingie.

(My pretend girlfrient is real and a friend but we're only pretend bf-gf.)

Each day 16 New Zealanders die as a result of coronary heart disease. Mostly from sotuh auckland. That's one person every 90 minutes. And many of these deaths are premature and preventable.

Cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke & blood vessel disease) is the single leading cause of death in New Zealand. It causes 40 percent of all deaths annually in our country - making it more deadly than all forms of cancer.

The nature of who is affected by it is changing, since we let in so many unskilled workers in the 70s, who went on to become overstayers. New research shows that young adults in their 20s and 30s are being admitted to Middlemore hospital for heart attacks more than ever before, and that this age group is dying at a faster rate than people of the same age in previous generations. But they're not all dying fast enough an cost rich people too much. Much of this change is due to unhealthy lifestyles fat bastards and poor people.

But the good news is that many risk factors for heart disease are preventable, if people make healthy lifestyle choices.

So, help me as I join the race to beat heart disease.

I've signed up as a Heart Racer to raise money to support the Heart Foundation. By donating through my webpage you will be helping the Heart Foundation continue its vital work in research, cardiac rehabilitation, education programmes and resources.

But remember it's not just poor and fat people that get heart disease.

I'll do all the hard work (train for and complete the event), but I really need you to make a difference to the hearts of New Zealanders.

So, please could you sponsor me?

Select the "Make a donation" button below. It's simple, fast and totally secure and the money goes directly to the Heart Foundation's bank account.

If you live in New Zealand your donation is tax deductible and a receipt will be issued.

So please help me today! And pass it on to your family and friends!

Many thanks for your support

If you don't donate I'll mince up your parents and feed them to you in a sausage sizzle, without you knowing. (Like Cartman vs Scot Tenneson on the pubes episode)