Heart Racer Stories
Heidi Van Rooyen – an inspirational story
32 year old Heidi Van Rooyen is competing in her first full marathon this year. Since beginning on a journey of looking after herself, eating right and keeping fit, Heidi has conquered her battle with food losing an astonishing 35kg, and feels better than ever before.
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AUCKLAND’S QUEEN OF HEARTS
If you think running a half marathon is hard, try doing it in costume! That’s exactly what Nic Miller-Clendon intends to do as she competes in the adidas Auckland Marathon on Sunday 28 October 2007.
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Mike Kirby’s First Marathon
Mount Victoria resident Mike Kirby raised over $500 as a Heart Racer at the Shoe Clinic Harbour Capital Marathon on Sunday 25 June.
Combining a lifelong ambition to complete a marathon with supporting a cause very important to him, provided Mike with ample motivation in his training and preparation over the months leading up to the big day.
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Danielle Cubis – Doing it for my Dad
Danielle is, in her own words, "not a runner," but she will compete as a Heart Racer in the adidas Auckland Marathon in memory of her father, who recently passed away after a sudden heart attack.
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Ramas – A Speedy Fundraiser
Wellington resident Seetharaman Ramasubramanian (Ramas as his friends call him) raised over $500 for the Heart Foundation in just a month.
Ramas took part in the 10km Shoe Clinic Harbour Capital Marathon on 25 June. Ramas’ involvement as a Heart Racer was linked to the positive lifestyle changes he had made during the previous twelve months. At a routine insurance medical check-up a year ago, his GP told him that he was at risk of heart disease and diabetes due to his excess weight and ethnic background.
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Yvonne Haswell – Tauranga Half for Heart Heart Racer
Yvonne Haswell ran her first 21km in the Tauranga Half 4 Heart this year.
“For me it was a logical move,” says Yvonne.
“I was doing the run anyway; so I thought, ‘Why not raise money for a really good cause at the same time?’ I know many people affected by heart disease, including members of my extended family, so it made sense to do what I could to help. It’s something that has touched the lives of so many people.”
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Devonport man races for family history
Devonport resident Ben Hudson fast become the top "Heart Racer" fundraiser in a matter of days after creating his webpage. Ben's friends and family overseas all sponsored his half marathon efforts and he raised over $2,000.
Ben chose to become a Heart Racer at the marathon for several reasons, one of which was because he has felt first hand the affects of heart disease on his own family.
Ben and his wife have been living in New Zealand for a year after leaving the UK two years ago and travelling for a year. During their first three weeks living in Milford with his uncle, his uncle had a heart attack while they were there. Ben watched him arrest in the ambulance and he's sure the paramedics saved his life.
While spending the night at North Shore Hospital with his Uncle, Ben's wife rang to say Ben's father (Uncle's brother) had been taken to hospital in the UK at the same time - also with heart problems. Both men survived with medical care and now are on heart medication.
With this family history marking his stay in New Zealand, Ben felt it appropriate to raise money for the Heart Foundation and help other families going through the same thing.
Mt Eden mum gives it a go in memory of her father
When Robyn Cory-Wright heard that the Heart Foundation was the official charity for the adidas Auckland marathon, she decided to make her first-ever half marathon effort at the event in memory of her Father. The mum of young school-age children, Robyn has always been fit, regularly walking and running, but has never attempted the distance of a half marathon.
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One year anniversary of heart scare spurs fundraising efforts for the Heart Foundation
Nov 1, 2004 is a date Berescourt, Hamilton resident Shaun Clements (34) will never forget. He was at work doing the night shift as the signal box controller at Railway Corp and suddenly felt his heart start to race. At first he thought it was indigestion, but as the racing continued he realized something was wrong with his heart.
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