William Chong - this guy ran 21km!

Me.

11,300 entries for the 2008 Auckland Marathon.

11,300 entries for the 2008 Auckland Marathon.

The course takes runners across the magnificent Auckland Harbour Bridge.

The course takes runners across the magnificent Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Running through the finishing chute - what a feeling!

PAGE CREATOR:	William Chong
EVENT:	adidas Auckland Marathon 2008
EVENT DATE:	2/11/2008

UPDATE (1.07.09) - It's marathon season again! This time I'm training for my very first full marathon! Visit www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/williamchong/ to read more about it - happy training everyone!

UPDATE (4.11.08) - Thanks for all your support. I completed the halfmarathon event in 2:23:47 - not particularly fast but I ran the whole way and did my best. I'll definitely be giving the full marathon a go next year: if you're still thinking about making a donation, don't let me stop you! Thanks again! - William

Each day 16 New Zealanders die as a result of coronary heart disease. That's one person every 90 minutes (which is how long it takes to drive to town and back!). 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, road accidents, and suicide.

I'm putting my running where my mouth is and taking on this year's adidas Auckland Marathon. Some of you who have run with me before know I get regularly outrun by 12-year-olds, so I'm getting the training in early to survive all 21 km of it!

As you can see I've also signed up on Heartracer.org.nz to raise money to support The National Heart Foundation of NZ. I've had one relative who suffered a stroke and another who died of a blood vessel-related cause, so this strikes close to home. By donating through my webpage you will be helping the Heart Foundation continue its vital work in research, cardiac rehabilitation, education programmes and resources - this will save lives.

I'm pulling all the hard yards (training for and completing the event), giving this event my first ever try! I'll update my blog at: http://williamchong.com/ to detail my progress and post thoughts on what I do with all that pavement-pounding time. But it's all up to YOU to make a difference to the hearts of New Zealanders.

So. Sponsor. Me!

Click on 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 this on to your family and friends!

Thanks heaps for your support!

William's site: http://williamchong.com

DATE	NAME	AMOUNT	COMMENT
My Online Sponsors To Date:
31/10/2008	Al & Verne	$25.00	Well done you ! Run fast and give us value for money ;)
25/10/2008	Brendan	$20.00
24/10/2008	Tina	$25.00	good luck, william!
24/10/2008	henry who is totally awesome	$10.00	i guess this $10.00 is better in the hands of the heart foundation than mine, considering i'd just buy a bk combo >.>
23/10/2008	Yuen	$20.00	Run William, Run!
23/10/2008	Maria	$25.00
23/10/2008	Paul & Theresa	$50.00	Heya mate, good luck for your run from me and Theresa!
23/10/2008	Ben	$25.00	May the Lord bless you in this race!
20/10/2008	Tricia	$25.00	Good luck William!
18/10/2008	Traditional	$30.00	keep those knees high
13/10/2008	Kelvin	$25.00	Its great to see people doing stuff like this for a good cause :)
7/10/2008	kimberley	$10.00
25/9/2008	Rewa from Academy of strings	$25.00
13/9/2008	Jennifer	$25.00
13/9/2008	drjchong	$25.00
8/9/2008	M & Ks donation 4 William	$25.00	Keep it up William Marshall & Kerry
3/9/2008	Katherine	$20.00	good on you for taking up this marathon training! (and for being patient with me!!)
28/8/2008	Alicia	$10.00
26/8/2008	qgallan	$25.00
15/8/2008	philip	$25.00	Your target seems a bit low.
13/8/2008	Esther	$25.00	I'll look out for you in the 2012 Olympics
13/8/2008	Wendy	$25.00	Anything to make your heart beat faster ;-)
13/8/2008	Laleh	$25.00	You are insane!
12/8/2008	Cnelisande	$25.00	(: i think it's great what you are doing. yay heartracer
12/8/2008	Rb	$20.00

	Total Raised Online:	NZD$590.00
	Total Raised Offline:	NZD$0.00
	GRAND TOTAL:	NZD$590.00
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