Challenge stories

Gemma Doull's Story

Gemma is a 19 year old university student. Her goal is to run the half marathon in 1:40 and raise $1,000 for ChildFund New Zealand. She's well on the way to her goal with $750 raised so far.

Most people who know me think I'm mad signing up for a half marathon. I tend to start a new thing every week, so the idea of training week in and week out doesn't really fit my profile. But my friends and family also think it's an awesome thing to do. Read more

Kyle Jack-Midgley's Story

"Having not done anything in the least competitive for 6 years, I've been waiting for my mouth to get me into trouble and the 2007 adidas Auckland Marathon proved to be the ticket."

I was actually at Mission Bay one Saturday morning following up a gym session with a visit to MovenPick and a game of Mini-golf when I saw the ChildFund Challenges placards. Read more
 

Peter Hunt's Story

Peter is a former Auckland Half Marathoner. He's aiming to complete the K2 – a gruelling cycle race – and the Auckland Half Marathon in the same weekend.

There's a real buzz in the air about the marathon as it gets closer – people I talk to are getting really excited. Quite a few people I've spoken to have heard about the ChildFund Challenge already – they say 'oh yeah, Run for Bricks'. I've also spoken to other ChildFund Challengers who are enthused about doing something a bit different.
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Richard Beniston's Story

Richard is an expectant father with his wife Anna due to give birth almost on the day of the adidas Auckland Marathon. He's raised $700 in the last month for ChildFund.

It would be a big stretch to call myself a runner as I've only completed a few 10k races before. I wanted to enter the half marathon to get in better shape to prepare myself for the rigours of impending fatherhood. However, Anna put her foot down as she was concerned I wouldn’t have the energy left to help out if our baby decides race day is the day and beats me to the finish line. Hence I'm only doing the quarter marathon. At least that’s my excuse!
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