7
Team Members

$5007.00
Raised for Aussie hearts

1,757.81 km
Distance Achieved

WELCOME TO OUR TEAM AND SUPPORTERS FOR 2023.

I will endeavour to update you all during the month and "introduce" the team members and some of my donors/ walking companions in this team blog.

You can also click on any member's picture and go to their page where you will see their goals, walking distances and their own blogs & pictures (if any).

Supporting you all to do your personal best distances is a priority. There will also be a small voucher for the Heart foundation shop for our team member who gets the most NUMBER OF TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS by the halfway mark (15th Oct).

Good Luck everyone and thanks for joining me this year.

MORE TEAM MEMBERS APPEAR IF YOU SCROLL DOWN BELOW THE LEADERBOARD.

The first team member to join this year's MyMarathon was Leon. In August, he received an aortic valve by a relatively new procedure called a TAVI. This was successful and avoided the need for open heart surgery. He is now completing the 8 week Cardiac Rehab Program where I have been a volunteer for over 6 years. I'm sure he will outdo me in distances walked while he supports me to raise funds for the Heart Foundation.

This October, we’ll be tackling MyMarathon for Australian hearts.

We’re going to make a marathon effort to walk and exercise to help raise funds for lifesaving heart disease research.

Our team want to show our support for the thousands of men and women living with heart disease in Australia.

But we can’t do it alone. Please support our team by making a donation.

Together, we can win the race against heart disease.

Leaderboard

Fundraising

Jenni Alexander

$1,720

Peta Gogan

$1,232

Zakary Pearce

$981

Leon Alexander

$510

Patricia Kelly

$158

Distance

Christine Newman

1,283 kms

Peta Gogan

130 kms

Patricia Kelly

80 kms

Lyn Davies

74 kms

Leon Alexander

69 kms

Team members will appear here once they start fundraising or logging km.

Team Updates

Peta Gogan, singing for miles and miles and miles and.......

It is amazing just how many kilometres (and miles) our team members have walked so far. Hats off to Peta who has just increased her distance goal to 120 km for this MM month!

Please take some time to click on Peta's face in the team gallery and read her entertaining blog. There is also a blog on my page and I will endeavour to finish the month with more miles and smiles.

Congratulations, Peta on your great progress.

About Zak, our youngest member

Zac's busy sporting life "came a cropper" so's to speak, when he broke his arm recently. He's joined our team to try and keep his fitness while he waits for it to mend.

You can click on his picture/name on the Team Page to read more.

Thanks for joining us Zac and inspiring family and friends to donate to this great cause.

Welcome to Trish Kelly

I have known Trish for quite a few years as a member of our Long Island community. She regularly walks with our afternoon walking group, informally co-ordinated by our friend, Claire. Trish was also a regular at my Zumba classes.

During covid lock-downs when we used to walk in our neighbourhood, it was great to feel connected to those living nearby. We often ran into Paul and Trish in one of her collection of lovely hats (she is pictured above on the left).

Congratulations to Peta, Prize-winner.

Peta Gogan joined our monthly walking group a few years ago when it became a Heart Foundation Group. She began attending with her sister, Raelene, which is when we first met. She always looked welcoming with a big smile and an Akubra-style hat.

I have been thrilled to have her enthusiasm on the team. If you click on her face in the Gallery, it goes to her page where her blog makes great reading. See the comments on her donations page.

It is a pleasure to declare Peta the winner of our "Most donations" prize and many thanks to Lyn for donating this HF shop prize.

WELCOME TO OUR TEAM AND SUPPORTERS FOR 2023.

Introducing Lyn Davies who works at the Heart Foundation (HF). We first met in 2019 at key lunches for the HF. She has been very supportive and a mine of information on any topic to do with hearts. Lyn makes amazing bread and vegetarian meals. I enjoyed supporting her cooking challenge for the Heart foundation and in turn, Lyn has joined my teams in the MyMarathon . This year she is joined by her son, Zak and besides walking a marathon, she has pledged to supplement this with weekly ParkRuns.

WELCOME TO OUR TEAM AND SUPPORTERS FOR 2023.

Meet Chris Newman, the person who I've known the longest on my team. We met when I started in Grade 5 at Duntroon Primary School on the outskirts of Canberra. I admire her fitness, determination and her passion for spending holidays and recreation in the outdoors with her husband, Phil. She recently hiked across the north of England and completed her 400th park Run in 70 locations!

Our Team Members

Lyn Davies

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