75KM
of Hope
Hi there, I'm Heidi!
And on 3 August 2024, I walked 75KM in one day...
I've spent nearly 75 days doing hard things. 75 days averaging around 19,000 steps a day, minimum 45 minutes outside, and just keeping going especially when the weather was bad and the body was tired.
But that is nothing in comparison to what my friend Rachel has gone through. She has valiantly soldiered through brutal cancer treatment, all the while being an amazing mother to her four children. Not only that, their family has now willingly offered their home to foster a very young child while still undergoing costly treatment.
So in honor of her and her family, I am going to be walking 75 kilometers on the 3rd of August. Will you join me? Maybe for 500 metres, maybe a kilometer, maybe even 10? Or maybe you can't join us but you'd like to help in some way. Follow the link to the givealittle below! Offer your vehicle to transport fellow walkers back to their car! Or just meet up at some of the locations to give us a cheer and a wave!
- Heidi Schmidt
Would you like to support me as I walk, and support and encourage Rachel and her family?
Donate to Givealittle (or share it)
Please consider donating (any amount!) to encourage Rachel and her
family.
Can't donate right now? No problem, you can still share the link!
A Big Thanks to everyone who joined me on the walk!
Thank you so much for joining me on parts of the walk, it really
helped!
Here's a list in order (approximately) of everyone
who joined, some for over 20KM, some for just a few metres...
- Ben
- Belinda
- Verity
- Carolyn
- Liz
- Rachel
- Belinda
- Zave
- Jacqui
- Hayden
- Nik
- Frank
- Lloyd
- Rachel
- Laura
- Will
- Dawn
- Archie
- Noah
- Isla
- Honor
- Gloria
- Corban
- Caitlyn
- Jenna
- Raewyn
- Freya
- Fred
- Ernest
- Hannah
- Dan
- Tim
- Sophie
- Becky
- Cathryn
- Thomas
- Maria
- Elias
- Zara
- Ida
- Kezia
- Aaron
- Steve
- Benji
- Anna
- Aaron
- Nancy
- Ashton
- Cooper
- Tayla
- Maia
- Marlon
- Lienna
- Zane
- Olivia
- Anni
- Nina
- Josh
- Katja
- Max
- Nadia
- Luka
- Benjamin
- Johanna
- Katja
- Eliza
- Michaela
The Route:
Here is the final 75KM journey that I walked on 3 August 2024:
Here is the planned set of routes with estimated times (the actual walk slightly deviated at the end as I didn't need to go quite as far as I'd calculated in order to reach 75KM):
Around Riverhead
Distance: 6.5km
Total:
Duration: 90 mins
Time: 3:30am - 5:00am
Riverhead - The Training Lab, Westgate
Distance: 6.6km
Total: 13.1km
Duration: 80 mins
Time: 5:00am - 6:20am
Training Lab - Hobsonville War Memorial Park
Distance: 7.1km
Total: 20.2km
Duration: 90 mins
Time: 6:20am - 7:50am
Hobsonville - Collin's Park Greenhithe
Distance: 4.4km
Total: 24.6km
Duration: 50 mins
Time: 7:50am - 8:40am
Collin's Park Greenhithe - Unsworth Heights (Rook Place)
Distance: 5.2km
Total: 29.8km
Duration: 70 mins
Time: 8:40am - 9:50am
Unsworth Heights - McDonald's Wairau
Distance: 3.8km
Total: 33.6km
Duration: 50 mins
Time: 9:50am - 10:40am
McDonalds Wairau - Potters Park Takapuna
Distance: 3.9km
Total: 37.5km
Duration: 50 mins
Time: 10:40am - 11:30am
Potter's Park Takapuna - Devonport Ferry Terminal
Distance: 6.2km
Total: 43.7km
Duration: 80 mins
Time: 11:30am - 12:50pm
Devonport Ferry Terminal - Cheltenham Beach
Distance: 2km
Total: 45.7km
Duration: 30 mins
Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Cheltenham Beach - Winscombe St
Distance: 2.8km
Total: 48.5km
Duration: 40 mins
Time: 1:30pm - 2:10pm
Winscombe St - Takapuna Beach Cafe
Distance: 2.8km
Total: 51.3km
Duration: 40 mins
Time: 2:10pm - 2:50pm
Takapuna Beach Cafe - Castor Bay
Distance: 3.9km
Total: 55.2km
Duration: 55 mins
Time: 2:50pm - 3:45pm
Castor Bay - Mairangi Bay
Distance: 2.8km
Total: 58.0km
Duration: 45 mins
Time: 3:45pm - 4:30pm
Mairangi Bay - Torbay Shops
Distance: 5.8km
Total: 63.8km
Duration: 90 mins
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Torbay Shops - Northcross Church
Distance: 4.6km
Total: 68.4km
Duration: 60 mins
Time: 6:00pm - 6:50pm
Northcross Church - Trias Rd Church
Distance: 6.8km
Total: 75.2km
Duration: 100 mins
Time: 6:50pm - 8:10pm