The challenge saw participants run or walk 50km in May to raise funds for life-changing research into multiple sclerosis.
Participant Boddie Arthur went one step further, setting a personal goal to run over 100km, which he successfully achieved.
He also crushed his monetary goal of $600, raising $1020.50.
Arthur said his motivation and keys to successfully raising what he did, came from family, friends and the media.
‘‘When I first signed up for the May50K, I just wanted to help in any way possible; it wasn’t about how far I was going to run it was all about raising money,’’ he said.
‘‘The support from my family and people in the community was huge. I was never expecting people to take as much notice as they did; whenever I was speaking to people they always asked how much I had run or raised, and when I told them the stats they would generally say ‘you are doing such a great job’.
‘‘I think the key to being successful was the Pastoral Times and social media; if I didn’t have either of these no-one would have known other than my family and friends.
‘‘The more I pushed it the more people knew how I was going.
‘‘Having weekly catch ups with sports journalist Jamie Lowe also helped out with raising funds because some people don’t have any forms of social and the paper is their only source of information.Pastoral Times
‘‘The amount that Deni has raised this year with fundraising is astonishing; we have such a great community when it comes to raising funds because we all seem to want to help out in one way or another.
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