"Ability is no limit to adventure" is the motto the late Samuel Gibson lived by.
The Bay family man and adventurer had a fatal accident during the Hawke's Bay Half Marathon while training for his Run and Roll for Ryuki on the Alps 2 Ocean cycleway that was due to take place later this year.
At his funeral on May 20, more than 700 people gathered at Havelock North's Riverbend Bible Church to celebrate his life.
The Run and Roll on the 300km cycleway was intended to raise funds for a 2-year-old boy in Christchurch called Ryuki, who has the same rare brittle bone condition as Mr Gibson had.
Friends said he had wanted to make sure that Ryuki had the same opportunities that he did by raising the funds needed to make his house "wheelchair friendly".