Inspiration comes in many forms, but often it comes from the example of others who set the bar for the rest to follow.
Such is the case with Bay man Kelvin Mahuika - a marathon runner who pounds the pavement on the streets of Rotorua most days.
He is not
an elite athlete.
He doesn't set race records and is the first to admit he is not a born runner. Most people, he says, would say his pace is closer to walking than running, "so I call it jogging".
Mahuika inspires others through his one-foot-in-front-of-the-other approach to facing life's calamities. He worked in the logging industry for 30 years before he had a stroke in July 2006. He was left with no feeling or sensation on his left side as a result of the stroke. His speech and vision were impaired.
