Jacque Webber (left) and Shirley Day pictured with Pauline Warbrick, competed in IronMan Copenhagen recently. Photo / File
I have followed with interest the online journey of four Maori athletes, two of whom are local.
They travelled recently to Denmark to participate in IronMan Copenhagen. The four friends - Jacque Webber, Shirley Day, Piripi Rangihaeata and Des Harris - met through participating in the IronMaori events over the
past few years and then moving on to IronMan Taupo.
They decided that, as a group, they would fundraise and travel together to compete in the same event overseas.
They've put themselves way out of their comfort zone, away from the safety net of home, away from whanau support, and into a land that speaks another language, to participate in an event that tests your endurance, your determination and, of course, skill and fitness. If that's not crazy, I don't know what is!
But they did it. I guess their experience sends a message to us all, that we can strive to achieve things bigger or more amazing than we ever thought if we put the hard work into the training and fundraise hard to cover the costs.
