Running for a Reason: A Half Marathon in Loving Memory of Donna Wright

In honour of my beautiful friend that I lost to neuroendocrine cancer (NEC), I am fundraising for the Neuroendocrine Cancer NZ charity and running the New Plymouth half marathon on November 14th 2026.

This is not about me, this is about raising awareness for a cancer that exists and affects more people's lives than is realised. My life-long friend, Donna, passed away from NEC on March 20th, 2021 after a long battle with the illness. She was nothing short of an amazing human being, a dedicated career woman, a loving mother and wife and a loyal, trusting friend.

Her best qualities were her ability to have FUN, her most excellent singing voice, her endurance of an evening party/get-together of which there were many, her intelligence alongside her ability to be "really blonde" sometimes (!), her killer smile and infectious laugh and eyes of the bluest blue. Still rocks me every time I think of her, and how much I miss her.

Please be so kind as to give as much or as little as you fancy to help this charity as they continue to research and help those affected by NEC in Aotearoa.