Another long day at hospital, v late treadmill exhaustion-run after
I’m sweating to take a stand against discrimination and create real change
Why I’m Sweating with Pride
I'm taking on Sweat with Pride this June! 💦🌈
Right now, schools, workplaces, and even doctors’ offices aren’t safe for many in our community—and it’s putting lives at risk. LGBTQIA+ Kiwis face higher rates of mental illness, suicide, and STIs like syphilis, mpox, and HIV.
So, I'm fighting discrimination with perspiration—exercising 21 minutes every day in June to raise money for life-changing Rainbow support services.
This cause means the world to me, and I’d be SO grateful if you could chip in to help me reach my goal. Every dollar makes a difference.
Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
My Fundraising
Impact
Achieved
In Progress
$100
Provides vital resources to support Rainbow communities
Achieved
In Progress
$300
Free, confidential mental health support for Rainbow Kiwis
Achieved
In Progress
$500
Ensures more people can access life-changing health services without cost barriers
Achieved
In Progress
$1,000
Fund an educational workshop to create safer, more inclusive spaces
Achieved
In Progress
$2,500
Provides a full day of community outreach, to improve wellbeing and reduce stigma on a large scale
Track My
Sweat
I’m sweating for 42 minutes per day this June!
1,627 minutes completed
1,260 minutes goal
My Fundraising
Ranking
I’m #19 out of 5,988 Sweaty Bettys
19
Seagoatscreams
Raised
$2,500
My Blog
Updates
Horrible family crisis on Wed. Missed some days- beyond exhausted with two nights in ED sleepless, this was desperation cortisol release treadmill
Me & this treadmill = love/hate. Love cos I can run no matter how foul the weather, hate cos it undercounts both kms and calories (the latter wildly)
Li'l practice for that 20km run on June 30 to finish the challenge on a high - cos you all helped me raise over $1,000!
Thanks to you gorgeous people I've raised $717 so far!
This also means I'm #7 fundraiser for Sweat with Pride 2025 and I *think* the only goat poet on the leaderboard 🐐
On my run this morning I was thinking up some cute little things to do for you generous sponsors along the way:
✨️ If I can get to $1000, on the 30th of June I'll attempt a 20km run to finish up the month. My overall personal goal for the month is 200km+.
🌼 If any sponsors want to pick a date in June, I'll post a shout out from that day's run (or occasional swim cos these goat bones are old), and tell you which song on my random 800+ song running playlist ended the run that day, as your theme song. I run to everything, so it could be opera, it could be video game music, it could be electroswing, it could be 80s trash pop. It probably will be embarrassing but I promise not to cheat.
🫂 If you want me to 'carry a name' with me on your chosen date, for someone here struggling, or no longer with us, as a kind of act of placing their name in the peace I find on these coasts, and in running, I'd love to do that. And if you need this yourself, I'll be carrying all your names, be sure of that 🩵
💨 For donors over $100, I'll write you a haiku about something significant on your date's run, and send you a handwritten version on a postcard, if you messenger me an address.
Some of you know that I run a wee bit.
In June, I'll be doing it for Pride, to raise money for the Burnett Foundation, who fund groups providing ever-more-important support for rainbow peeps of all stripes across Aotearoa - InsideOut, Rainbow Youth, and OUTLine. And every time I hear about the work they do, I think about a bunch of friends who might still be here if that kind of support had existed when we were young - so every step I take in June is for them, too.
So far, Sweat With Pride 2025 has raised $86,000, and it's still May. I'll be running (or swimming) for at least 42 minutes a day all month - if you'd like to sponsor me (or sign up too!) I'd love that.
My Generous
Sponsors
$317
Arrin
$210
Anonymous
$136
Bee
Ankh, One of the things I admire most about you. You are always thinking about, and finding ways to support your community.
$100
Kelly Broomhall
<3
$100
Gaye Slater
Run Ankh Run! So proud of you, much love Gaye
$100
Megann Devereux
$100
Erika Sanderson
Sending so much love to you and your family
$100
PQ
$80
Sweaty Besties
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.
$80
Anonymous
$68
Orthanc
Good on ya
$50
Jack, Bex, Betty and Ruby
Thank you for being you
$50
Margaret Jensen
This a cause very very close to my heart. Thank you for your effort to raise funds. Good luck.
$50
Ruth Harper
Go Ankh!
$50
Marg Hester
Wishing you the sweatiest June possible! 🏳️🌈
$50
Sweaty Besties
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.
$50
Val Little
Go Ankh! You've got this 😊💖
$50
Beckie Alexander
For you and Cate and all of the rainbow community.
$50
Arrin
Run rabbit run
$50
Rhona Greene
Go Ankh! May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back🌈🏳️⚧️💚
$50
Helen Schmieg
With much love to you both.💙
$46
Ursula Pwrsson
$46
Sarah O'Grady
From across the Bluesky oceans @palimpsest22.
$46
Daniela Phelon
$42
Captain Rainbow Unicorn
$35
D Jukic
$35
Sweaty Besties
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.
$35
Fiona Doris
My beautiful friend. Thank you for this. Please take my niece Stevie Beth and grand nephew Will with you on your Solstice run. I’m thinking of you and sending much ❤️ from the edge of the Irish Sea 🌊
$30
Anonymous
$30
Ankh Spice
$26
Anonymous
$25
Karen Steiger
Go, Ankh!
$25
Caren Wilton
Go you good thing!!
$25
Jane Hinkley
Sending aroha & hoping your feet fly effortlessly towards your goals.
$20
Mark Antony Owen
Stick it to discrimination, buddy!
$20
Julian Day
$20
Anja Meyer
I´m so very proud of you, my friend. Sending love, Anja & Yogi
$20
Sweaty Besties
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.
$20
Flo and Summer Valentine
Sending wags and woofs. Our silly hoomum got mixed up with UK to NZ currency so we are sending you a second donation (as long as it’s not coming out of our dog treat money!), love Flo and Summer 🐾🐾
$20
Lynn Valentine
Good luck Ankh, will be cheering you on, love Lynn x
$18
Sue
Happy running! Cheering you on from here.
$10
Penny
$10
Sweaty Besties
Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.
$5
Just a random Karen
🫂
With all your grit, congratulations on reaching your goal and letting us who love you help even a tiny bit. This one’s for mumma Spice.