Erin Church

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Erin Church

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This is my first year sweating

I’m sweating to fight for equality, one sweaty session at a time!

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 60 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

💖 I’m $1,459 away from my next impact milestone. Will you help me reach it?

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Track My

Sweat

I’m sweating with Wanda

I’m sweating for 60 minutes per day this June!

2,049 minutes completed
1,800 minutes goal

My Fundraising

Ranking

I’m #149 out of 5,984 Sweaty Bettys

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Erin Church

Raised

$1,041

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My Blog

Updates

Day 30!!!

Monday 30 June 2025
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One last lap (well, lap-and-a-half) around the lake for completeness' sake. I did it!

Day 29

Sunday 29 June 2025
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Out and about today, but the main thing is that I managed to reach my sweat goal. One more day to go!

Day 28

Saturday 28 June 2025
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Just some light wandering today :)

Day 27

Friday 27 June 2025
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Had to call short tonight's walk as injuries were playing up, but the good news is that this was still enough to put me over my sweat goal of 1800 minutes of exercise this month! Thanks everyone for all your support on this journey. I'm not sure what to do from here, I do think that I need to give my legs a bit of a chance to heal, but I'm open to suggestions for the last few days.

Day 26: another day, another PB!

Thursday 26 June 2025
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Album of the day: Pendulum - In Silico Small improvement on yesterday, but still an improvement. Four days to go!

Day 25: Episode 3: revenge of the bike!

Wednesday 25 June 2025
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Absolutely smashed it today with an average speed of over 23kph (closer to 24 if we weren't including the last 5 mins of cooldown). Really pleased with this.

Day 24: stationary bike

Tuesday 24 June 2025
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Did 23km on the bike today in 65 minutes (including cooldown), and then another 1.8km walking, adding another 24 mins. Almost there!

Day 23: Hamilton Gardens

Monday 23 June 2025
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One more week to go! Today was again a pretty gentle one as I wait for that injury to heal, but it was nice to get out nonetheless.

Day 22: gym day

Sunday 22 June 2025
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I finally caved and got a gym membership, focusing on stationary bike and elliptical today as lower impact alternatives to walking. Hope everyone is having a great long weekend <3

Day 21: Park walking (laps) - it's cold out there!

Saturday 21 June 2025
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Still trying to let the shin splints heal a bit, so walking on the soft (wet, cold..) grass it is, and taking it a little easier speed-wise. Don't want to risk a stress fracture, but rest assured I'm still putting in the time! 🦵💦

Day 20: $1k broken!

Friday 20 June 2025
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I am just overwhelmed by all the support, I can't believe we made it to $1k! The informal RG team I'm a part of are also #3 for friends and whānau teams, which is awesome!! Mānawatia a Matariki e hoa ma <3

Day 19: 100km reached!

Thursday 19 June 2025
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED 💪

Day 18: Lake Rotoroa and donation matching

Wednesday 18 June 2025
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Not the fastest today as I had company, but will do some more a little later on. In the meantime, donation matching is still going! I'm really close to my $1000 goal and with the matching it'd only take a few small donations to get me there!

Day 17! Dollar matching tomorrow letsgooooo

Tuesday 17 June 2025
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Today was 4.74km, 76 move minutes just walking around doing errands. But tomorrow is important! All donations will be doubled from 8am up to $60k! Get in quick, because the pool runs out fast!

Day 16!

Monday 16 June 2025
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45 mins walking and 22 mins swimming laps today. I'm now 60% of the way to my sweat goal! Thanks everyone for your support. 🥰

Day 15: Lake Rotoroa

Sunday 15 June 2025
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Forgot to take any pics, but I think this is my fastest 6k so far by a fair margin. Maybe I was subconsciously making up for yesterday's comparatively leisurely stroll haha. Does of course help that this route was almost completely flat, but still! Half way there!

Day 14: Hamilton Gardens

Saturday 14 June 2025
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Just a nice afternoon walk around the gardens with my partner. Didn't go particularly fast or anything, but sometimes it's nice to spend more time and have a look around. :)

Day 13

Friday 13 June 2025
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Happy Friday the 13th! My best k today was 10:06, definitely getting faster. :)

Day 12!

Thursday 12 June 2025
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Hills still suck lol

Day 11

Wednesday 11 June 2025
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Had a poor mental health day yesterday so didn't manage to get out, but was back at it today, with a half hour swim, and a half hour and then some walking.

Day 9

Monday 9 June 2025
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Getting close to that 6 minute k! Stopped for a few minutes to help someone so the actual active time was 66 mins, which is what I've logged.

Day 8

Sunday 8 June 2025
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Just an easy walk around the neighbourhood this evening :)

Day 7: Western Rail Trail — night mode!

Saturday 7 June 2025
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I also swam today, but it didn't feel sweaty enough so did a cheeky 6k walk home from the Greens budget event in the CBD tonight. Mauri ora!

Day 6: return of the walk

Friday 6 June 2025
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Today I had some errands to run, so made the most of it with 23 mins of walking around Chartwell and The Base (which would've been longer in truth but I'm putting what I remembered to record in google fit rather than guessing and risking short-changing ya). Then another walk around the neighbourhood parks this evening which was 52 mins as you see above. I was too busy to remember pics earlier in the day and this evening it was too dark, apologies! Will make up for it tomorrow, I'm sure. 😊

Day 5

Thursday 5 June 2025
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Today was give my poor feet a break day. 😅 I spent 34 minutes at the outdoor gym at the lake doing strength exercises, practiced at home my bokken (wooden sword) and jo (staff) kata from my aikido days (registered as karate/judo/tae kwon do as that was the closest option), and cooled down with another few minutes of stretches and body weight exercises. According to Google Fit I spent 62 move minutes for 81 heart points, and totalled 2248 steps today. Not a lot of distance progress to report, but plenty of sweat nonetheless. I'll take it. 😌

Day four: treadmill walk

Wednesday 4 June 2025
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The weather sucked, so a friend kindly buzzed me in to the gym. Hill mode ofc. 💪 My feet are so sore. 😭

Day three: Till's Lookout and Taitua Arboretum

Tuesday 3 June 2025
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The climb sucks, but you can't deny that view.

Day two!

Monday 2 June 2025
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Just a cheeky sunset walk around the lake ✌🏻🌇

Thank you!

Sunday 1 June 2025

Thanks to everyone who donated for my birthday, I can't believe I've almost hit $200 already! And thanks for enduring my shameless posting about it, appreciate you all. 
I walked over five k's today, spending over an hour getting sweaty on the first day of many. 💪
I'm really keen to hit that $500 goal, I think we can do it whānau!
Love and kisses ✨🫶🏻
Erin

Day one ✅

Sunday 1 June 2025
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No youuu have blisters

My Team

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Raised so far:

$5,059

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Raised $3,300 of $2,500 goal

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Raised $517 of $500 goal

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Raised $1,041 of $2,500 goal

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Raised $105 of $1,000 goal

My Generous

Sponsors

$200

Gaia

Well done!! So proud of you!

$130

Jacqui Church

So proud of you sweetheart! Love Mummy xxx

$68

Sweaty Besties

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.

$68

Colin Church

Way to Go Erin!! 🥰

$50

Daniel Jackson

$50

Julia Knowles

Happy birthday, Erin!

$50

Sweaty Besties

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, 2degrees, AA Insurance, Auckland Council, Datacom, L’Oréal, and Tend.

$50

Erin Church

$50

Alis Bouma

Go Erin!! Your mahi is always such an inspiration to me and this is just another example. Maybe I'll join in next year!

$35

Erin Church

$35

BNZ, Durex, and Les Mills

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Durex, and Les Mills.

$30

Molly

$30

Erin Church

$30

Anonymous

$20

Anonymous

Great effort for a good cause, Erin.

$20

Luke Frogley

Hell yeah go you! Proud of you x

$20

Stephanie Hope

$20

Hazel Whitley

Go Erin! *○/*

$20

Skylar Artemis

$20

Jay Robinson

Awesome work Erin! Go you! Xx

$10

Georgia Meyrick

$10

BNZ, Durex, and Les Mills

Keep on sweating! Arohanui, BNZ, Durex, and Les Mills.

$10

Jasper

Happy late birthday 🎂

$10

Cami

Rā whānau ki a koe

$5

Jo Wong

You're doing amazing!! Love seeing your progress🫶

Most people donate $50

Please give what you can.

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