17 September 2021, Issue 1077
Running to remember After Andy Kirk’s first marathon, he swore he’d never do another one. “After the first one I could hardly walk and I thought: ‘is it worth it?’” says Andy That thought, however, didn’t last long and he has since
signed up for the Auckland Marathon in October. The Tauranga man is running to raise money and awareness for gut cancer after losing his parents and his brother to pancreatic cancer. Last year Andy, pictured, ran for his brother. This year it
will be for his mum, while next year he’ll return to the City of Sails after deciding to run for his dad in 2022. All of the money he raises will be donated to the Gut Cancer Foundation. Read the full story on page 5. Photo: John Borren
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