On episode 47 of the RMA podcast we speak with an incredible woman, Heather Hawkins. Heather is just like you and I. She is an everyday mum of two children, but she has been on some incredible adventures after finding herself diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer at the age of 41 in 2007.
Five years post diagnosis, after the shock and subsequent treatment for her cancer, Heather took up running by training for her first fun run, the 4k Mothers Day Classic in 2012. After finishing the race, Heather knew that her love of running had only just begun, and she started to seek out her next adventure.
Since that day, Heather has run all over the world. She has completed 6 Half marathons, over 20 marathons and 6 ultramarathons, including her first marathon in 2015 at the North Pole Marathon, where she placed 1st Female! She has run the World Marathon Challenge, which is 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days, she has trekked 1700kms in 5 months across Nepal, Run the Volcano marathon in Chile, competed in the toughest foot race on earth; the Marathon De Sables (a 250km ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert in Morocco), and run The Track, a 520km race from Alice Springs to Uluru.
As you have guessed by now, Heather likes a good challenge!
Not only does Heather do these things to challenge herself, she does them with immense gratitude for a second chance at life, and to fully immerse herself in adventure and joyful moments.
On top of this, Heather is an Ambassador for Ovarian Cancer Australia, The Can Too Foundation, ANZGOG and the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, and through her adventurous pursuits she tirelessly raises much needed awareness and funds for cancer research.
Heather has also published a memoir, “Adventurous Spirit”, by Murdoch Books documenting much of her life and some of her incredible adventures.
You can follow Heather over at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherHawkinsAdventurousSpirit
Instagram: @heather_adventurousspirit
or follow her North Pole Marathon experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifFm6sreznY
or her Adventurous Spirit YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAS6C6soR8kVLdT3WBMoL9w/videos
Follow the below link Link to Ovarian Cancer Australia for signs and symptoms and support for Ovarian Cancer: https://www.ovariancancer.net.au/
And for her memoir “Adventurous Spirit” click the link below:
Paperback:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/adventurous-spirit-heather-hawkins/prod9781760522803.html
Ebook: https://www.booktopia.com.au/adventurous-spirit-heather-hawkins/ebook/9781760639105.html
Audiobook:
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