Heather Hawkins
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Heather Hawkins

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Heather Hawkins is a woman of two lives - from an everyday mother battling Ovarian Cancer with an unknown future, to conquering the world of extreme marathons and adventures. Heather’s is not just another remarkable and inspiring story, but one that will take you on a personal journey around the world ...across the polar poles, traversing the roof top of the Himalayas, as Heather takes her new life to the extreme, and living it to the full. Following her life changing cancer diagnosis Heather competed in her first 4km running event in 2012 at age 47. Now 52, Heather has competed in six half marathons, nineteen full marathons and three ultra-marathons, which include the North Pole Marathon and the World Marathon Challenge, being 7 Marathons across 7 Continents in 7 Days in Jan 2016. In Feb 2016 Heather trekked the world’s longest and highest alpine trek, the Great Himalaya Trail across Nepal, covering 1700kms in 152 days. In October 2017 she will revisit the magnificent Himalayas, and just four days later compete in the Volcano Marathon in the Atacama Desert in Chile at 4,400 metres altitude. In 2018 Heather will undertake her most formidable challenge yet, with those details to be announced in January 2018. Heather is an Ambassador for ANZGOG, CanToo, World Expeditions and just announced as an Ambassador for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation (founded by Rob DeCastella). Heather is a regular speaker for charities, women’s events, sporting conferences and corporate and community groups. She is tireless in her quest to raise awareness and money for cancer research and to inspire people to find their own “Adventurous Spirit.” Heather’s new book “Adventurous Spirit” has been described as uplifting, inspiring and incredibly honest and insightful at so many levels …a joy to read with such a beautiful voice behind it.
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