Leighton Howes

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My Activity Tracking

103
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My target 50kms

Please sup-pawt Monty & Me

Today 1st of June, and Monty my dog sniffed his way along 3 kilometers of Malvern street scape to begin the Cancer Council’s 50km Dog Walk for Cancer challenge.

From 13-31 May we logged 44 training K’s !!!

June 1st and the winter rains are upon us and Monty doesn’t like walking in the rain (do I? 🤣) Despite the weather and a few upcoming medical appointments we’ll give that 50k’s a fair Crack.

Every kilometre Monty and I walk is for everyone who has heard, or will hear, the words “you have cancer”. And every dollar we raise together will help fund life-saving cancer research, prevention programs and essential support services for people impacted by cancer.

I have benefited from multiple medications that were developed to treat cancers but are also effective in treating my scleroderma so every $ that’s donated will help me pay it forward.

If you can, please donate to keep our paws moving and help tackle cancer alongside us. Because it’s all of us, humans and pups, in this together.

My Updates

OMG the end of June is nigh.

Tuesday 30th Jun

Even though it was a cold and rainy Melbourne day I had hoped to fit in a short walk this afternoon, enough to roll us past 60 km however a longer than expected infusion session and rain conspired against us.

Nevertheless I am really pleased that Monty and I have reached our targets; 50+km, raising $1030, and reducing Monty’s weight down from a chubby 11kg to 10.6 (a bit more to go champ)

The final stretch

Monday 22nd Jun

It’s hard to believe that we’ve almost reached the middle of this year!

Eight days left and only 4km for us to reach our 50km goal.

Since beginning our walking log we have covered 90km and now I can see the possibility of ‘hitting the Ton’ …. 💯

To everyone, thank you so much for your generous support for mine and Monty’s journey during the last 6 weeks and in particular during the last two years.

🙏

Fair Dinkum the June Dog Walk for Cancer

Sunday 7th Jun

Yes indeed Monty and I are off and walking 🐕🚶& over the first 7 days have covered 17 km.

The big news; thanks to the amazing generosity of our friends we’ve raised $950……much more than I thought we could possibly do.

So let’s see what the total might be in 3 more weeks.

The minor news; Monty has lost 200g so his weight reduction plan is working 😂

I continue to struggle to increase my weight however the walking is assisting me to regain strength and stamina.

Life is good.

Thank you all for your support 🙏

The Walking Blog

Thursday 21st May

The daily walks are primarily to keep Monty stimulated and healthy thus the ’Sniffathon’ routes are his preferred choice. This doesn’t necessarily translate to the optimal pace for improvement of my fitness which means we aim to walk several kilometres and shoot for higher numbers of steps. The downside of this solution is that it can take considerable time particularly when there’s mega amounts of pee mail locations 😂

We’ve walked 17.9 kilometres in our first training week and been blessed with the generosity of wonderful friends who have helped us pass the initial donation goal so I have had to up the ante a little 🧐

Thankyou Friends 🙏

The Walking Blog

Tuesday 19th May

Destructo Monty has destroyed his ‘Indestructible Ball’ so this morning we walked to the pet store which is about 2 km from home. We chose a meandering route which afforded some new views for me and a variety of new ‘Sniffathon’ sites for Monty. 🐕

To return home we walked up the Malvern Hill. The slope increased as did my breathing 😮‍💨 which caused me to conclude that this is good training for my upcoming Lung function and Walk test. 🤓

The Walking Blog

Sunday 17th May

I haven’t written a blog before and in this instance Monty made me do it.

After seeing my old school friend Wendy’s post of her husband Graeme & their dog Mary I signed up.

We started our “walking training” the next morning. The objective was to walk down the hill to the vet clinic and weigh in. I was surprised to see my that my little mate was now 11kg hmmm 🤨

It’s going to be interesting to see what Monty weighs in 48 days

Thank you to my suppawters

$267.25

Alfie Guttmann

$72

Robert Wolfson

A dollar a year fan club dues!

$54.84

Phill & Tanya

Go L8on. Every step gets you closer to better.

$54.84

Manda Noye

Go Z!

$54.84

Denise Matthews

Awesome effort 😎

$54.84

Deb Phipps

Clapping for success!

$54.84

Sheri

$54.84

Tricia Pionzio

Take care of Leighton for me, Monty.

$54.84

Susan Dawson

Go brother, you are awesome

$53.64

Gail Rose

Well done Leighton and Monty. Wonderful cause.

$50

Anonymous

Love your resilience and super positive attitude buddy xx

$49.83

Janette Southwell

Dude!! You InsPAW ME xxxx

$39.32

Margie

Pawsatively great

$33.87

Leighton Howes

$28.43

Paul Amuchastegui

$28.43

Tanya Unkles

You’re a super hero! Love you xoxo

$28.43

Rod Mclean

Go Leighton

Leighton Howes

Please Help MeReach My Goal

Raised

$1,035.08

My Goal

$600

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My Activity Tracking

My target 50kms

Please sup-pawt Monty & Me

My Updates

OMG the end of June is nigh.

The final stretch

Fair Dinkum the June Dog Walk for Cancer

The Walking Blog

The Walking Blog

The Walking Blog

Thank you to my suppawters

Alfie Guttmann

Robert Wolfson

Phill & Tanya

Manda Noye

Denise Matthews

Deb Phipps

Sheri

Tricia Pionzio

Susan Dawson

Gail Rose

Anonymous

Janette Southwell

Margie

Leighton Howes

Paul Amuchastegui

Tanya Unkles

Rod Mclean

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