Ed Shuttleworth: CEO of Sport Tasman in Nelson on his mission to run 210km for 40 hours to raise money for Nelson Tasman Hospice

It's Nelson Anniversary Weekend and many in the region will be enjoying the three-day break - but one person's using the holiday for a good cause.

Ed Shuttleworth, the CEO of Sport Tasman in Nelson, is on a mission to 210km for 40 hours to raise money for Nelson Tasman Hospice.

He joined Piney to discuss his progress.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalk z EDB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's Nelson Anniversary weekend and for most that means are
relaxing three days, but not for Ed Shuttleworth. He is
the CEO of Sport Tasman and throughout this weekend he's
been running NonStop across the Nelson Bays region to raise
money for a brilliant cause. Forty hours straight, two hundred
and ten kilometers to raise money for Nelson Tasman Hospice.

(00:35):
Ed Shuttleworth is with us. How many k's have you
completed so far? Red?

Speaker 3 (00:40):
Hey, Kira Piney, I'm on Columbus at one hundred and
eighty nine, so just about to enter into Wakefield. So
set off from Farewell Spit three am yesterday and I've
got twenty one k left to go. So it's been tough,
but feeling good.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
I was going to say, how are you feeling?

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yeah, it's been really hard, really hard emotionally, but it's
been special. Just hundreds and hundreds of the community to
come out every single driveway, every single town and we
just talked about, you know the impacts of hospice and
across our community. It's been really special. So I'm exhausted,
but I feel very very privileged to support hospice.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Was there a part of the run in terms of
the kilometers or or you know time during the hours
and hours you've been running. That was the hardest part.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Doctorker Hill was definitely hard, and you know, the challenge
is trying to not think it's two hundred and ten kilometers,
is trying to stay present just one step more, one
step more. So I had a bit of a wobble
at Columbuter seventy, but I had brilliant crew, brilliant friends
and family around me here you know, steadied the ship
and yeah we got were nearly there and just going

(01:47):
to get it done now, just about to arrive in
Wakefield where there's a load of people waiting to cheris in.
So it's been beautiful, good stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
I know you, I know you want to hang the
find out before you get there, but I want to
find a bit out, a bit more about the course.
But have you slipped or not? Have you just run straight?

Speaker 3 (02:01):
Yeah? Know, run straight, run straight and straight through And
that was that was the objective. And the run came
about because Hospice look after two hundred and ten patients
a month and the region goes out right through to
Golden Bays a farewell Spit. So I thought if I
start fair with Spit visit all their medical centers run
two hundred and ten k, it'll be beautiful. And we've
raised about fifty thousand the goals two hundred and ten.
We'll still collect the money in every few minutes and

(02:23):
if you people want to donate, please go to two
hundred and ten reasons to Run on Facebook or two
hundred and ten reasons to Run on our Raizley site.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
I'll be cheering you on mate, I've got the tracker on.
I can see exactly where you are. I can picture
you getting stronger over the next twenty one k.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
Ed.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Fantastic what you're doing, mate, So you keep it up
and thanks for thanks for stopping it for a jet.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Thanks for your support. Really appreciate it all the best.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
All the best, mate, Take it easy, Ed Shuttleworth there,
it's mental men, it's crazy stuff. Two hundred and ten
kilometers so yeah, two hundred and ten reasons to run.
You can find out more on Facebook. That's Ed's Facebook
page raising money for a terrific cause, Nelson Tairsman Hospice
starting farewell split and for those who know the Nelson

(03:08):
Bays region, that means you've got to come over the
Tarkka Hill and as he just said, that was one
of the toughest bits he's going to end up at
the hospice. Two hundred and ten kilometers forty hours of
straight running. Absolutely incredible stuff from a stand up bloke.
Ed Shuttleworth, well known in the Nelson region as CEO
of Sport Tasman.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
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