She rode over 21,000km to help raise awareness for Bowel Cancer New Zealand. She says records are nice to have but her main reason for sitting in the saddle for just under a week was to help raise awareness for Bowel Cancer New Zealand. “I remember a particular mum and dad, they were there with a photo of their son who had passed away from bowel cancer. They were there just to thank me for raising awareness.”Sharpe says her own seamless experience a couple of years ago with a potential bowel cancer scare was how people should be treated. “By the time she got an accurate diagnosis, unfortunately the bowel cancer was so advanced that it was terminal.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2021 19:30 UTC