I’m walking for self-discipline

March 2022

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March 2022

Sheila Downard says Walk1200km is good for her self-discipline.
Sheila Downard signed up to Walk1200km because it will help her to get out every day.  For 79-year-old Sheila Downard, lockdowns mean walking each day, some days up to 10km, on Christchurch’s Port Hills. The former preschool owner says she has walked most days “for longer than I can remember”. But things have ramped up […]
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