AN ULTRA TOO CLOSE TO HOME

THERE ARE ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AT ANY ONE TIME IN AUSTRALIA, WHILST IN NEW ZEALAND MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE SIT ON THE WAITLIST. BEING A DONOR OFFERS THE GIFT OF LIFE, AND WHEN TRAIL RUNNER DAVID GRANT’S 24YO SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE KIDNEY FAILURE IN 2022, IT WAS A NOQUESTIONS-ASKED SCENARIO WHEN IT CAME TO DONATING HIS OWN KIDNEY TO SAVE HIM. SINCE BECOMING A LIVE DONOR, THE VICTORIAN HAS RACED THE UTA50KM AND SHARES WITH TRM READERS THAT GOING THROUGH AN ULTRA IS AS CLOSE AS HE COULD GET TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT HIS SON HAS GONE THROUGH.