One of the reasons women tend not to seek treatment for signs of a heart problem early on is that they often don't have the symptoms that we associate with a heart attack. Says Dr Kasargod:
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Heart healthy eating
A heart-healthy eating pattern is based on a combination of foods chosen regularly over time! The 5 steps of a heart-healthy eating pattern are ⤵️
1️⃣ Plenty of fruit, vegetables and wholegrain cereals 🥕
2️⃣ Healthy proteins especially fish, seafood, legumes, nuts and seeds with smaller amounts of eggs and lean poultry. Limit lean red meat to 1-3 times a week 🐟
3️⃣ Unflavoured milk, yoghurt and cheese. People with high blood cholesterol or heart disease should choose reduced fat varieties 🥛
4️⃣ Healthy fat choices like nuts, seeds, avocados, olives and their oils for cooking 🥑
5️⃣ Herbs and spices to flavour foods, instead of adding salt 🌿
We have so much info on our website to help you eat healthy!
Get started on your healthy eating journey TODAY 👉https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-living/healthy-eating/heart-healthy-eating-pattern
And now..the end is near...and so I face...,my final week
🏅 Three marathons walked. 41 incredible donors. $4,588 raised.
I started this journey with one goal: walk a marathon and raise funds for the Heart Foundation.
But your generosity, encouragement, and belief in the cause carried me further — literally.
Every donation felt like a cheer from the sidelines, a fresh burst of energy. I’ve now walked more than 3 marathons — and extended my goal to $5,000.
To the 41 amazing people who donated: thank you for every dollar and every word of support. You’ve helped power my steps and fuel critical research into heart disease.
As a Bathurst girl, who understands layers, I didn’t experience hypothermia. So, I am the winner.
It is nothing more than the ice of the frosty grass cracking under our feet in the 70s, when our families drove us out before 6 am to the Bathurst Olympic Swimming pool for squad training for our Bronze Medallions.
That is what I tell myself.
Over my five years of fundraising for this life-changing organisation, I/we have contributed over $16,000.
From little things big things grow.
It is 7pm and I must now go to bed to prepare for dawn! Sleep is the new black.
I can't let you down by sleeping in!!
MyHeart MyLife support program
The MyHeart MyLife support program can help you (and those caring for you) on your recovery journey after a heart attack.
By joining, you’ll have access to information and support to help you to live well with heart disease.
Delivered over 12 weeks, you’ll receive:
- access to an online dashboard with bite-sized articles and short videos to help you better manage your condition
- supportive text messages and emails to motivate and inspire
- access to the MyHeart MyLife online support community, where you can connect with others on a similar journey to you.
The free program covers a range of topics, from forming heart-healthy habits and looking after your mental health and wellbeing, to managing your medicines.
https://www.myheartmylife.org.au/
Donor 42 Nicole
What for you? It has to involve words. So today's observation - shifting sands. Read after I had walked onto the shifting sands.
Lucky to still be here? in many ways yes.
Thank you for continuing as a generous donor - always such a positive force of good and encouragement.
xx
Donor 41 Anonymous
Thank you for your generous donation and more so for the timing of it! It made my long weekend walk worthwhile and started to replenish my energy when it was flagging.
I do think this marathon business is mind over matter.
Each donation gives new purpose and new focus and prevents me sleeping in,
I may never know who you are but sense you may be drawn to the small moments, the observational elements of being in the world. And so would respond to street art or perhaps my "Underfoot" contemplations.
So for you, a charming series of chalking by some lovely 20 something travellers including a hopscotch which I jumped.
Thank you for your encouragement and donation.
Find a cardiac rehabilitation service near you
Your healthcare team will refer you to a cardiac rehabilitation program before you are discharged from hospital.
If you don’t have a referral or need more information, ask your doctor, nurse or health worker. You can also find a local cardiac rehabilitation program near you by searching the Heart Foundation Cardiac Services Directory.
And here is the link with an easy search function.
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/cardiac-services-directory
Recovering from a heart attack? ❤️
Access tailored support through cardiac rehab, and our free MyHeart MyLife program and Peer Support Network, to help you regain your health, manage your condition and connect with others on a similar journey.
Whether online or in person, these programs and resources are here to support your recovery every step of the way. You're not alone 
Learn more here
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/support/support-after-a-heart-attack
Learn more here
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/support/support-after-a-heart-attackMemory. To absent friends. And for you to enjoy something other than sunrises! (NOT that any donor has complained of course)
136 kms walked in support of the Heart Foundation!
A huge walk on Sunday, starting with a lap around Centennial Park. Don’t know what female MAMILS are called FAMILS? - but love seeing a hell of a lot more and younger women cycle by.
Then I felt a need to walk down Oxford Street. The need to honour friends and memories, with deep nostalgia for memories of our times dancing up and down the strip.
Of a community facing an earlier pandemic.
Of the activists and my friends who continue to this day to care for others, to fight for rights and not to lose what has been achieved.
When I received my AM, it was very moving for Robert French to receive his immediately before I did and to think of what his contribution to the community means. I also learnt bridge with dear Betty Hounslow who to the day she died continued to work for so social justice and fundraise for health and causes.
CMoore and Simon. And so many of you on the hoarding artwork there. Why isn’t there a Buck Naked statue with sound loop? Or an ACTUP plaque?
We used to dine at that restaurant with the Darlo Detectives sitting on table near us. Amicable. Uneasily so. I intrigued the boys as they tried to charm me away from the leather boys. Westmore et al.
I was also thinking of dear Bobby Goldsmith, who was a wonderful work colleague at the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and who won so many medals at the inaugural Gay Games in San Francisco in 1982.
Of nights waiting in the Oxford or the Courthouse waiting to see if stories we had placed (!) had appeared on sale around 11pm or midnight in old skool newspapers on sale with the paper-seller.
And, of course, it wouldn't be Darlinghurst without some street art and happy snaps.
A chat with Anthony Lister as he completed a fresh new work in his ballerina series. I just love that Gary Deirmendjian's creative, intelligent, whimsical, art ensures there are eyes on me as I walk. It’s only been recently I understand the joy he has given me on other walks at Bondi. I saw his Bondi Spawn as it continued to spawn with such joy and wonder.
Then a very brisk city walk down through Hyde Park. I pause always. Remember family who have served for generations. I always say hello to the kookaburras I look for every weekend.
So here we are. One week left in the 2025 campaign.
Let’s finish strong together!
As we head into the final days of #RunForHeart, I’m reflecting on every step, every sunrise walk, and every generous donation that’s made this journey so meaningful.
We’re in the home stretch, and every contribution you have made helps fund groundbreaking heart research and programs that save lives.
Thank you for walking alongside me in spirit — and for believing that together, we can make a real, lasting difference.
I can’t walk much further to be honest. I am still in recovery after 20 months (which is going well) but am pretty close to calling it. Sleep is the new black and I need to remain on trend.
Thank you for contributing to the $4,588 I have raised.
I am so confident we will reach $5,000 - which is beyond my wildest dreams.
Thank each and every one of you.
Donor 40 Krissie
But for you I have chosen one of my "underfoot" images, namely the wonderful Writers' Walk around Circular Quay which was so profound when introduced and such a touchstone to my city walking.
One of my favourite poets - enjoyed by my parents.
CPR is something everyone needs to feel confident to administer
Could you save someone's life?
Bystander administered defibrillation can double a person’s chance of surviving a cardiac arrest. But in Australia, just under 40% of cardiac arrests had a bystander perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Any attempt at resuscitation is better than none. Learn more: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/cardiac-arrest
Donors 39 Paige and Thomas
Downtown Bronte.
Mustang.
Thank you for your generous support. Your friendship would be enough, this is beyond xxx
Donor 38 Sharon
And for you and Betty keeping me company post walk recovery.
Shadows and reflections and loving our local area.
Donor 37 Rob
So great to have you on board for another year thank you.
Your swimming is amazing.
This is Coogee 40 minutes before dawn. Instagrammers, salty dog ex surfers and dog walkers. It's a vibe.
Donor 36
Donor 35 - Jani
So generous of you to join and support me again.
YOU will appreciate the Writers Walk around Circular Quay so I thought of you.
Donor 34 - anonymous
I think you are one of my lifesavers and my team to the end.
Donor 32 Julie and Bruce
Yes you do!
Magical part of the world we all enjoy.
So good to have you with me.
My pace slower than each of you, for obvious reasons.
Thank you for supporting the Heart Foundation and always being in my corner.
Donor 31 Anonymous - to life my friend
Donor 30 Brigitte
It's a real thrill to have you join me here with such generosity thank you,
I imagine your day time runs in the mountains are as fresh as my dawn walks down here in the city.
Donor 29 Katrina
Thank you for so generously supporting me this year. It really put a spring in my step.
A golden sunrise through the Bali memorial at Coogee.
Donor 28 Vonnie
I often feel a little underdressed on our walk - no surprises for you, a photo of the farshion of my city walk on a wet wet day.
Thanks for your generous support each year. I know how important this cause is in your life and thank you for your trust.
And well done on your own fundraising walk.
Donor 27 Sissy
You deserve your own image from your local beach.
Thank you for getting me to the finishing line!!
Donor 26 Taralga Road Mob
For you I thought I would select an inspirational Australian who is celebrated along the Writers Walk at Circular Quay - something you have walked so many times on your Sydney visit. Always was, always will be.
i was lucky to spend time with Faith on a couple of campaigns including Women for Wik.
Donor 25 Margot
You have been so generous each and every year, and I am deeply appreciative. You also provide such encouragement with your usual optimism and joy.
You will love this photo I am sure. Coogee is a very popular instagram destination for young Japanese visitors. So many dress for the occasion and they frolic along the beach.
Here is one moment of joy of many I see on every walk.
You will see the very tough local, a dedicated runner and swimmer who just charges through them on her straight line across the beach and back.
Donor 24 Alex
A lifetime since that lovely roast dinner with our friends and a while before I get to fly to Adelaide again.
But I love the connection each year and your generosity in donating to this important cause.
it's great having you with me.
I have selected dawn at Bronte for you - a magical chocolate box scale beach which is full of charm.
Donor 23 Amanda
Thank you very much for being a donor every year - means more to me than you know Amanda. A cause close to our hearts, it is such a generous donation and I am grateful.
Sorry this year's campaign was moved to winter so we couldn't spend as much time together at our beloved Sydney Film Festival.
Miss that.
I am recommending in the debrief they return it to October. It's also much warmer and I think more people will get involved!
2 marathons down - even sacrificing walking, immersing myself briefly in the Sydney Film Festival
A lovely fresh walk this morning for #RunForHeart.
It is a matter of the mind when the predawn kookaburra chorus wakes me and I think, “Can I face the cold?” “Will I become consumptive in the gripping mist of Queens Park and end up like Violetta?” Aren’t I meant to rest my muscles and not overtrain?
Much the same as when we did swimming squad training for our Bronze Medallions during Bathurst winters. Sitting huddled around the small heater in the family car (remember the 70s!!), we would hear the crunch of the frosty ice on the grass underfoot as we sprinted to the front door of the Bathurst Olympic Pool at 6am. I now keep my Bronze medallion with my AM as it remains one of the great achievements of my life
That and completing a City to Surf. I am still surprised that we could dive fully dressed to the bottom of the Bathurst Olympic Pool under the diving boards to retrieve those bricks.
Have just completed 84.39 kms – 2 marathons to raise funds for essential life-saving research by the @heartfoundationau. You have all been so generous.
Dawn starts at Coogee. I now get nods from the locals, and the barista knows my order at 545am.
Three city walks before film screenings to mix it up.
For my generous donors, you make it all worthwhile. I have selected photos for the first 22 of you, and those can be found on my fundraising pages. Along with happy snaps from each substantial walk.
Immersion in the truly beautiful Sydney Film Festival has significantly reduced walking time. In previous years, we raised funds in October, where I had every Saturday and Sunday for two big walks a day, but not this time round.
So, a smaller walking goal this year. And a larger financial goal.
Illogical, but you have all been so generous, this has worked. I have heard from some of my donors they love I have completed my walks before they get out of bed at 7. They love that they can see what happens outdoors and to show them sunrises or rainbows they haven’t seen.
THRILLED to have reached my walking goal earlier than planned.
To Anonymous, who generously gave $1020, all donors are equal to me. However, you really, really moved me that you would support me to support the Heart Foundation with such a generous heart. This is important to you as well, and if I am walking in the memory of someone close to you, or to celebrate your recovery, then I feel it is a deep honour to do so.
Together we have raised $4,199 which is astounding.
I have two pledges to come, so it’s realistic to now aim to reach $5000, and I think it is within my grasp by the end of this week.
Please do all you can to encourage me to do my stepping!! I won’t lie, doing this in winter is very tough.
If you or someone close to you has been touched by heart disease, this is a wonderful way for you to convert it into a more positive future for others.
Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. Small steps. Big hearts.
Thank you for walking beside me. #RunForHeart #runforheart#runforheart
Your kindness means the world to me, and it will make a real difference in the fight against heart disease, one of Australia’s biggest health challenges.
Donor 22 Steve
I'm quite drawn to the small intimate moments before dawn where individuals sit alone - I often wonder what they are thinking. But love in busy public spaces, the private can be found.
Donor 21 Katrina
Thank you for your great generosity and support Katrina. Means the world to me.
Donor 20 Anonymous
I thought to pick something that I find comforting. Bringing optimism out of sadness for the local community. At dawn, it stands strong with the sunrise shining through it.
The monument commemorates the victims of the terrorist bombing in Bali, Indonesia in October 2002.
The Sydney Coogee Dolphins Football team lost six members in the bombing and the memorial commemorates twenty of the eighty-eight killed. Twenty victims of the Bali bombings lived in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and surrounds, from Bondi to Malabar and across to Marrickville, or have strong affiliations through family, friends or sporting club involvement. Six of these killed were Coogee Dolphins A grade rugby league players.
Donor 19 Taleen
I felt this would mean more to you. An inspirational woman and a smart tactical effective politician who setup policies and legislation affecting generations of women.
She loved swimming at Coogee so her swimming friends arranged this small garden outside the surf club.
Thank you for your very generous support of my efforts for the Heart Foundation. So lovely to have you with me on this.
Donor 18 Tidda
Marathon Queen. Thank you for generously supporting me and the Heart Foundation each year. Particularly when you are running and raising funds for so many charities yourself.
I think of you running under the big open skies of the Bra enjoying sunrises. So have chosen this gorgeous one from a few beaches up the coast. I note the waves do that criss cross in and out thing that also happens in the bra. Mesmerised by it.
I also like that small moment that looks like a comet bursting through the sunrise. I want to believe that is what I saw at that moment.
Donor 17 Amanda DM
Thank you for generously coming on board. I thought as you are spending more time in Sydney I would choose street art in Fern St Clovelly. Just up the road from the cliffs and the pool, but more importantly around the corner from one of Sydney's most spoiling bakeries Tuga Pastries. You and puppy may need to discover it.
Donor 16 Anonymous
But I won't let you down and it really pushed me into completing a second marathon and raising even more funds for heart health and heart research.
For you, I chose 603am at the Rainbow Walk, Coogee. It was freezing in my snowboarder outfit but I am determined to do all I can to help others.
Thanks for doing that yourself with your significant four figure donation. I am so grateful.
Donor 15 Liz
Thank you for continuing to support me and the Heart Foundation Liz. Means so much.
For you the colours of dawn at Coogee.
Donor 14 Pete
This amuses me - Coogee is instagrammer heaven - pre dawn rows of tourists up and down the beach, and along the beach, capturing the sunrise. Along with all the 20 somethings who meet for sunrise coffees.
Hope we see each other again if you come to Sydney.
Thanks for your generous support.
Donor 13 Andrew
So Andrew I selected for you a charming moment - afternoon reflections on Busby Pond in Centennial Park.
Thank you for your generous donation and encouragement.
To think I met you and your lovely wife and children back in 1988...seems just yesterday.
Donor 12 Greatest Fan
If you are my greatest fan you will know me well - and know I love the changing turbulence and light of the clouds and the dawn skies.
These are some or the hardy 630am swimmers at Coogee each morning. Day in day out. Mind over matter.
One did tell me today it was warm in the water...lovely in fact.
Donor 11 Coburn family
This is from our beautiful Centennial Park. We are blessed to live in paradise.
Donor 10 Jacquie
So generous you join me each year with such enthusiastic support and a generous heart.
I look every Sunday for the occasional tracklifer at the front of the trams but have yet to see her.
Donor 9 Julie
Whilst sad the reason we last spoke, I am so pleased to be back in touch.
May the rainbow light your life.
Thank you for generously encouraging me on this continuing work.
Rainbow over my walking track in Queens Park on sports filled Saturday morning.
Donor 8 Juno
Have you heard of the term ejection fraction or EF?
Essentially it tells doctors how well your heart is pumping and it’s a big deal when it comes to understanding heart failure.
Your EF helps doctors:
Diagnose the type of heart failure you have Choose the right treatment Monitor how your heart is doing over timeLearn more here- https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/heart-failure
Had a heart attack recently?
You might feel like you’re on an emotional roller coaster, but that's completely normal 
Learn more about the emotional side of recovery and how to manage it: You’re not alone 
Channelling my inner snowboarder as I embrace the winter mornings
59 km now completed.
Another encouraging donation on Friday, a second on Sunday, plus two pledges over the weekend, means one marathon is insufficient.
I completed my first marathon to raise funds for essential life-saving research by the @heartfoundationau. You have all been so generous.
Dawn starts at Coogee has been the theme of week one. I post after every significant walk so visit those snapshots to experience my walks with me.
Over the weekend I decided to reorient my photo focus for week two - would hate to bore you. A city walk to mix it up.
Pace a little slower as I also attended the Sydney Film Festival during the long weekend - my 45th festival!!
It was nice to not walk and to dream big dreams, be totally immersed in superb storytelling and nourish my mind and heart.
Together we - you and me - have raised $3,792 which is astounding.
I would love to reach the $4,000 mark, and it is within my grasp.
I won’t lie, doing this campaign in winter rather than October is very tough.
If you or someone close to you has been touched by heart disease, I hope I am providing a wonderful way for you to convert it into a more positive future for others.
I hope my walks keep those memories alive or help you feel optimistic that lifesaving research is really changing and saving lives.
Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. 💓 Small steps. Big hearts.
Thank you for walking beside me. #RunForHeart #runforheart❤️ #runforheart❤️🏃♂️
Your kindness means the world to me, and it will make a real difference in the fight against heart disease, one of Australia’s biggest health challenges.
Thank you.
The silent signs: Heart attack symptoms in women
Heart attack signs and symptoms in women
Many women won't get that heaviness in the chest or chest pain that men have with a heart attack. Because their symptoms are different, it's easy to dismiss them as something else and not seek help.
Symptoms of a heart attack in women can include:
- cold sweats
- pain in the neck during activity
- jaw, upper back and left shoulder pain
- unusual fatigue
- shortness of breath
- nausea
- indigestion.
"Many of these symptoms are easy to dismiss, but it's important to address them quickly," says Dr Kasargod. "If you have any odd sensation or discomfort in the chest, or shortness of breath for more than 10 to 15 minutes, go straight to the hospital. Don't wait, even if you have a GP appointment the next day. Doctors in the emergency department don't mind a false alarm, but we do mind missing that golden opportunity to treat a heart attack."
You can read the full article here:
https://www.blua.bupa.com.au/more-conditions/heart-and-kidney/the-silent-signs-heart-attack-symptoms-in-women?s_cid=eml:PHI:BPMay25:edm:featuredarticle1B:&edm_pid=c0632bf17cdb7c05ba85a1467f651db435dda722c145ec0077003fc6e0174dea
It also contains links to the resources of the Heart Foundation.
Donor 7 Loyal Supporter
I just love my supporters and friends are loyal. I also do love I don't know many of them.
But in real life I must and know you very well for you to donate.
Thank you so much for generously supporting me.
All these early donations really have inspired me to try as hard as I can this year. As with each of the other years.
Despite it being so cold with mist in the park through which I cannot see my hand. Having been so sick I cannot risk getting sick.
We are together helping others and I hope helping save people's lives.
For you, I have a photo of a small very private moment of someone alone at 540am left to enjoy the possibilities of dawn.
Donor 6 Anne
My dear Anne,I feel a little plain in my ski clothes - I am not running as you do in your shimmering red dress.
I thought of you when I saw this young girl practicising cartwheels and handstands. Something I can imagine you doing.
Thank you for your continuing support, particularly with the number of challenges, your own marathons, fundraisers and arts charities you also support.
Look what our donations together have achieved - thank you
I don't mind where I finish.
I drive myself to inspire others to aim higher.
To bring a competitive mindset to encourage others to extend their targets.
That way everyone who is walking or running across Australia can go all out to raise as much money as we can.
$2 will make a difference. From little things big things grow.
Half a marathon completed!!!
I'm pretty excited to have braved the freezing mornings and on day 3 clock this significant milestone.
Every one of your donations makes me try harder and harder.
And makes every step easier!!
To help life saving research.
I won't let you down.
Donor 5 Honey Snerbl
These girls were practicing before dawn. With an older gentleman training them. I thought of you and wondered if they were some of the many elite athletes with whom you work.
Such focus and determination during the 90 minutes I was walking laps.
Thank you for generously supporting me again this year and the encouragement that has provided.
Donor 4 Anonymous
So for you, I hope you like the combination of the inky sky with the white as if lightly painted, the colours of pre-dawn, joining with the astonishing green of the grass reflected so strongly in the water.
Donor 3 Viktoriya
Who finds wonder in small moments of joy. The way the waves turn back on themselves and roll out as the next roll in fascinates me for days.
I also wanted to believe this was a meteor captured in the sunrise off Dunningham Reserve.
Thank you for generously supporting me and so many charities in so many ways.
Donor 2 Susan Wyndham
We have circled each other for years, only realising when through COVID your five photos per day confirmed we shared some moments of whimsy and wonder. And nature.
So on my second walk of the day, I chose the cactus garden in Queens Park. I love their determination for someone so modern an idea.
Thank you for returning each year to support me and life-saving heart research.
Day 1 thank you to Donor 1 - Rebecca Davies AO
Knowing your love of nature and the daily reflections of the changing colours of your beautiful garden, I felt this 7am blush of colour in my neighbourhood was you!
One more sleep 🛌
Here is my friend #chatgpt image of me out fundraising! I think the bot nailed my brief don't you?
⏳ Counting down… #RunForHeart starts 1 June!
WINTER IS COMING!
🏃♀️ one more sleep 💤 to go - thank you 🙏 for your support!
🎉 Let’s make a difference together!
I do encourage you to have regular heart health checks ❤️
The Heart Foundation is thrilled by announcement of a three-year extension to Medicare Heart Health Checks by the Australian Government, securing funding through to 30 June 2028.
This vital program - first introduced in 2019 following strong advocacy by the Heart Foundation and the broader heart health sector - has already led to over 870,000 Australians receiving a Heart Health Check.
The Heart Health Check is a 20-minute appointment with a GP to assess a person’s risk of heart attack or stroke and to support early, proactive steps to reduce risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
This extension ensures more Australians can access preventive care that could save their lives.
Read here for more information on Heart Health Checks 👉 https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/heart-health-checks
Ever wondered what a stent is actually doing inside the heart? 🤔
When the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, also known as coronary arteries, get too narrow or blocked (often because of a build-up of fatty substance called plaque), blood can't flow properly to the heart.
This can cause serious problems like a heart attack 💔
To fix it, doctors do a procedure called an angioplasty, where they use a tiny balloon to open up the blocked artery. Then, they place a stent in that spot to keep it open.
Once the stent is in place, your artery starts to grow tissue over it, so it becomes part of your artery wall! 💡
YOU and ME - together - knocking this fundraising out of the park
Dawn walks, beanie weather, and thousands of sneakered steps — it’s all happening! It is VERY crisp at dawn.
Beaches closed with dangerous currents, walking between storms, and being rewarded with gorgeous sunrises have been the theme for this week.
With just a few days to go until the official start of the #RunForHeart campaign on 1 June, I’m feeling incredibly grateful to the wonderful people - ALL OF YOU - who have supported my fundraising efforts so far.
campaign on 1 June, I’m feeling incredibly grateful to the wonderful people - ALL OF YOU - who have supported my fundraising efforts so far.Thanks to your generosity and encouragement, I’ve raised $2,693 for the Heart Foundation—placing me (which is us) second on the national leaderboard!
Your kindness means the world to me, and it will make a real difference in the fight against heart disease, one of Australia’s biggest health challenges.
Together, let’s keep more hearts beating stronger and longer.
Thank you again for walking this path with me. 
We did it - top 9 fundraising effort in Australia
💥 I just checked the leaderboard — and I’m sitting at #9 nationally for #RunforHeart Heart Foundation with $1,058 raised!
I’m walking in memory, in hope, and with so much gratitude for each of you, the people who’ve helped get me this far — one step and one donation at a time. 👟❤️
Your support means everything.
#RunForHeart #HeartFoundationAU #Top10Fundraiser #MissVGWalking #WalkingWithPurpose
I know heart disease affects many of you and many who are close to you.
https://www.runforheart.org.au/fundraisers/virginiagordon
Heartfelt
Thanks to your generous donations, I have already climbed into the Top 10 individual fundraisers in Australia.
One year I made it into the top 2 for a brief moment - amazing.
Together we will change lives with every dollar. 🏆👣
18 months ago I was in a wheelchair
But for perspective - to have a Near Death Experience, to be in ICU for 3 weeks on half hour watch for a large part of it - and then to have two periods of temporary paralysis requiring being fed and pushed around in a wheelchair, has changed my life for ever.
To be able to walk to raise funds for The Heart Foundation is something I don't take for granted.
I am so grateful to be able to walk every day!
I am grateful that during June I can walk and with your generous support, convert those steps funds to help heart disease research so others may live longer and enjoy better lives.
Gratitude is something to be considered every day. Walking is a wonderful way to start each day, to focus on the many things and many people for which I am grateful.
I look at this photo and continue to be amazed I am smiling.
Will you help me Run For Heart? (I will actually be walking!)
This June, I'm stepping out in my #BarbieBoxChallenge as “Miss VG – Walking for Research Edition” — walking a marathon to raise funds for the Heart Foundation.
Why? Because research saves lives.
People close to you. People close to me. Maybe even you.
❤️ If you're able, please consider sponsoring my walk — even a small donation can help fund research that changes lives.
🎯 Not in a position to give right now? A cheer, a share, or a kind word is just as powerful.
Your generosity supports the 1 in 6 Australians living with cardiovascular disease, and helps fund the research and support services that improve diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Thanks for being in my corner. Let’s put our hearts into it — together.
#WalkingForResearch #HeartFoundation #MissVG #ShowYourHeart #LinkedInForGood #BarbieBoxChallenge
👉 Ready to help save lives? I welcome any donation not matter how small or large.
to my Sponsors
$1.02k
Anonymous
$211
Jennie Gordon
Love your dedication VG, from all the Taralga Road mob
$211
Rebecca Davies
You’re an inspiration VG😍
$211
Viktoriya B
Thank you for supporting this important cause!
$189.90
Anonymous
All power to you, Ruthie! 180 is 10 x 18 (chai, meaning life)
$115
David Lloyd
Brilliant work yet again Virginia, thank you for your consistent support over so many years.
$115
Anne Gordon
So proud of my beautiful cousin Virginia sacrificing her time for this worthy cause
$115
Matched Donation From Kerrie Claffey
$115
Belinda Chan
$109
Rob Antulov
Wonderful mission VIginia!
$105.50
Anonymous
$105.50
Jenny Gordon
Wonderful to have you walking for such a good cause Virginia go - amazing your resilience - and what you are achieving!
$105.50
Matched Donation From Rebecca Davies Board Member Heart Foundation
$105.50
Paige And Thomas
Love you Virginia. Thank you!
$105.50
Liz Stephenson
Such an important cause. Thank you for walking each year to raise vital funds.
$105.50
Taleen Shamlian
Well done Virginia! Wishing you the best in health
$105.50
Brigitte Moseley
You go girl!
$105.50
Nicole Abadee
Brava Virginia!
$105.50
Bev Durston
Love your photos and stories and your dedication to those early morning starts Virginia. Great cause and I hope you feel better for the experience, you are awesome!
$105.50
Ks
Good on you VG
$100
Penny Gordon
Well done Virginia XX
$100
Matched Donation From Kerrie Claffey
$100
Julie Towart
$100
Anonymous
Go Virginia!
$82.70
Jani Stocker
$63.30
Andrew Hollo
A wonderful thing to do! Go, Virginia 🥰💪
$59.08
Krissie Scudds
Thank you for your wonderful commitment to this cause!
$59.08
Anonymous
$59.08
Kathryn Sutherland
$59.08
The Alexanders
Thank you so much for hosting such a beautiful catch up for our family! The heart Foundation is lucky to have such a dedicated supporter xxx
$59.08
Matched Donation From Kerrie Claffey
$54
Jacquie Riddell
Always delighted to support you VG, and keep up the great work!
$52.75
Steve Mark
$52.75
Honey Snerbl
Good on you Virginia, a great cause !
$52.75
Amanda Mark
Great initiative Virginia. Thank you
$52.75
Anne Frankenberg
You are an inspiration, VG!
$52.75
Pete Johnson
All the best, you’re an inspiration. Great cause, medical research can never be undervalued
$52.75
Amanda Di Medici
$52.75
Anita Heiss
Thank you, Virginia, for all you do for the community.
$52.75
Susan Wyndham
Walk well Virginia. Your progress is inspiring.
$52.75
Alex Hirford
Go well Virginia!
$52.75
Juno Gemes
Enjoy your walks . May they add to your good health . Juno x
$52.75
Julie Ditrich
$52.75
Margot
Well done Virginia. Such a great cause. ❤️
$50
Mark Mcintosh
What an angelic portrait VG. Here's some more motivation for you.
$40
Your Greatest Fan
$40
Loyal Supporter
$39.04
Go V
$37
Lydia Feng
Go, V! You are my inspiration! Xxx
$36.93
Tony Coburn
Well done Virginia Grateful for you Love The Coburn family
$31.65
Katrina
Go Virginia - keep those steps up !
$31.65
Matched Donation From Rebecca Davies Board Member Heart Foundation
$30
Vonnie Connell
You are such an inspiration Virginia - such a worthy cause.
$30
Matched Donation From Rebecca Davies Board Member Heart Foundation
$26.38
Anonymous
You are inspiring, VG 🌟 Wendy x
$25
Avril F
Way to go, Virginia. Such a brilliant cause.
$21.10
Sharon Kingston
Well done Virginia
$20
Congratulations Virginia - such an important cause.