We got a nice massage courtesy of The Body Shop people at the tent next to the finish line, went back to the bach in Kinloch for showers and packed up for a four-hour crampfest in the car. Worked very hard to keep my Matamata Big Mac combo down.

Slept and went back to work on Monday.

We are still a bit short of our fundraising target though and have little time left.

Sarah Heeringa claimed that doing the 100km challenge was harder than childbirth—and she has four children. We believe her.

Here are three easy ways you can challenge poverty:

Make an online donation

No amount is too small, but why not make it count?

Give a gift

Put an end to bad presents. You can give real items that people living in poverty around the world need to change their lives for the better. You’ll receive a card to pass on and your gift goes to those who need it most. For example:

3 Ducks – $15. These feathered friends eat insects and snails, helping farmers protect their fields. Eggs provide a family with nutrition or extra income. Purchases of Oxfam Unwrapped ducks contribute to our work in Indonesia. You can’t go wrong with a trio of these webbed winners!

Become a regular giver

Choose to join ‘Oxfam+me’.

• $20 per month can provide emergency shelters to help villages through the cyclone season in Samoa
• $30 per month can bring clean, safe water to entire families in Tanzania
• $50 per month can help poor farmers in East Timor to grow more and better food for their communities.
• $100 per month can provide a tap stand ensuring safe drinking water for communities