Almost two months after achieving his athletic challenge, we spoke to Geert van Nispen again. VOOM supported Geert in his ambition to run 1,000 kilometers in 30 days! The goal was to raise awareness and collect donations for ParkinsonNL, the disease his mother suffers from.
The crowdfunding campaign has now officially ended. But fortunately there are enough other and new campaigns for ParkinsonNL that deserve attention now. A lot of money is still needed for research, in the hope that 'the next generation' can benefit from the results of the research that can now be done. https://www.parkinson.nl/
We asked of course if he had achieved his goals? Geert could answer this with a resounding 'Yes'! The primary goal was: to draw attention to this debilitating disease. And that succeeded beyond expectations. Not only regional press, but also national media and of course especially via Social Media, Geert's campaign - and with it Parkinson's - received a lot of attention! The campaign was also more than successful in terms of donations. The primary goal of € 5,000,-- was ultimately almost doubled!!
For Geert himself there was an additional goal: To accomplish this exceptional performance. And that was also a great success! Look, and then VOOM is happy: Because VOOM stands for support in achieving (sporting) goals!
Of course, Geert had a hard time during the challenge, but looking back he was positively surprised and speaks of a nice build-up, in which body and mind grew. Recovery after work was - because of the short recovery time - very important, as was preventing injuries. Once Geert had so much trouble with his hamstring. Normally you would stop, but on day 27 of 30 you walk through it. And fortunately it did not get worse in the last few days and on December 12 he was able to walk towards the finish in Nijmegen without pain.
Spontaneously, Geert started talking about the contribution VOOM has made to achieving his goals; “It just works! I find it difficult to chew while running, but regularly take a piece of the VOOM bar in my mouth and it melts, as it were, and is nicely absorbed into the blood. I used to regularly take gels, but those packages broke too often. That is really an advantage of VOOM. And that recovery shake is fantastic too! It really helped me!” Still nice to hear.
Geert will remain active in sports for a while: he will soon be walking from Southern Italy to Northern Italy. Furthermore, a speedhiking tour in the Pyrenees is on the agenda and the intention is to participate in the Mont Blanc trail on a track of 160 km! “Of course VOOM will join these trips!”
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