10-tonne truck challenge ‘HOW I GOT MY GROOVE BACK'
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|May 2, 2022
Gutsy gran Sharon has gone from strength to strength!
Cloe Willetts
10-tonne truck challenge ‘HOW I GOT MY GROOVE BACK'

When Porirua grandma Sharon Rose thought about the best way to celebrate her 50th birthday, she knew a simple cake and candles wouldn't cut it. Instead, she marked the milestone by standing in a carpark surrounded by 100 cheering onlookers, using the body weight of her 1.5m (4'11") frame to a pull a 10-tonne truck.

"I never believed I'd make it to 50 and I promised myself if I did, I'd do something big," explains Sharon, who struggles with anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from childhood trauma.

"I've survived five suicide attempts and once I got to 45, I realised I was probably going to make it to 50. I wanted to do something strong for it.”

Known to family and friends as “Shazza”, the grandmother-of-seven decided to set a six-month goal last year to get physically strong. She originally wanted to pull a four-tonne ambulance, raising money along the way for the Wellington Free Ambulance service, since they'd been there each time to save her life.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2, 2022 من New Zealand Woman's Weekly.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2, 2022 من New Zealand Woman's Weekly.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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