Team Vegan

We are a group of vegan friends from Auckland who will be completing the Trailwalker in 2010.  We met through mutual interests in animal rights and fitness.  Some of us have run events before with Team Vegan; others are involved in SoLVe, the Society of Legal Vegans and Vegetarians, based out of the university of Auckland.

David T has completed the Trailwalker three times.  He is working as a clerk at the Auckland High Court, having finished his law and arts degrees.  He hopes to be able to brag that he has walked a hundred kilometres in one day, having taken around 26 hours last year and 27-28 in previous years.  He still likes espresso, has more tattoos and Smiths records, and rides bikes.

James is a recent law graduate of the University of Auckland.  He loves to cook, bake bread/cakes/other vegan goodies, and to work in the garden. James is interested in politics, philosophy, and economics.  He finds that being vegan is the best way to realise his moral and political ideology.  He enjoys getting outdoors, whether backpacking, hiking, or just going to the beach.   James is an avid cyclist, and thinks fixed gear bikes are the new rollerblades.

Dave A, James’s brother, is likewise an avid chef and cyclist.  He shares James’ antipathy for David’s new bike.  He is studying epidemiology at the University of Auckland, while attempting to avoid winters.  For the last five years, he has dashed from hemisphere to hemisphere in a quixotic yet successful attempt at a constant summer.

Zeljka has been vegan since Valentine's Day 2008.  She has just returned from Glasgow, where she finished  her law degree, while dwelling down the road from (and often in) a vegan pub.  She has returned to write her dissertation.  Although she claims to be a stage 4 scientologist (which means she can move things with her mind),  the rest of us suspect that she actually just hates bikes.

Team Websites:
Team Vegan: The vegan running/hiking/exercising club that some of us run or cycle with, and under whose banner we're doing the Trailwalker.
The Solution: The blog on veganism and vegetarianism that David and James write for.
Facebook Group: How we stay in touch with supporters.

Fundraising Summary For This Team

We have achieved 120% of our target.

Team Fundraising:

Team details

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Leader: David Tong
Member B: David Angelson
Member C: James Roach
Member D: Zeljka Strbac

Representing:
Team Vegan

Target Time:
Fast = 18-24 hours

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