00:00With every step he takes, Greg Ireland has daughter Chelsea in his thoughts.
00:07Been through my mind a lot. I mean, even just doing my ordinary runs, the number of Ks I've
00:15done with tears in my eyes has been, you'd probably be surprised.
00:19I'm a little bit stiff from this morning.
00:22Side by side with him training for the New York Marathon has been Magda Pierce, a duo
00:27united by grief.
00:29I'm sure I'll be a mess. I don't expect any difference, but also there will be a lot of
00:35happy tears as well.
00:3719-year-old Chelsea Ireland and partner Lukasz Klosowski were shot dead by Lukasz's father
00:43in country South Australia more than four years ago. Now the two parents are fulfilling
00:49two of Chelsea's primary school bucket list goals, running a marathon and going to New
00:54York.
00:55The emotional side of it is going to be the big killer, I think. It could be a gibbering
01:01idiot by the end of it, I think.
01:02Magda Pierce knows running the 42 kilometres in the world's biggest marathon will be a
01:07struggle but believes she'll be inspired by her son.
01:11I almost feel that there will be that moment that you'll get to me that Lukasz would have
01:18said to me, Mum, surely it's time that you're proud. You're proud of everyone else but not
01:25just yourself.
01:26The pair has raised more than $23,000 for an Adelaide mental health group, but primarily
01:32they're running to remember and pay tribute.
01:35I'm not going to be the fastest on the course. I'll have a lot of time to reflect and think
01:42and think why am I doing this.
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