To punctuate the first anniversary of her stroke, Helen Woodhouse completed a half-marathon on the Gold Coast.
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Doing so helped the real estate agent to raise $9500 for the Stroke Foundation, and landed her a nomination for the national fundraiser of the year award.
The total almost doubled the goal Mrs Woodhouse has set for herself and her four other teammates.
Always fit and healthy, Mrs Woodhouse was only 33 years old when she experienced a stroke.
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She was on her regular morning run when she became disorientated. At the time, she admits she "didn't really know what a stroke was".
"It's not something you think of for young, fit people. You tend to think of strokes happening to elderly people," said Mrs Woodhouse.
A week in hospital gave way to six weeks rehab and recovery at home before Mrs Woodhouse once again donned the running shoes in preparation for her half-marathon.
"[The doctors] were never able to say what caused it, I just must be the most unlucky person," she said.
"[But] I'm super lucky there was no residual problems from the stroke."
Across Australia in 2017 - the same year Mrs Woodhouse suffered hers - there was one every nine minutes.
The Stroke Foundation estimates that this year, 410 people in the Riverina will experience a stroke.