I also started fundraising for beyond blue and with the help of my work colleges and others who kindly donated, I was able to raise just over $1000.00!
On the actual race weekend, Andrew, Owen and I flew up to Qld to enjoy a nice mini holiday weekend. We got to spend some time in both Brisbane and down at the Gold Coast.
I got up early the next morning, still rather queasy - yet determined. I had done all that preparation, fundraising and flown all the way to Qld, I had to still do the race.
The start was incredibly crowded, it was really difficult to even run for the first few hundred metres. But it got going. The race went fairly well (all things considered). Running past McDonalds made me gag a little and I found the race pretty exhausting after no food and needed to walk for a couple of minutes. However, I ran most of the way and finished in a time of 40 minutes and 4 seconds, and I am pretty proud of myself for setting a goal like that and achieving it.
The night before the race disaster struck, I was hit with a nasty bout of food poisoning. I was really sick, couldn't keep anything in. Running did not seem like a good idea.
I got up early the next morning, still rather queasy - yet determined. I had done all that preparation, fundraising and flown all the way to Qld, I had to still do the race.
It was a lovely Gold Coast morning, sunshine all round. I made my way to the starting line (after visiting the portaloos several times haha), and I was off!
The start was incredibly crowded, it was really difficult to even run for the first few hundred metres. But it got going. The race went fairly well (all things considered). Running past McDonalds made me gag a little and I found the race pretty exhausting after no food and needed to walk for a couple of minutes. However, I ran most of the way and finished in a time of 40 minutes and 4 seconds, and I am pretty proud of myself for setting a goal like that and achieving it.
Since then I have been participating regularly in Adelaide Park Run (5km run along the Torrens every Saturday), competing in the Corporate Cup with one of the ATO teams every fortnight (4.75km), along with being fairly consistent with the gym.
Last week, Andy and I did True Grit Night Attack, which was a 5km obstacle course at the Adelaide Show grounds. We did it with a group of guys and gals from my gym. It was a fun night, filled with strobe lights, ropes climbs, mazes, commando crawling, ice baths, jumping, running and leaping. It was actually easier than I expected, due to needing to wait in line to do each obstacle (got to catch my breath), but it was a lot of fun, even if the ice baths made me cold for the next few hours!
What should I do next?
