It was an early rise on Sunday with everyone meeting for our 6:30am start at Tickle Park, Coolum Beach. It was a beautiful day with a beautiful pink sunrise leading to clear blue sky’s.
There were over 1,000 participants on the day and we were thankful for the pit stops that were set up every 5km, providing water, fruit , toilets and a cheer squads to keep us going.
With all the training! we had done 9 weeks prior to the day, the first 15km were relatively easy. We stopped for a 15-minute break at 15km to eat and take a rest.
Sophia had a pre-existing knee injury that started to flare up and soldiered on until she could take no more. She did and amazing job to get to the 22km mark. A terrific effort Soph!
At 30km things started to get tough for Narelle, with very sore legs and blisters on her toes she hobbled to the finish line.
Kathryn was the most reluctant to sign up, but surprised everyone, including herself in finishing with relative ease.
We all knew Julian would breeze through the day.
The sight of the finish line came into view with 1km to go and the feeling was euphoric. It was a joy to see family and friends at the finish line with banners cheering us on.
We would like to say a bloody big thank you to every single person who donated and showed their support over the last 9 weeks. Together we raised $1,139.63 towards The Mito Foundation.
Bring on next year …….
