Run for the Kids

Wow what an experience! My first time running in 'Run for the Kids'.

Over 27,000 people participated, and raised over $700,000 for the Royal Children's Hospital. It was a great feeling to be part of it.

My Brother in Law and his mate travelled from Gippsland to run the 14km course. They had only started training this month, and their longest run was 7-8km, so I wasn't very confident about them finishing without walking part of the way. As it was their first organised run, I wanted to run with them.

After a bit of a stretch...


and goodbye to my little mate...


We were off.

To stop us from going out too fast, I deliberately started in the middle of the runners. The strategy worked well, and we gradually increased our pace to the tunnel.

I've driven in the tunnel a few times before, and I knew it went up hill after the half way point. I was a little worried about this, but we managed to make it to the top without much fuss. The big industrial fans inside the tunnel were a welcome relief and cooled us down a little.


Despite an unscheduled pit stop, the guy's were doing well, and by the time they had made it to the top of the Bolte Bridge, they had run further than before.


We ran together the rest of the way. The crowd and the entertainment ensured that we didn't slow down to a walk.

We crossed the line at 1:20(ish).

A fantastic day was had by all. It was great to run in an event without having to worry about times, and just take in the atmosphere, and the amazing views.

As for my Brother in Law; I think this may be the start of things to come.

For me; I think I might set my sights for 'Run Melbourne' Half Marathon on 22nd June 2008.

Run 4 The Kids; oh and 'Mona'

As mentioned yesterday, I have been back into the running for the past couple of months.

I was encouraged to enter 'Run 4 the Kids' by George at work. He wanted to get fit, and I needed to lose some kilo's. George has entered the 5km, and I have entered the 14km run.

We have been running around the Tan at lunch time.

We started by walking to the Tan then running around it, and walking back. I have now progressed to running to the Tan; around it; then back (apx 8km).

I recently returned from a family holiday from the Gold Coast. My Brother in Law is also entering 'Run 4 the Kids' and we ran together along the beach every 2nd day, which kept up the motivation.

Speaking of motivation, I returned to work yesterday and read an e-mail from Run 4 the Kids. It mentioned free training runs on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. As I missed my lunch time run, I decided to go to Federation Square and run with the other silly people in the cold and rain.

When I got there however, my thoughts of the cold and rain disappeared when I was told that Steve Moneghetti 'Mona' would be running in our group.

Long story short; it was a very enjoyable 10km run at an easy 5.5-6.0 km per minute pace.

The best part of it all was that Mona let us all finish ahead of him. So my claim to fame will now be that I beat Mona over 10 kays!!! Bring on Sunday...

2 years down the track...

Wow, 2 years have almost passed since I've updated my Blog.

It's not so surprising; as I've mentioned in the pased, I am quite lazy...

So what have I been up to in that time?

- Recently returned from a family holiday from the Gold Coast (That's me, Carm and AJ) .

- Been doing quite a bit of ten pin bowling (don't laugh...)

- Generally relaxing and enjoying myself.

- I've gained a few more kg's :-(

Appart from relaxing and getting fat, I've also been motivated to get back into running again. It's only been a couple of months, but so far so good.

More to come tomorrow...