Half Marathon Fundraiser

Thank you so much to everyone for participating in the half marathon on Sunday 20th May; as the inaugural fundraiser for the Lynne King Cancer Care Foundation. Thanks also to those who were able to join us for the post-race pancakes, it was great to hear your stories of the race itself and what motivated you to make it to the start line. Also, special thanks to all those who sponsored our runners for the day!

It was an awesome day, helped entirely by the beautiful weather. It was amazing to see the spirit with which everyone in our team ran, with smiles on their faces and waves every time they ran past the cheer squad. There were a number of big achievers out there, including the following:

  • Jacqueline, George and James all finished their first official half marathons, and in exceedingly good times!
  • Richard competed in his 14th Half Marathon!
  • Trudi and Emma still ran despite injuries that gave them a very good excuse to sleep in! And Emma still beat her PB by 8 minutes!
  • Mark ran strong and was only 10 seconds off beating his PB!
  • Geoff finished his half marathon looking good, despite having travelled all the way from Wollongong on Sunday morning to get to the start line!
  • Kerrie ran the ENTIRE half marathon with a smile on her face and looking very cool, calm and collected, as usual!

Thank you to every one of you who each contributed to the event in your own very special way. Also a very big thankyou to the extended cheer squad including Chris Pulkinnen, Wendy Andrews, Sallie and Jack Clendon, Lisa Coates, and Anne Besser who helped to motivate, not only those in our team, but each and every runner on the course! Special mention goes to Wendy Andrews who rode beside the very last runner for support for 2km whilst the runner's personal trainer had ducked off for a coffee!

Thankyou also to:

  • Lisa Coates who helped immensely behind the scenes in organising the event; and
  • Asics who supplied us with the top-quality singlets at no cost; and
  • Mediapress who printed the singlets at half cost price

We are now putting our thinking caps on for the second fundraising sporting event which is likely to be held in the first half of next year. If you have any suggestions as to which sporting event would be a good team event, please feel free to let us know as we value your input.

Thanks again and congratulations on a very inspiring race!