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Time to register your interest in taking part.

One for the Melbournites

or for those who might be interesting in coming to Melbourne for a weekend

Royal Children's Hospital,
Good Friday Appeal,

annual

 Run for the Kids.

14 March 2010

Two easy courses, depending on your fitness level.

You can walk or run the course; it is about raising money for the kids and participating.

There is a 5.2 km course

and a longer 14.6 km course which takes you from the city, over the Bolte Bridge, through the domain tunnel and back to the city.

Costs are for the long run $40 (of which $23 goes to the) and $35 for the short run (of which $18 goes to the Good Friday Appeal). 
Check the website.

 
If you are looking for a training program to be ready for this run, you could take up the Couch Potato to 5 km running plan, (www.c25k.com) and then be ready to participate in this charity fundraising event.   I will be walking the equivalent area, in the country and donating the fee to the Royal Children’s Hospital, (of which I am a ‘Life Governor’),  it's a great cause and a good challenge for those who are up to it - and it's a great day out too.

OMG,  What a goal that would be for me to do.

I am going to make a walk by the riverside in fresh country air.

 14th of March is highly significant to me, it was my mother’s birthday and my mum died at a younger age than I am now, partly due to obesity and partly due to smoking. She died from lifestyle disease. For me to walk that distance at two years older than when my mum passed away, on her birthday, will be proving to myself that I have overcome the family curse of bad health and I know my mum would be pleased for meJ.  

 Therefore, I am going to set it as a goal, make an action plan and begin training tomorrow.  I did a seniors walk around Victoria in the Narre Warren leg, 5kilometers at a 6klm per hour pace. They took us to walk beside a highway and it was 'gasp', smelly exhaust fumes and I thought 'never again', when I can choose parkland away from roads.  I will be walking the distance, not running it.
 


Comments

Suzie

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 8:38:21 pm

I am aiming for the 5.2km run and I am very excited about it. The course is beautiful. If you do it you will be so glad you did.

 

Kathy Shell

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 9:26:58 pm

Suzie, you make it sound tempting :-).
There a re a few reasons why I can't run in the city. Concern about the pollution given I have cystic fibrosis, is one reason and also being a carer, I need to lol, run circles around my husband. :-), Right now I have got him jogging a little :-), and I might find myself the one trying to catch up with him :-), if I can get him fit enough, he is an ex marathon runner in his youth and still very competitive.
Thank you for commenting :-)

 

May

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 3:41:28 pm

If only I could run for that long! lol!

 

Kathy Shell

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 5:16:35 pm

May something I only learned this year about running, it does not have to be a race, it can be a gently jog or run, it's more the change of action, more impact, better for bone density development than walking, it's not about being fast or beating competitors, if your just striving for fitness. It is easier once you realize you do not have to run faster than a quick walk and you can do 5 minute walk warm up, 30 second intervals of running with longer walk recovery stages to get started .
Cheers Kathy

 

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