A 3755 kilometre personal challengeOn a sunny, cloud free Easter long weekend, I hatched plan.....
As a recently transformed couch potato with a new-found passion for fitness and continual improvement, I was looking for a new fitness challenge to keep me motivated and accountable throughout the impending winter and remainder of the year. After much thought and research I decided to choose a number of fun runs and cycling events to complete between April 1st and March 31st, 2014. In order to complete these events I of course need to train for them. With some calculations and advice from my personal trainer, Angus, we worked out a training plan for the next 8 months. When I added up the kilometres that I need complete over this time, it worked out to be approximately 3,550km - almost the distance between Albury and Timor Leste (which is 3,755km)! CARE Australia, a charity which I admire and support, undertakes a range of projects in Timor Leste. CARE is an international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on working with women and girls to bring about lasting change to their communities. As a busy full time working mum, with a daughter of my own, I wanted to find a way to help raise awareness and funds for this fantastic charity. So, armed with a training plan to help me reach my goal, I have chosen nine events to complete to raise awareness, and have pledged to complete 3,755km in training and events, with my ultimate aim to raise $10,000 for CARE Australia and Timor Leste by March 31st, 2014. I have established this website so that you can share my experience on this personal challenge, learn more about CARE Australia and donate to the work that CARE Australia is undertaking in Timor Leste. You can follow my progress here on my Blog, on Strava and Facebook. I hope you will join me and support this fantastic cause! Regards Jo Parker |
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3,755km COMPLETED!!!
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