City 2 Surf Personal Best

The City 2 Surf is the largest fun run event in Australia with more than 65,000 lined up to start the event. With the run taking place in the middle of the Beijing Olympics there was a major rush for positions with the Australian Olympic 400m Hurdler, Jana Rawlinson the official starter. With the normal rush of adrenalin flowing I soon realised that I had covered the first 10km in under 50 minutes which was a full 10 minutes faster than the standard first 10km pace of the marathon. It was around this time that I started to feel a little sick in the stomach perhaps from going out a little too hard... I pushed through and slowed a little until heading into Bondi Beach and running up along the footpaths to avoid the people and make my way through the crowd as quick as possible. It was great to get into the home stretch along Campbell Parade and arrive in my home beach in a record time for the Marathon Man of 69 minutes ... This was a great fun event and a must for all to get out and have a go in this magic city of Sydney!

City 2 Surf - Sunday 10th August

The Marathon Man will be competing in the annual 14km City 2 Surf event from the Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach early Sunday morning.

With more than 70,000 expected to turn up this will be the largest City 2 Surf in history.

This is the first year that timing chips will be used though sure there is no special facility to allow for the extra numbers on the course.

Please come and say hello on the day and cheer home the Marathon Man :-)

Looking forward to a fun day ...