I took Friday off last weekend to be the support crew for one of the teams running the Oxfam Trailwalker. For those of you who dont know what the Oxfam Trailwalker is, it is a 100km walk from Jells Park Conference Centre in Wheelers Hill, to the summit of Mt Donna Buang. Despite the name, there is a lot of teams that actually run it, and I was supporting one of those teams.

The team that I was supporting was called “Team DWAC” (representing the Southport Health Club). They did really well, finishing 5th in the Mixed Teams (listing here), and 22nd overall. The final time was 17 hrs : 21 min.

It was a bit disappointing as when the team made it to Checkpoint 7 (the last checkpoint before the finish), they were told that the conditions up the side of the mountain were too bad, and that they were not allowed to continue. This was really hard for them considering they had just run for 88km and were told that they were unable to complete the run. The track was re-opened the next morning, so they were able to finish the last stage of the race, but it was not the same as they had to stop for a night in-between.

Whatever the case, I think they did a great job and I know I would not have been able to do as well as they did.

It was a great day, had a lot of fun, and I will probably do it again next year (probably supporting my wife who wants to run in it next year :) ).

-Hurgh-