Painathalon: Gregor and Andrew, Donations for Variety, WA

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My buddy Andrew and myself (Team Nova Scotia) will be taking part in Painathalon this weekend, Sunday 1st August.

Conceived by Jono Hague who is known as ‘that nutter who ran Jacobs Ladder for 24hours’, Painathalon compiles all the toughest fitness runs he had come to know around Perth, combining them into one massive impossible event.  The various fitness runs are linked up on the bike.  

The total race distance is about 160km, made up of 117km cycling, 20km flat running and 23km of hellish hill climbs!  To put that in perspective the Hawaiian Ironman is 3.9km swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km running in 17 hours.  The Painathlon cutoff is 10.5 hours, the exact amount of daylight on raceday.

Taking part in the event as a team of two, we both have to complete all the cycling, and we share the running workload.   More course info here: http://www.painathlon.com/course  

Charity – Variety, WA:
Variety the children’s charity of Western Australia works directly with individual families and organisations in our mission to enrich the lives of sick, disadvantaged and special needs children.
All money raised in our state is spent in Western Australia and last year 100% of all tax deductible donations went straight to WA kids in need – all admin costs were covered through corporate sponsors and other non-donation income. http://www.varietywa.org.au  

To Make a Donation:
Online (minimum $20, tax deducatble) – http://www.varietywa.org.au/donate (enter “Pain: Nova Scotia (Gregor & Andrew)” in the I would like my donation to go to field).
Bank Transfer – Variety WA Gift Account BSB 016-498 Account: 340868201 (ref: Pain: Nova Scotia (Gregor & Andrew).
Phone – Variety Office (08) 9355 3655.
Cash – drop me an email at gregor_urquhart@hotmail.com, or call me at 0450 601050 and I can arrange collection at an SPR ride. (drop me an email if you make any sort of donation, so I have a record).  

I’d appreciate any sponsorship that you can afford. All donations go directly to Variety, WA. Many thanks for your support.  

gregor and andrew

6 thoughts on “Painathalon: Gregor and Andrew, Donations for Variety, WA”

  3. Best of luck with it Gregor and Andrew. Lennie and I are cycling down to Bunbury Saturday and cycling back Sunday. That seems relatively easy now after looking at the details of this.

  5. I hope you guys are still coming for a ride on Saturday (with the fast group)… If not, you are both soft 😉

    Just jokes, you are both hard fellas and I hope you have a great day..

    Good luck..

  6. I think I’ll manage a Main 1 on Saturday. I’m building up to making a re-appearance in the fast group, perhaps sometime before year end.

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