Today is the day that both Hazel and I walked the most in a continuous stretch of time. We walked and jogged a total of at least 14km (excluding the distance we walked to the starting point and from the starting point back home). The event that we participated is called 'City to Surf' - a huge event in Sydney in which pple in Sydney took part in a mass jog-cum-walk for charity! The route is from Sydney City (from Hyde Park) all the way to Bondi Beach!
More than 60,000 pple took part. Some are competitive runners while most are just looking for a workout and lots of fun! It was a great experience!
Can you imagine what would it look like to have more than 60,000 pple on the road? It looks like this!
It was such a fun race. Not a moment of boredom. Pple are dressed up in all sort of costumes. Gorillas, chicken & egg, robots, snakes, etc... Along the way, there are even entertainment lined up to keep us going, like 'live' bands, performances, etc... Refreshments were plentiful too!
Most significantly, we experienced the warmth of Australians... their sponstaneity.. As we walked through many housing estates, residents actually came out of their houses to cheer the participants on, to act as volunteers to hand out refreshments. Some even left their hose spray on to re-energise tired runners/walkers.
The view along the way was nice and refreshing.. Snapped quite a number of shots... Here's one with the robot.
The walk cum jog was tedious, energy sapping but luckily the weather was kind. Our feet were shouting for rest but we pressed on and finally reached bondi beach in under 3hrs.
It was another amazing sight of Bondi when we reached. It was packed with participants and beach-goers!
That's us crossing the finishing line... very proud of ourselves! haha..
We had our free lunch at the PwC marquees (firm sponsored) before we took an express bus back to the city. It was a tiring day.. but we felt great completing it! We will run next yr!
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