Welcome
After an amazing year of running and racing, it is now time to look forward to 2009 and to start planning new adventures. I am focussing on two special events – The North Face 100 and the 2009 World Masters Games.
During this exciting journey, I will of course continue to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation. The Foundation needs our support even more in these challenging times, to help underprivileged Australians and the millions of unnecessary blind people around the world.
The North Face 100 is only in its second year, and as the website states, this race is the pinnacle of trail runs in Australia – a race on a challenging, spectacular course through some of the country’s most iconic landscape, the Blue Mountains. Running 100 km was never meant to be easy, and I am sure this race will be as tough as any other course out there.
Also, Sydney will be hosting the 2009 World Masters Games, and I simply cannot not miss the biggest fitness party with the motto “Fit, Fun and Forever Young”! Over 25,000 athletes from around the world will be competing in 28 disciplines. Mark October 2009 in your diary, as it will be a time to have fun and stay fit and young. I am planing to compete in three events: the 10-km road race, the 8-km cross country run, and the half marathon.
I hope that you may again want to be part of my journey, and in the process, support a worthy cause by helping The Fred Hollows Foundation. Please stay tuned and visit this site and my blog again to find out about upcoming fundraising events and my training progress.
Thank you & happy running!
Markus
