As Kristy and Kim-maree put up the tents Pioneer Training were in for a long 24 hours of hard core running. The 12 weeks of training was now put in place at the AIS track as we ran for 24 hours to raise money for cancer. It started off with a bang as our first team of Pioneers set the standard with some super quick running laps.With over 2000 people racing against us we were on a mission! Within 6 hours out of the 24 we were already a good 80 laps in front of where we were last year! Kristy was also 3 Red Bulls in front of last year too! With a massive team of 60 pioneers out to hammer last years record of 614 laps, lap records were smashed also with Andrew running in a 1min 01 second lap, whilst Carla held it for the girls with a quick 1min 11 lap.
The final 10 second countdown was the saving grace for our last group as we knew it was close, and we were doing our best (on no sleep) to get around that track as quick as we could to get those few extra laps. So we handed in our score sheets with a tally of 715 laps in 24 hours. A huge total of 286km! Pioneer Training had come 2nd again but we had beat last years score by a staggering 101 laps! And again beat every other fitness company out there!!! A brilliant effort from everyone that raced! We are faster and stronger than this time last year.
Donations are still coming in for our team, so boast to all your friends, family and co-workers about how well we all did, and get some more sponsorship money for the ACT Cancer Council, we want to have a final tally of $6000. You can do this by logging on to the Relay for life website, or just see Kristy or Jenna.
Kristy and Jenna would like to thank everyone that participated, sponsored, and supported the Relay 4 life this year. We had a fantastic time and it was amazing to see the individual and team efforts put in on the track, with so many of our team achieving their own personal goals! You are all deadset legends!
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