Vickie, Lezanne, Kerri & Lynne

None of us were runners before we joined Vision but here we found a group of encouraging people with enough of an open mind to consider putting one foot in front of the other, up and down the hilly trails of the blue mountains.

We had trained together despite wind, rain, injuries and many, many leeches of the Illawarra. We laughed, we cried, we marvelled at the views, we talked a lot, we moved in silence, we sprinted down hills, clambered over boulders, traversed tree trunks, sploshed through creeks and trudged up stairs, stairs and more stairs.

And then, there it was, the endorphin rush of that finish line in sight with the sound of cowbells clanging and the clink of the medals being placed around our necks.