$1,660 raised
TARGET $1,500
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Who wants to win a 1 hour massage? I’m raising money for the Oscars100 charity for which I’m taking on their Hut2Hut challenge of a 100km run/trek. For every $20 donated you will go in the draw to win a 1 hour massage!!
The Hut2Hut is an alpine run/trek event which covers 100km, around 5700m of elevation gain and knocks off 10 mountain summits. It’s a bloody brutal course.
Why would I do this? I have 2 main reasons I’ve entered as a solo/one day competitor:
1. The Cause: Oscars100 is an organisation committed to improving the lives of children and families living with autism through the provision and access to essential early intervention programs. Prior to participating in the H2H two years ago I hadn’t had much to do with kids with Autism so hadn’t ever really thought about things the children and their families go through with day to day aspects that I have taken for granted throughout my life. The charity and event is hosted by an amazing family who have 2 young boys with Autism. They have helped show and educate me a small snap shot of what living with Autism involves. The efforts they are putting in to helping families in the same situation is truly inspirational. The idea of the H2H event is to push your own limits and mentally break you, it aims to make you get in a situation where you do not want to be and not want to continue but have no choice but to face it and go on. This can be similar to how someone living with autism might feel in a normal day to day social situation.
2. Challenge my own limitations – In a nutshell I told myself there’s no way I could finish this event within the 1 day cut off time limit…. And that’s why I’m back.
For those who don’t know I have done this event the last 2 years but have completed it over 2 days each time. This year at about 60km into the race I made a video to future Mat telling me how hard the day had been and I vowed never to do it again. I still HATE the fact that I told myself there was a physical challenge that I couldn’t do, it’s completely against who I am. It was an emotional roller coaster throughout the event this year and even though l completed it as planned I feel like the course beat me mentally. That negative talk made me want to go back and prove myself wrong!
So on Feb 14th at 5am I will be setting off to prove to myself that a year on I am stronger mentally than I was this year and that if you set your mind to something and train for it, anything is possible. Hopefully with your support as well the event can reach their goal of raising $100k and change the lives of many Victorian families.
The Hut2Hut is an alpine run/trek event which covers 100km, around 5700m of elevation gain and knocks off 10 mountain summits. It’s a bloody brutal course.
Why would I do this? I have 2 main reasons I’ve entered as a solo/one day competitor:
1. The Cause: Oscars100 is an organisation committed to improving the lives of children and families living with autism through the provision and access to essential early intervention programs. Prior to participating in the H2H two years ago I hadn’t had much to do with kids with Autism so hadn’t ever really thought about things the children and their families go through with day to day aspects that I have taken for granted throughout my life. The charity and event is hosted by an amazing family who have 2 young boys with Autism. They have helped show and educate me a small snap shot of what living with Autism involves. The efforts they are putting in to helping families in the same situation is truly inspirational. The idea of the H2H event is to push your own limits and mentally break you, it aims to make you get in a situation where you do not want to be and not want to continue but have no choice but to face it and go on. This can be similar to how someone living with autism might feel in a normal day to day social situation.
2. Challenge my own limitations – In a nutshell I told myself there’s no way I could finish this event within the 1 day cut off time limit…. And that’s why I’m back.
For those who don’t know I have done this event the last 2 years but have completed it over 2 days each time. This year at about 60km into the race I made a video to future Mat telling me how hard the day had been and I vowed never to do it again. I still HATE the fact that I told myself there was a physical challenge that I couldn’t do, it’s completely against who I am. It was an emotional roller coaster throughout the event this year and even though l completed it as planned I feel like the course beat me mentally. That negative talk made me want to go back and prove myself wrong!
So on Feb 14th at 5am I will be setting off to prove to myself that a year on I am stronger mentally than I was this year and that if you set your mind to something and train for it, anything is possible. Hopefully with your support as well the event can reach their goal of raising $100k and change the lives of many Victorian families.
Fundraising For
Oscars100
Oscars100 is an organisation committed to improving the lives of children living with Autism. Early Intervention programs have been recognised to dramatically improve the performance of children with Autism, preparing them for mainstream education and even eventual independence.
CREATOR Mat Munro Hut2Hut
SINCE Nov 2019
22
Donations
MY BADGES
50% raised
20+ donations
Target reached
$1,660 raised
TARGET $1,500
Please support this cause
$
AUD
Fundraising For
Oscars100
Oscars100 is an organisation committed to improving the lives of children living with Autism. Early Intervention programs have been recognised to dramatically improve the performance of children with Autism, preparing them for mainstream education and even eventual independence.CREATOR Mat Munro Hut2Hut
SINCE Nov 2019
22
Donations
MY BADGES
50% raised
20+ donations
Target reached
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