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Gavin Sceney, Victoria
| Club Cares and Roger Galway's branch were pleased to donate $1,500 to Gavin Sceney, who recently took part in the WA Ironman competition to raise money for World Vision Australia. |
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Here is Gavins' story.
"On Saturday December 5th 2009, 1307 competitors lined up on the Busselton beach ready to take on the WA Ironman.
It is 6:15am, the sun is up, and everyone is buzzing. The horn goes off and everyone runs in to begin their 3.8km swim around the largest jetty in the southern hemisphere.
I had doubts for weeks leading into it, but as soon as we were racing, I knew there was no way I wasn’t going to finish.
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| Just over an hour for the swim, and I am then sitting on a bike for 5 and a half hrs in 30 deg heat. It had been low 20’s all week, but jumped to 34 deg for race day. The last leg is a 42.2km marathon, and was the hardest thing I have ever done. I was reduced to running 10 metres and walking 10 metres. I had to stop in a restaurant to borrow some table salt, as my body was cramping that badly. |
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It was 6 months of hard training and no alcohol, but the end goal was totally worth it. Running down the finish chute, and hearing the words “You are an Ironman” made it all worthwhile.
Anything is possible if you want it badly enough.
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In my first Ironman event, I crossed the finish line in 388th position, in a time of 11:29:34, and 11th in my age group.
I am very grateful to the Investors Club, and in particular, would like to thank Club Cares and the Galway branch for donating $1,500 to World Vision Australia, which goes to help one of their Australian based early childhood programs. Through donations alone, $4,000 was raised for WVA.
Gavin Sceney
Member of the Galway branch"
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