Ultramarathon legend Pat Farmer has run from the North Pole to the South Pole, he is a multiple world record holder, and now he’s ready to stage an event on Terrigal Beach in September.
In conjunction with the Rotary Club of North Gosford, Farmer is inviting everyone to join in the Quicksand Australia soft sand run on Sunday, September 1.
There will be four runs on the day commencing at 8.30am with a 2km Father’s Day Family Run, a 5km run at 9am and 10km run and a five-person 10km relay at 10am.
The runs will take place on Terrigal Beach with each lap being 1km – 500m up the beach and back.
All proceeds from the day will go to local organisations SOKS (Save Our Kids) and the Terrigal Surf Lifesaving Club.
SOKS is a project of the Gosford North Rotary Club.
It has two major initiatives – suicide prevention and youth enrichment.
Youth suicide is a major issue on the Central Coast and SOKS fundraising facilitates suicide prevention programs, mostly provided by Rotary partner Lifeline.
SOKS also sponsors young people on the Central Coast to undertake youth enrichment programs to further empower themselves.
Over the past 12 years, SOKS has raised more than $1M, which has resulted in more than 1,000 lives saved, over 6,000 people trained in suicide prevention programs and more than 260 young people attending youth enrichment programs.
For more information go to ww.soks.org.au
A number of Central Coast businesses have already shown their support for the event, which is new to the Coast, and the organisers are now keen to get community participation on the day to run on the sand.
Sponsors already on board include Bendigo Bank, Crossmuller, Polytec, Orbell Family Lawyers, Kwick Kopy, Gosford RSL Club, LJ Hooker Terrigal, Trojans, MARS Design, Crown Plaza, and Central Coast Council.
For more information and to register for the run go to www.quicksandaustralia.com