Cromwell athlete Terry Davis takes a break with his
children Tori (3) and Matthew (4) during the relay. Photo
by Lynda van Kempen.
Adventure racer Terry Davis probably had nightmares about
running laps when he finally got to sleep yesterday.
The Cromwell athlete decided to use Relay for Life to see how
far he could run and clocked up 100km in 10 hours, travelling
222 circuits of the Cromwell track.
"I'm not into training for anything," Davis said.
"Typically, I would never run this far. I just thought this
was the perfect opportunity to see how far I could manage."
He completed the relay as sole member of his "team" and said
family members had been affected by cancer.
Davis walked the first lap with his three children and then
ran the next 222 laps before slowing to a walk for the
remainder of the 24 hours.
"It was phenomenal. Although I was running on my own, other
runners came and supported me. Most of them I didn't even
know."
"They told me where to go, because I was busy looking at my
feet all the way, and they made a path for me."
Davis said it was a novelty to be able to run such a long
distance without having to carry food or drink.
He still felt good after his marathon effort, but said
although physically he was fine, mentally the "race" was
hard.
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