DAY 1 – April 26th

Inspired by the words of our Turkish firefighting friend and running companion, Ju Ju – “I go, you go – We Go”, the group took off from Anzac Cove after some stirring words from Lionel. With adrenalin pumping, and an escort from the Turkish police to the border, the group ran for 2km until the Travis platoon took off under the leadership of Roger Chitty. 60km down the road at Kesan, the cook’s van presented a steamy bowl of tasty pasta to re energise the group and Gordon Hill’s Bugden group took over. Throssell platoon ran warily through the border crossing after a long delay but soon regained some lost time with some inspiring sectionals. The long limbs of Gabe Mauerhofer, Chris Wright, Sam Jones and the Condon brothers chewed up the kilometres as the run flew through the town of Alexandropoulos in the early hours of the morning.