Bienvenue vers la France

Welcome to France

An early wake up call from the early shift at the Torino Fire Station saw us in a nine van convoy to the French border. Some French magic weaved by Maureen, our French interpreter and co-ordinator of this section, saw us pass through the tunnel at a hugely discounted rate. Maureen is to be commended on the endless hours of work that she has put into organising the French leg of the run. We look forward with anticipation of seeing the benefits of her tremendous efforts that she has endured in the lead up to the run. She has been a great team member of the Great Anzac Run and we are indebted to Maureen for her bilingual skills as our commander’s idea of speaking French is to speak even louder!
The snow capped peaks pierced the clouds as the team ran their way up the steep roads past the town of Modane. Today’s leg was going to be one of the runs toughest, made particularly hard by the altitude, but all the runners determinedly reached the highest point in the Great Anzac Run. The summit was greeted with triumphant cheers and a spirited rendition of the Great Anzac Run theme song.