‘LIVING LIFE BIG IN THE BODY I HAVE’
HIGH LEVEL ENDURANCE ATHLETES, AKA ULTRA AND TRAIL RUNNERS, COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, AND WHAT’S EVEN BETTER IS THAT NO MATTER YOUR BACKGROUND, OUR COMMUNITY WELCOMES EVERYONE WITH OPEN ARMS TO HELP GUIDE THEM INTO A LOVE OF THE SPORT. SAMANTHA TURNBULL TALKS TO ULTRA RUNNER CATH WALLIS WHO IS BREAKING THE STEREOTYPE OF WHAT A RUNNER LOOKS LIKE, AND WHO SAYS SHE HOPES TO INSPIRE OTHERS WHO MAY NOT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE IN ON THE TRAILS.
WORDS: SAMANTHA TURNBULL
IMAGES: TEMPUS MEDIA, RAT RACE ADVENTURE SPORTS
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Cath Wallis looked at the form blankly. It was one of those ‘get-to-know-yourcolleagues' questionnaires. The ‘hobbies' section had her stumped.
“I realised I had none,” she says.
“In the 20-plus years since I had finished school I had really focused...
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