Western News: March 19, 2019

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Who’s taking part in the
It’s the 45th anniversary
of the Star Media
City2Surf. Reporter
Anan Zaki spoke to
some of the participants
aiming to be at the start
line on Sunday
Aaron Cooper, 43
Mr Cooper is set to take part
in his first City2Surf and will do
the 14km race.
“I just want to keep fit and test
the legs on running the distance.”
Mr Cooper plans to run a
half marathon
(21km) – which
is on his bucket
list – and
believes this is a
step towards the
goal.
“It’s the
Aaron Cooper
first time I’m
running 14km.
I’m a surfer,
I’m not really a runner. I used
to play rugby until I was 21 . .
. and, yeah, it [running] is just
something I’ve always wanted to
do,” he said.
Mr Cooper’s wife often takes
part in multi-sport events but
she will greet him at the finish
line as the couple have two young
children.
“When she gets fit, we’ll
definitely be doing other races as
a team,” he said.
David Clark,
29
Taking part in
the 14km event,
Mr Clark is
looking for a new
challenge. It will
be his second
David Clark time entering the
City2Surf.
“It’s just a wee challenge to just
test myself for a bit of fitness,” he
said.
“[The first time] was good. I
want to try something further, I
did the 6km [last year] and want
to try the 14km.”
He has been training hard
for the event and says he will be
ready for the race on March 24.
NEWBIE: Hailey McConchie will be running in her first
City2Surf this year.
“Currently I’m doing it myself
but we’ll see if my partner does it.
That will be just a wait and see.”
Hailey McConchie, 25
The mother of two used to be
focus on body building, but since
having her second child last year,
she’s switched to running.
It will be her first City2Surf.
“I’ve never been a runner.
People who tend to lift weight do
not like cardio whatsoever,” Mrs
McConchie said.
To lose weight after pregnancy,
she took up running. “I’ve lost a
lot of my baby weight . . . I started
an eight-week challenge and lost
about 6kg,” she said.
Getting into running was
difficult.
“At first it felt like a long time
to get running, even that first
kilometre. It felt like ages,” Mrs
McConchie said.
She will be taking part in the
6km event. “Every time I see a
race I just enrol myself and just
build myself in it.”
Mrs McConchie has heard
great things about the City2Surf
but couldn’t take part in it last
year as she had just given birth to
her second child a month before
the event. “I’d like to keep my
running up [this year]. It’s not
something I really enjoy but once
I find my rhythm 2-3km in, that’s
when I can see why some people
are addicted to running,” she
said.
Kelly Clements, 46
Mrs Clements
doesn’t live
far from the
start line near
Centennial Park.
She says the
City2Surf is a
good excuse to
Kelly
Clements
not pay for a gym
membership.
“It’s just my
one thing that makes me head
out and train each year. It’s
not too far being only 14km.
Rather than paying for a gym
membership, I sign up and it
makes me run,” Mrs Clements
said.
This will be her fourth
consecutive City2Surf. “A friend
got me into running and it was
that whole give it a go, it’s a
reasonably flat course and lots of
fun,” she said.
Unfortunately her friend
How to get involved in the
City2Surf
•Entry forms are available
online, at Pak’n Save and
New World supermarkets,
and at The Athlete’s Foot
Northlands and Riccarton
•Standard entry can be
purchased until March
24 for $25. Late entry on
the day, March 24, will be
$30. Children aged 10 and
under are free
has rolled her ankle and Mrs
Clements will be running the
event solo for the first time.
“I’ll be on my own but that
doesn’t matter because it’s so well
set up you don’t really care, you
just run.
“I haven’t stopped [training]
all year but I probably stepped
up distances in the last six weeks.
There might have been a few 5km
runs but I stepped it up to a few
10km.”
Nory Lansing, 28
Being a personal trainer,
Ms Lansing has many friends
and clients taking part in the
City2Surf.
“I’m a runner
in general, I
always like a
challenge in a
run. Living in
Christchurch,
it’s part of the
routine here,”
she said.
It’s her second
time doing the City2Surf. “
It was good fun [last year]
Nory Lansing
knowing so many runners in the
field. It’s a challenging course
but in saying that it’s just for
yourself really, not so much a
competition,” she said.
“I do heaps of running with my
clients so I think it’s motivating
and encouraging to be on the
course for them.
I mention it every week
in a [gym] newsletter and during
my running sessions to sign
up and do whatever they can,
running or walking,” Ms Lansing
said.
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Kristyn Ferry and Simon
Bradshaw
Simon Bradshaw, 30
Mr Bradshaw was
convinced by his partner
Kristyn Ferry to take part in
the 14km event.
“She did it last year and
enjoyed it and this year she’s
going to do it again. She said
she’d like me to do it with her
and I said why not.”
“She’s doing it more for a
social, keep fit aspect than it is for
a competitive aspect. So I’ve got
the same kind of idea to be doing
it to keep fit and healthy rather
than making the top 10,” he said.
Mr Bradshaw trains most days.
He has never entered a running
event before.
“I think I’ll be a bit nervous on
the day [of the race]. Just nervous
trying to get to the end,” Mr
Bradshaw said.
Seamus Tredinnick, 30
Running in the 6km event, Mr
Tredinnick, who is a keen sailor,
will be returning
to the event
for the second
consecutive year.
“My wife [Emily]
is a keen runner
and has done a
few marathons
so she’ll be doing
the 14km run,”
he said.
“Basically, at
Seamus
Tredinnick
least if I sign up for an event, it
gives me a bit of motivation to
work towards to getting me out
and running, which is probably a
good thing,” Mr Tredinnick said.
“When you’ve got a peg in
the ground it’s easier to move
towards that goal,” he said.
Mr Tredinnick’s goal is to
finish the event.
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