Steven Vials is up to Stage 3 of his 6 Stage 250km footrace through The Kimberleys, Western Australia. Competing in a unique endurance race “Racing the Planet”, Steven is dedicating his run to Teneile Pawley – a Sutherland Shire girl who fell ill last year and who Beach & Bay has fundraised over $15,000 for so far.
(For more coverage on Teneile & Stevens run please see the Sutherland Shire Leader article and previous blog.)
Race Updates
25th April – Just before the race started a minutes silence for the Anzacs was held.
The weather was hot and humid and Stage 1 consisted of crossing 41.8km of desert and rocky ground. On the first day alone 30litres of IV fluid was given to competitors (a record for ‘Racing The Planet’ events).
26th April – Stage 2 consisted of 38.1km
Overcast weather and rain blew tents away at night and left quagmires in the ground (making running all the more harder!)
27th April – Stage 3 is made up of 34.3km of running. Crossing ranges, climbing rocks and racing through high grass and spinifex.
(Updates are taken from Racing the Planet emails and website. For more details see here.)
We wish Steven all the best and congratulate him on such a super human effort to raise money for Teneile and challenge himself beyond imagination. Steve is a true inspiration and we will let you know how he goes. 3 days of running left!
To see Steve’s blog – please see here. A taste of what to expect can be found below.
“Paul L, almost passed out in the bushes, it was 5 km to the nearest checkpoint, and the only access was walking so Mickey played doctor and we plied him with fluids and got him walking, but it was our fluids and it was slow, so slow that we had no water for 2 hours, that meant when we finally got Paul to a doctor Hully had to have a drip as well ( the first in his long career), I was struggling, Mickey was strong. After Hully’s IV kicked in we set out again but all were pretty dehydrated. The last 10 kms was hell, the last two were worse than hell if that is possible, I started vomiting 100m from the finish, and just got off the IV drip in the medical tent.”
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