48 days to go til I leave for an epic world adventure of a marathon on each continent!

Friday 11th January 2013

48 days to go til I leave for an epic world adventure of a marathon on each continent!

I am taking up the challenge of running a marathon on all 7 continents this year to inspire people to live their dreams & passions, take up a challenge and change a life to see South Africa Restored!  

And first up is the Antarctica marathon on 7th March 2013! I leave in 48 days! Yikes!

Well time sure is flying...I clearly remember almost 20 months ago when this crazy idea was planted in my mind and it seemed so far fetched and impossible and now its becoming a reality!!

A little twist in the tale, I still have to raise R63 000 for Oceanites charity to ensure I can do the Antarctica Marathon this year otherwise there is a 5 year waiting list! And this week, I received an email to say that the funds are required much earlier than originally planned....yikes!

I am 41% of the way to my target...

If you would like to sponsor my 42.2km Ice Marathon on Antarctica to raise funds to protect our worlds oceans, islands & their wildlife and to ensure I can complete 7x7 in 2013 please click here - your support is hugely appreciated! !http://www.givengain.com/activist/74673/projects/4110

Fridays are running rest days...although my body clock still seems to wake up naturally at 4:30am!

And today was the day set aside to face Home Affairs to get my new passport for my 2013 adventures!
So yesterday I got everything ready...ID copy, passport pics, cash etc..
While I was giving the photographer a huge smile he pipes up "NO TEETH" ... oh boy these official document photos are restricting...so I gave him a funny "no teeth" sort of smile! Anyways got my photos and was all ready to get to home affairs!

All set for my Tongaat Home Affairs visit to get a new passport for my 2013 world adventure!

Even though my passport only expires in Jan 2014, in order to get into the Inca trail marathon in August you have to apply with the passport that you will travel on otherwise you are not permitted access! And I have to apply before March! So the official at home affairs told me today that from now my current passport is cancelled and it takes 4 - 6 weeks for the new one to arrive!! I'm praying it all goes according to plan as I leave for South America in 7 weeks time on 28th Feb and have to apply for the Inca marathon by then as well! Handing to over to the big guy upstairs!

So I was all ready with all my docs and headed off the the buzzing metropolis of TONGAAT! Such a small town I bumped into someone I knew also renewing his families passports! And surprisingly even though the office is terribly disorganised and people all milling around asking who's sitting where for what..the queues were not bad and I was out in an hour!

Anyways, hope you've had a great Friday and I guess for a lot of people survived the first week back at work! Im up early for a long run to Christmas Bay at 5am!

Yours in running
Lara