Episode 70- 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge': (Dion Finocchario/John Dutton/Craig Appleby and Dane Verwey go Head2Head!)

G'day everyone! Today and over the next couple of months I've got something a bit different for you all. Each week I am going to catchup with good friends; Dion Finocchario, John Dutton and Craig Appleby as we train towards; 'The Lockdown 50km Challenge' I asked Dion (Loco), John (JD) and Craig (Apples) if they were at all interested in this crazy project a month or two ago in the height of Melbourne's lockdown. To my surprise they were!  During this, 'trying time' this challenge gives us; a goal, a reason to get out the door, some routine, structure, something to get excited about, an excuse to catch up on zoom, an excuse to dream and feel alive. I hope it inspires others to organise their own lockdown challenge to strive for (Ps. it certainly doesn't have to be a 50km race around an athletics track!) The Australian 50km road record is held by Mark Tucker from 2008 at the Canberra marathon and stands at 2:53:47. The Australian 50km track record is held by David Criniti and stands at 3:07. The goal is for one of us to run 125 laps of the track under the current Australian 50km record! Anyway, in this introductory episode we talk about how all of our training has been over the past several months during lockdown and begin discussing all the 'moving parts' that have to come together to make this event possible during this time. There's a few of them:)