Pat McDonald
| Your inspiration | "Marathon Virgin" |
| Distance | 42.2km Marathon |
| Name | Pat McDonald |
| Where do you reside | Where do you reside Brisbane, originally from Newcastle, NSW |
| Favourite Food | Everything that I'm not eating while in training - especially BEER! |
| Greatest Achievement | Finishing the World's Hottest Burger in a diner near Brisbane. Check out at YouTube and watch me suffer |
| Times you have completed the marathon at Brisbane? | Never - I'm a Virgin Marathoner! |
| Any tips for those competing |
Look around and realise that people are struggling much harder than you are (both on and off the track) |
| What does your training involve | Started 4 months before the event, coming from a base of nothing. Furthest distance previously run was 4km in Year 9 cross country. Since then most intense physical effort was the Inca Trail (Machu Picchu) - 39.9km (but in 4 days!). |
| What is your inspiration at Brisbane | As far as a marathon goes I always wanted to "tick it off the list", and I don't believe in even having the list unless you're going to act on it, so there was no reason NOT to run it this year! Plus it seems like a great event to be my first (20 years - almost as old as me!) |
| Anything else you want others to know | I am hoping that by showing that a Marathon is not an impossible dream, people will vote for me in this competition www.myoe.com/enternow and help send me to the UK to live out my dreams! Just follow the simple links and vote for Pat McDonald. While you're there feel free to watch my "Iron Chef" video, and read up about MyOE, the company that is running this competition and specialises in setting Australians and NZers up in the UK |
