Dan & Kurt run the NYC Marathon

How do a couple of mates from Canberra end up entering the New York City Marathon? A little too much trash talk over a few beers that's how.

We both got into running a few years ago as a way to keep fit. We also stumbled on this little thing call parkrun just as it was getting started in Canberra (a free weekly, timed 5km run ) and from there ,as our running improved, we found ourselves entering numerous 5 and 10km fun runs.

We have both completed the City to Surf and half marathon(s) with Dan going on to complete 3 full marathons (PB 3hrs 19 mins). It was about this time that young Dan tried to convince me that running 42.2kms was actually a fun and sane thing to do. I mistakenly made the statement that there is only one marathon I would ever do - the New York City Marathon!

Over a few more beers, the plan was hatched; we would try and gain entry to the 2015 New York City Marathon.

After jumping through a few hoops, we got in!! And on the 1 November 2015 we both will be running the New York City Marathon.

In the interim we are working our absolute hardest to collectively fundraise $3,500 for Team for Kids, a youth running program based around a holistic approach using running as a medium for lifestyle change. We figure that if we are going to travel half way around the world and put ourselves through the marathon pain we should at least raise money for charity.

Not that we’ll be stopping at $3,500, you can’t run a marathon by halves, so all additional money will be donated to local charities, namely Gungahlin parkrun, the Black Dog Institute and Beyond Blue.

Having read this far, I hope you've been convinced to donate to this great cause(s). Anything you can donate will go a long way in helping us reach our goal. Thank you so much for your consideration as we embark on this journey, we wouldn't be able to do it without your support.

We will aim to post regular updates on this site – if you’re interested to see progress on our training you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook
For more information on Team for Kids visit: https://www.runwithtfk.org/