The Noosa Triathlon ASICS Breakfast Fun Run brought a sea of pink to Noosa Heads on Friday morning, 1 November, raising funds for the McGrath Foundation.
The McGrath Foundation raises funds to support people with breast cancer by providing specialist McGrath Breast Care Nurses where they are most needed across Australia.
McGrath Breast Care Nurses help individuals and their families affected by breast cancer by providing invaluable, psychological, and emotional support, from the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment.
McGrath Foundation co-founder and president Glenn McGrath was joined by hundreds of participants in the 5km course around Noosa Main Beach.
“My daughter and her school friends went hard for the first three, four, five hundred metres and that’s it, they were gone. So I just tried to get them to the end,” he said.
“The McGrath Foundation is something that I’m incredibly proud of. We’re in our 19th year and we currently have 233 nurses and they’ve supported over 143,000 families right across this country. The support has been amazing.
“We’ve put on a good day this morning. I’ll be doing the so called Legends Tri tomorrow… I’m doing one of the legs there, so I thought I’d really punish myself.
“I probably didn’t train as much as I should’ve. Life gets in the way all the time. I’ve been doing a bit of swimming, a bit of running and a little bit on the bike and trying to keep my energy up. My wife’s Italian so there’s always plenty of pastas. And just trying to recover. It’s important to keep active as you get older.”
