Come 11th May 2013, one third of the Digital Cinema Media workforce will be stepping out of our comfort zone to embark on the, quite frankly, horrifying Rat Race Dirty Weekend.
We'll be switching our usual weekends of indulgence for two days of pain.
On May 11th the DCM Dirty Charity Muckers consisting of Steve, Amy, Roxy, Michelle, Ana, Claire, Lissa, Jen, Andy, Tom, Tim, Gary, Lee, Ed, Matt, Joe and Alex will all be doing something really quite stupid, The Rat Race Half Mucker.
Some may say that running 13 miles is already foolish, but running 13 miles and having to contend with 150 obstacles ridiculous! Running 13 miles on what will probably be a hot May Day running/crawling through woods, lakes, mud not forgetting the 150 obstacles - pure lunacy!
However we are not completely without reason. We are undertaking this horrendous and no doubt painful, but hopefully fun task, for very worthwhile cause. Us DCM'ers are going to give our legs a literal battering in order to give Johnny a chance to get up on to his feet. Johnny Pantry is little boy who needs our help. He is 5 years old and loves all the things boys of his age do; swimming, cycling and eating sausages. However Johnny has cerebral palsy and without our help his chances of walking are going to be greatly diminished.
His mum and dad continue to fight for him to get the latest in medical care. They have found a surgeon in the USA who could operate on Johnny to prolong his standard of life.
The cost of the surgery and intensive phyiso for 2 years is £70k. This is a scary amount of money but if we all pitching in raise a little something we can make a real difference to Johnny and his families lives.
Tuesday 12 March - Anastasia Takis
9 weeks until D-day. 1 pm personal training session. 1 women down from ankle injury. 7 out or 14 peeps out for the session. 3 guys, 4 girls! 3 laps of st James park. 3 sets of sprints. 2 sets of burpies, press ups, star jumps and lunge jumps. 5 mins of snow fall. -8 degrees with the wind chill.
Half mucker, prepare to be destroyed DCM stylee!*
* Id like to take this opportunity to point out that I did none of the above very well or with much dignity and will most definitely be bringing up the rear on May 11th!
Thursday 04 April - Claire Renno
5 weeks and 1 day to go!!!
It’s coming round REALLY quickly now. Oh how I can’t wait :/
After 4 weeks out of training due to the ankle injury, Renno is back with some new Saucony trainers which I’m hoping will be my God send and help bring me back up to speed, because I need all the help I can get at this stage!!!
The running itself its going ok but it’s the interval training that is challenging, but what will be will be and come May 11th I will be ready to rumble!