Dan Zealand and Anton Zafir from Whitsunday Martial Arts are no newbies to demanding physical challenges that test your mental stamina. In fact, during COVID-19 they completed a Run Challenge where they ran two kilometres every hour for 24 hours. Back then, they did this to raise awareness and money for Men’s mental health.
This year they are once again hosting a Run Challenge, but this time it will be for an epic 36 hours, pushing them further than they’ve ever been pushed before.
Dan jokes that the 24 hour challenge wasn’t hard enough and himself and Anton wanted to up the ante for this event!
The proceeds of this year’s event will be evenly split with 50 per cent of money raised going to ‘Veterans MMA’ charity, a non-for-profit organisation based in Sunshine Coast, that support veterans return to an active and happy lifestyle in their post military life.
The other 50 per cent will go to funding two members of the gym who are participating in the 2024 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Las Vegas.
One of them is 15-year-old Noah Conyers and Dan said he is inspired by his dedication.
“He's a very gifted 15-year-old athlete,” said Dan.
“He has been training with us for several years now, and he gets involved with the adults’ classes, he's sort of surpassed all of the kids from youth classes and he gives a lot of the adults some troubles as well!
“Noah is an absolute pleasure of a student, he assistant coaches the youths’ classes, so, he gives back to the gym and it's an absolute pleasure to be able to help him get over there and do this.”
The Run Challenge will be extremely difficult but Dan and Anton believe that people are a lot stronger than they think they are, and they will complete the run together.
The 36-hour Run Challenge is still open for participants and they will shortly be opening hour time slots, for people that want to run but do not think they will be able to complete the full challenge.
What: 36-hour Run Challenge
Where: Whitsunday Martial Arts
When: 8-10 November (7pm Friday - 7am Sunday)
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