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Volunteer Report

Miss Tamyka Berendina Bell - Volunteer / 18.07.2006

On Sunday 9 July, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the 5th race in the Kathmandu Adventure Series, held at the Hinze Dam on the Gold Coast. How did this opportunity arise? A friend of mine had announced it was his first Adventure Race, so I decided to go along and cheer. I didn\'t know how effective I\'d be, given that the teams would be spread out in the bush, but I wanted to go along.

Now I don\'t know what your schedule is like, but for me, every weekend is spent racing, training or working. During those races, I always thank the volunteers, because we all know that races wouldn\'t happen without them. Post race, I usually feel a brief moral obligation to return the favour and volunteer at a race; then the next race rolls around and I\'m fit and ready to go for it, and not at all interested in sacrificing my racing schedule to go and volunteer. I\'ve been participating in distance running, road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon, and most recently adventure racing since 2002 but this is only the third time I\'ve volunteered. I was well overdue.

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