BALLARAT’S Wood family will combine an annual trip north with an attack in the Gold Coast Marathon at the weekend.
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Rebecca and Louise will compete in the event with father Andrew, while mother Jenny forms part of the trio’s unofficial “support crew”.
Andrew will race in the 50-54-year-old marathon – which doubles as the Australian titles – with Rebecca (21-24 year 21km half marathon) and Louise (17-20 year 10km) running in lead-up events.
“We have a unit in Burleigh Heads so we stay there and taper a little bit before the race and after the race we are there for another week as well. It’s a bit of a holiday,” Louise said.
“We have been up there the last few years and watched and this year we thought we may as well go do it as a family.”
Andrew, Rebecca and Louise all race for Ballarat YCW and represent the city at Athletics Victoria events such as the XCR’14 Series.
