Lakeside Fitness

SUPPORT CREW ⛰️🍃 this is the most important part of the whole weekend!

Our support crew, all our well wishers and the people who donated to the cause…we 💯 hands down couldn’t have completed this BRUTAL final Oxfam Trailwalker challenge.

Stevie O for dropping us off at the start line and putting up with the nervous energy and making sure we had everything we needed.

Cathy and Pete Delarue for being at our first checkpoint greeting us with a beautiful smile, some of Pete’s bestever humour, a chair and all our supplies.

Chelsea and Wayne Beck all I have to say is LOVE YOUR WORK, unbelievable support crew. These two humans spent 12 hours out on course, manning 3 checkpoints making sure we had everything we needed (and I’m not talking just having what we packed). Even holding up blankets so the world didn’t see our bits as we freshened up! Energy was always high the moment we saw them and then leaving (although that was hard to leave them!!)

Thanks to Brett Dore for making the trek up to Mt Dandenong at 1 in the morning!

To my darling sister and Jamie, I can honestly say I have never been at a lower point physically and mentally in all of my life (and Lori was with me in a birthing suite!) when we crossed that checkpoint 5 at 1000 steps, what you did for us at the time in the morning is so appreciated.

Then Cathy and Pete at the finish line with the Delarue kids (😭😭😭) and again Lori and Jamie was so lovely. Cathy and Pete cooked us bacon and egg rolls as we had a recovery ice cold beer, that was above and beyond!

Thankyou to everyone who wished us well, who sent me messages pre/during and post (even on course I can’t tell you how much those words helped me ) and to those who donated money, we just love everyone so much!
I can tell you without each and everyone one of you we wouldn’t have finished….BUT WE DID!!

Let the games begin ⛰️🍃☀️ day for it!

Our first AO experience today 🎾 got to watch a couple of Aussies in action 🇦🇺 and an awesome win from
🤩 spotted a few celebs too

Have the courage to be unsure but do it anyway // nothing great is ever easy // show up and work hard 🤍

Mary’s 100th game celebrations ❤️💙💛 family + friends that are family, sunshine, slippery court, tough opponents, couple of hits, skin off, ripper game, fake tan and gorgeous hair 🫶🏼 what a great day!!

Holidays 🤍 only a few sessions available for January so if you are around and want a studio session be quick + DM me 🤸🏼‍♀️ a fun wedding and a beach getaway are just around the corner for us so normal schedule will start from Saturday January 28th 🏋🏼‍♀️ looking forward to 2023 with my crew!

DAY 13 // Thursday 14th we missed you jetting between time zones so after boarding the plane at LAX around 11pm Wednesday, 15 loonnggg hours later we landed around 8am on DAY 14 // Friday 15th in Sydney 🔆🇦🇺 cold but sunny and so happy to be back on Aussie soil!
Coffee, juice, rice paper rolls and açai bowl without currency conversions, taxes and tips cancelled the fatigue from the horrendous flight 😵‍💫😴
Stella and I have shocked ourselves with how comfortable we were going through customs, quarantine, shuttle bus, checkin and security with any stress! Now to get on our last leg of this trip back to Melbourne 🙏🏼 so far our delay is at 45 mins hopefully it’s not to much longer….basketball is on tonight 🤣🏀 .academyaustralia

DAY 11 // just hit midnight Chicago time but is 10pm LA time hopefully boarding soon!
Today was all about shopping and travel 🛍 ✈️ we had a few hours shopping which meant Stella and I walked, talked, ate explored and bought only a few things with our 23kg or 50lb limit! The united staff are super strict so we made sure we threw out anything not required to make sure we got the new kicks safely home for the family!
4 hour flight from Chicago to LAX and then 14 hours to Sydney and then our Melbourne flight 🫣 1 down 2 to go!

DAY 11 // the final day of the Tournament of Champions Chicago ‘22 and 🤔 we won’t talk about basketball 🤣 it wasn’t the best game to finish the tour with but oh well 5 practices, 9 tough games, 4 flights and countless shuttles to and from games I couldn’t be prouder of this pocket rocket from Pakenham 🇦🇺 as quoted by her teammate Zay - I didn’t expect a little white girl to be able to mark the tough Americans but that girl can play! I have loved watching these girls bond on and off the court and seeing Stella’s walls come down. She has loved the experience playing in the states and now has some new beautiful friends 🧡
Chicago was beautiful today 🔆 stella and I snuck off for a late lunch and a Ramen San oh my it was AMAZING food you would’ve loved it! Dinner out was at a deep dish pizza place that was nothing like I’d ever seen! I’ve been told Chicago is famous for the deep dish so it’d be rude not too! Exhaustion is definitely setting in 😴 wish me luck for the flight home late tomorrow 😵‍💫

DAY 11 // today was all about basketball 🏀 day 2 of the tournament 6 games for the ATC girls (2 per team) and we came away with 3 wins 🧡🤍🖤 Stella’s team had a heart stopping win for their first match against the girls from NYC and then a comfortable (but never comfortable 🫣) win against the girls from California. All 7 girls contributed and they really played strong, gutsy and so good to watch basketball 🏀 I’m going to miss seeing them all playing.
Quick change back at the hotel and out for dinner for the best food we have had on the trip 🫶🏼 last day of the tournament tomorrow 1 game each left on American soil before we have a day in Chicago and then begin the long trek home 😴