1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Now. There is a lot happening over the dry season. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:07,119 Speaker 1: There always is, and Territorians are stretching up and preparing 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: for the fiftieth NT City to Serve. It's taking place 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: this Sunday morning. Hundreds are expecting to gather to take 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: part in the twelve kilometer, the four kilometer and the 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: one point nine to five k events. And joining me 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: on the line is well known Territory and he's an 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: absolute superstar runner, winner of last year's event. His name 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: is Tim Hewitt and he's on the line. Good morning 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: to you, Tim. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: Hey, good morning, thanks for having me on. 12 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 3: Lovely lovely to have you on the show, mate. How 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 3: are you How are you faring ahead of Sunday? 14 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, hopefully you're going okay. I've jumped out of the 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: video event trying to get somebody ready to go. Yeah, 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: not a bit good. It's always a great race. Yeah. 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: I'll keep coming back for as soon as I can. Yeah. Yeah, 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: feeling good now mate. 19 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Last year you won the event in a time of 20 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: forty minutes and twenty six seconds, So that's averaging for 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: our listeners out there who aren't runners, that is averaging 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: just around three minutes eleven a kilometer. 23 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 3: That is bloody fast. 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: There's no other way of putting it, but to keep 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: it that speed for that distance is phenomenal. 26 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, run a bit bend off old age. 27 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: So hoping to go smilar similar this year. We'll see 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: how it goes. 29 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 3: I had a look. I've done a bit of research. 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I like to do my research before interviews, and I 31 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: had to look at the at the previous years as well. 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: You won the year prior as well, but it looked 33 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: like you'd done a good improvement on your time last 34 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: year comparatively to the year prior. 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 3: What did you attribute that to team? 36 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've had and the year before as well. That 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: was in October. That was in the peak of COVID, 38 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: so that was ather time because it was bloody high 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: and then sick that year the next year, and then yeah, 40 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: last year, I think, yeah, I was in a better spot, 41 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: doing a bit more training, and conditions were good, so 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: it all sort of came together a bit more and 43 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 2: I'm hoping, yeah that this year. Yeah, I think it 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: looks like conditions to be good and yeah, the body's 45 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: still holding up, so hopefully it will be something similar 46 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: to last year. 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is. 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: Looking like it's going to be nice and cool, which 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: will hopefully be a good thing. 50 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's nice to 51 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: get this kind of early early dry season conditions in here. 52 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: Tim, How is it to win such an iconic event, 53 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: you know here in Darwin it is something that everybody 54 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: loves getting out to each and every dry season. I 55 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: know we had that one year when it happened when 56 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: it was very. 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 3: Hot in October and it was much tougher run. 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: But mate, how you know, how good is it to 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: get out and be part of such an iconic event, 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: but not only be part of it, to cross that 61 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: finish line first. 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's it's great. I'm fortunate to be able 63 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: to have done it there a couple of times. But 64 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: it's a great event I always. Yeah, it's something I 65 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: look forward to every year and I really appreciate that 66 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: that it gets you know, that it gets put on. 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: It's you know, the Darwin Fury doesn't have as quite 68 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: a bigger running scene as some of the other major cities, 69 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 2: so it's really nice to have, you know, this event 70 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: which is really well put together and great course and yeah, 71 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: like a really good atmosphere. So it's it's always good 72 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: and tim for. 73 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: You throughout this year. I know that you are a 74 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 3: fantastic athlete. 75 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: Mate. 76 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: What else have you got planned? Any goals for the year? 77 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, the big goal for this year. I'm in the 78 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: middle of a sort of marathon training block for Gold 79 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: Coast which is early July, so you know this this 80 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,839 Speaker 2: is fir fits in nicely to that block. But yeah, 81 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: the big game is Gold Coast Marathon early July. And 82 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: you know, I've tried to run a PB in that 83 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: and yeah, hope the body holds up. 84 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: How look in terms of your PB, how will that 85 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: sort of set you up comparatively to some of the 86 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: other athletes that you're going to be up against. And 87 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: you know what kind of I guess what kind of 88 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: placing might you be looking at because a lot of 89 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: Territorians are going to be wanting to see you do well. 90 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Australian running I think is majory up at 91 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 2: the moment. So I think it'll be pretty competitive at 92 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: Gold Coast. The least international people there as well, I guess. 93 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 2: But it's a fast course. I'll be hoping to sort 94 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 2: of run under two twenty five and that will I 95 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: guess put me, yeah, somewhere around like the thirtieth sort 96 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: of something, depending who shows up. But yeah, I mean 97 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: there's a big gap to like the the very elite runners. 98 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 2: But you know that's okay. 99 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: Well, the big thing is, you know, you're like you 100 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: are juggling. And this is what I find so admirable, 101 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: is you're juggling like you're juggling your training, you're obviously 102 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: juggling life in general, and work like it's hard. 103 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: It's a hard thing to do. Yeah it is. 104 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 2: We've had our second kid just two months ago now, 105 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: so yeah, probably not commit to math and block but yeah, 106 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: so and unfortunately only I'm only working three days at 107 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: the moment. But yeah, it is hard, but I guess 108 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: it's good. It just forced me to get out the 109 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: door early and get it done and then be around 110 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: at home, you know, for the responsibility. It's going to work. 111 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: Wonderful stuff, will make all the very best for the 112 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: city to serve. But really keen to catch up with 113 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: you as well, you know, when you are heading off 114 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: for the Gold Coast Marathon. I think it's fantastic, so 115 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: wonderful to see a great territory and doing really wonderful 116 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: things and under two twenty five for forty two kilometers, mate, 117 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: you are an absolute machine. 118 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I'll have to keep myself accountable now that 119 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: I've said that, so yeah, i'll what that. But yeah, 120 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: first thing first, Well we'll go on Sunday and have 121 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 2: a good race and be good to see a lot 122 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: of people there and yeah, and hopefully you know people 123 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: have enjoyed. And yeah, keep considering getting out and running 124 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: as a bit of a hobby. 125 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: It is a great thing to do, particularly if your 126 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: body can can handle it. How you did mention it 127 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: a couple of times? How is yours holding up? 128 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: Yeah? I think it's all beings considered, it's pretty good. 129 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 2: It's the most cave I've done, you know. Ever, you know, 130 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 2: a few niggles, but nothing that is stopping me yet 131 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 2: and hopefully not for the next next week. Yeah, but 132 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: you know that you're always going to have something, yeah, manage. 133 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's It's just one of those things I suppose, 134 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: isn't it. Your body is going to the further you 135 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: push it, you know, the harder. It's going to struggle 136 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: at different times, but you keep on keeping on mate. 137 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: For our listeners, how many kilometers are you averaging some 138 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: weeks when you are training for that marathon? 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: At the moment, I'm hitting Yeah, maybe like one and 140 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: twenty k a week. 141 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Right. 142 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,679 Speaker 2: It's not as much as you know I probably should 143 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 2: be doing, but I feel like it's enough, all things considered. 144 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: Good on you, all the very best for the weekend, 145 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: and all the very best with that continuation of your 146 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: training for the Gold Coast Marathon. Thanks so much for 147 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: your time this morning. We'll catch up with you very soon. 148 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you for that. Yeah, I look forward to 149 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: catching up for later. 150 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 3: On good stuff. Good on your tim. Thank you.