1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,840 Speaker 1: Now, you know, I love hearing when people are doing 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: wonderful stuff in the territory and in the studio. Right 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: now with me is Jamie. She's a mum of four 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: and she is attempting. Well, it's the equivalent of three 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: and a half marathons for brain cancer research. 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: Jamie, Good morning to you. 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: You sound crazier than me. 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I know, that's definitely my first thought after committing. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 3: But yeah, that's right. 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 4: Brain cancer Research sees me down in Newcastle next Friday 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 4: to undertake yeah, one hundred and fifty kilometer walk and 13 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 4: exactly right, three and a half marathons over three d. 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: That is absolutely incredible. It is such a long way 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: to walk and it's such a phenomenal thing to do. 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: But it's very important to you. 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: Today's actually the anniversary, the fifteen year anniversary of losing 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: your mum. 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 4: That's exactly right, Katie, and to unfortunately to that illness, yeah, 20 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 4: brain cancer. 21 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 3: So it was. 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 4: Actually last year I watched a sports reporter, Emma Lawrence 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 4: Channel nine, interviewing a young mum who unfortunately lost her 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 4: husband to brain cancer whilst she was pregnant, and then 25 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 4: that culminated in her doing the end of this walk 26 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 4: that I'm participating in in honor of her husband and 27 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 4: her newborn child, And after watching that, it really spurred 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 4: me on to think to get out of my comfort 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 4: zone and to maybe participate. Then when I just found 30 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 4: out that the dates coincided with my mum's anniversary, I 31 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 4: thought it was like a fantastic tribute for my family 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 4: towards Mum. And then also to meet people that have experienced, unfortunately. 33 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 3: This illness touching their life or people they know. 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: And I think that a lot of the time people 35 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: don't realize just how many lives have been touched by 36 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: brian cancer and how prevalent it actually is. 37 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 38 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I've got just a couple of statistics to share 39 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 4: with you. It's unfortunately, brain cancer kills more people under 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 4: forty than any other time up of cancer. We receive 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: five percent of federal funding for cancer research. I know 42 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 4: that's on the improvement, but with activities like this, we're 43 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 4: definitely aiming to increase spending that can be allocated towards 44 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 4: brain cancer research, patient advocacy and support. 45 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, Jim, So what's this walk called. 46 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 4: It's called the Big Three Track. It's actually so there's 47 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 4: really I would say it's three not for profits. The 48 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 4: biggest known ones is the Mark Hughes Foundation, which Mark 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 4: founded when he was a brain cancer sufferer back in 50 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 4: about ten years ago. Then it's also tied in with 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 4: the McGrath Breast Cancer Foundation. And then also the person 52 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 4: I'm in most contact with is Luke Alexander with the 53 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 4: Big Three Track. So basically it's those three entities and 54 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 4: it's combined and it's called the Big Three Track and 55 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 4: we walk from Newcastle to Sydney and it's yeah, fifty 56 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 4: kilometers a day. 57 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: This year there's sixty participants. I'm the only one from 58 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 3: Darwin and. 59 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,679 Speaker 4: Basically that cohort of sixty is made up of what 60 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 4: they call them brain care Warriors, so it's nurses, doctors 61 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 4: at the forefront. It is people like myself that have 62 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 4: lost someone some time ago or very recently, and it's 63 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 4: also people that are suffering from brain cancer doing whether 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 4: it's part of the trek or the whole trek themselves. 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: And yeah, that's that's pretty much it. 66 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 4: So we've all got a vested interests as to why 67 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 4: we're there. 68 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,559 Speaker 2: That is going to be incredible. 69 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it's gonna be like that is going 70 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 1: to be a really moving situation to be in. I think, yeah, absolutely, 71 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: and devastatingly because it is people that are you know, 72 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: in this fight themselves. A lovely lady that I haven't 73 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: had the fortune to meet, but she participated as a 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: sufferer the full one fifty last year and as sadly 75 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: she passed away in the past months. 76 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: It's going to be emotional for. 77 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 4: Me, but very much for the people that you know, 78 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 4: have walked together previously. 79 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Yeah. 80 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just. 81 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: Think it's so incredible, you know, for people like yourself, 82 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of wonderful people that do this 83 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: kind of thing where your life has been impacted so 84 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: heavily and where you've had something so you know, so 85 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: incredibly tough go on, but you try to turn that 86 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: into a positive and you try to go and do 87 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: something that is such a positive thing, even though it's 88 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: going to be physically so demanding. 89 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: It's going to be really hard, but I just think 90 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: it's a really. 91 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: Wonderful thing to do to turn that pain into a 92 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: real positive in your life. 93 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, thank you, And yeah, I hardly agree. So 94 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: my brother Dale and my sister Stacey we annually we 95 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 4: go and meet at the Nightcliff for shore on our 96 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 4: mum's anniversary and have a glass of champagne. So we'll 97 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 4: certainly do that with our head ten grain kids tonight. 98 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 4: But it's most definitely turning it into a positive thing 99 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 4: as well as providing recognition to people that have either 100 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 4: sufferers or people that are doing good work in the 101 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,039 Speaker 4: space for further research and app. 102 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 2: Now, Jomie, how are you training to walk this far? 103 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: This is incredible, it's a long while. 104 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, what are you doing? That's a done good question. 105 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 4: I have never worked walked further than thirty kilometers before. 106 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 4: That was last dry season, so it's definitely going to 107 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: be a challenge. But yep, that's what that's what I'm 108 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: here for. And well my kids place Sluer. I definitely 109 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 4: have done lots of laps. We get about get about 110 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 4: eight ks in with. 111 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: Another parent during the hour of training. 112 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: That's the way to do it, isn't it. I'm trying 113 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: to try for a marathon and that's the only way 114 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: to do it is You've got to train well. Your 115 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: kids are at training, otherwise you don't get to do anything. 116 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, and they see you doing it. So if 117 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 4: you're slucking off or not keeping pace that yep, they'll see. 118 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: Let you know. 119 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, so when do you when do you leave? 120 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: And and you know, like talk us through the logistics 121 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: of fish. 122 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, sure, so logistics logistically speaking. So I've paid for 123 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 4: my own affairs and a commodation to travel down. I 124 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 4: fly to Sydney on Tuesday and get myself to Newcastle 125 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 4: and then from there it is Yeah, like I said previously, 126 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 4: I think we head off at four point thirty in 127 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 4: the morning on the Friday and we walk the equivalent 128 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 4: of fifty kilometers each day. It's going to actually finish 129 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 4: up at the it's a game. 130 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: Or the NRL was between mainly and the Roosters. 131 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 4: Yes, I would say, and I absolutely should mention it's 132 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 4: definitely it's live coverage towards the end the last five 133 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 4: kilometers of televised with Channel nine. So that's during Round 134 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 4: eighteen and it's actually called the Beanies for Brain Cancer 135 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 4: Research Round and so yeah, that will see us. So 136 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 4: we walk on Thursday. Sorry, we walk on Friday, Saturday 137 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 4: and Sunday. At four pm Sunday Sydney time is where 138 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: we finish up walking into It's into the mainly recess game. 139 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's going to be a stroke, and that's going 140 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: to be so such moving scenes to see everybody walking 141 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: in like that. Know, as you've touched on you know, 142 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: all people that have been impacted by brain cancer in 143 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: different way different So good on you that you're doing 144 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: this now. If people want to get involved, if they 145 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: want to donate, sure if they want to, because you're 146 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: the only territory that's taking part in this as well, 147 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: which I just think is incredible. So if people do 148 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: want to donate, if they want to support you, we 149 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: might share the link up on the Mix one oh 150 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: four nine Facebook page so that they can jump on 151 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: there and it's pretty easy to follow, because sometimes it's 152 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: a bit hard to follow those links, isn't it. 153 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, that'd be fantastic, Thank you if you could 154 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: share at the moment. I set a target for five 155 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 4: thousand dollars to raise in total from the public and 156 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: hopefully if there's any businesses out there that would be 157 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 4: happy to commit, yes, any tax deductible funds before end 158 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 4: of financial Yeah, plug plug, I'm sitting at four thousand 159 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 4: at the moment and would be fantastic to get to. 160 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: Five so I reckon you will. 161 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I reckon you definitely will. Oh, Jamie, it's 162 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: lovely to speak to you this morning. Thank you so 163 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: much for coming into the studio and having a chat 164 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: with us. 165 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: And we'll make sure we share that link. But Jamie 166 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 2: de Rosha, good on you. 167 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: Are your kids thinking that you're crazy walking that far 168 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: or do they think it's so cool? 169 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 3: Oh? 170 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 4: They thought I was a bit crazy at the start, 171 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 4: but I think they've seen the walking over the last 172 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 4: six months they're like, ah, she's serious, she's going to 173 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: do it. And so if I can do a little 174 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 4: shout out to my four kids, Jasper, Xavier, Ruff and Layla. 175 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 4: The teenage and tween ages are actually on board with it. 176 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 4: So they're embarrassed about mum. They're like, actually, yeah's advocating 177 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 4: for me to do it, encouraging me. So yeah, I'm 178 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 4: very grateful to them all. 179 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: Good stuff. 180 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: Good on you. 181 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: It's so lovely to meet you this morning, Jamie, thanks 182 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: so much for coming here. 183 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 3: Likewise, Katie, thank you, thank you.