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I’m fundraising for Cancer Council Victoria to help stop cancer.
This is my third fundraising campaign for Cancer Council, and the most personal one yet.
I am not your typical runner. I am well built, generously so, and I plod. I sit at the back of the pack, I keep going when most sensible people have already stopped, and I get up at 5am to train before work with an obsessiveness that my friends find baffling and I find completely reasonable. Since May 2020 I have logged over 13,000km on Strava. Each to their own.
More than 15 years ago, my father passed away from cancer at 63, before he ever had the chance to retire. That loss is what started all of this. If I have the health to push myself, I should use it, and if I am going to suffer through hundreds of kilometres of training, I may as well raise some money along the way.
Since 2021 I have completed five ultramarathons. Last year I took on the Ellery Monster, 128km across the Larapinta Trail in Alice Springs, one of the most remote and brutal courses in Australia. After 90km and 28 hours, it found my limit. I stopped. That has bothered me ever since, and on 16th May I am going back to fix it.
https://westmacsmonster.com.au/128km_ellery_monster/
This year though, the run means something more. My mother has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. She tracks me on Strava during races, probably worrying the entire time, and has always been quietly proud of what I do out there. This one is for her.
I have set myself a goal of raising $5,000. Across two previous campaigns you have helped me raise over $5,500, and I am enormously grateful for that. I am asking you to dig in one more time.
Please donate whatever you can. For my mother. For my father. For everyone who deserves more time.
My Achievements
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Thank you to my Sponsors
$100
Jess Barrett
$128
Ash Buchanan
$10
Anonymous
$33.87
Kevin Armstrong
Good Luck Glyn.
$215
Ally
Go you legend!
$11.80
Gordon Williams
Good luck Glynn
$50
Aaron Privitera
$106.12
Jeremy Torpy
All the best for the 2026 Monster run!!
$106.12
Kevin Grasso
$106.12
James Warren
$54.84
Michael Maries
$33.87
Gerard Garry
Best of luck Glynn
$106.12
Steven Moore
Hoping you cruise through this.. can't be that hard!!
$54.84
Rob Obrien
Good luck with the monster
$106.12
Michael Sanders
$106.12
Tom Gill
All the best for this year's Monster and your committment and dedication to the cause is inspirational.
$33.87
David A Taylor
Good luck Glynn. Wishing you well to get to the finish this year.
$100
Jeremy Hawkes
Wow, sounds pretty full on Glynn I’m sure you’re going to continue to give it your all, especially given the circumstances. I’ll keep your mums health in my prayers.
$103.72
Erica Webb
Go well Glynn, finishing your unfinished business! Here is to a future when cancer no longer steals time from our loved ones.
$100
Kate Phelan
Wishing you so much luck on this emotional and amazing challenge. Wishing all the best to you and your dear mum.
$54.84
Shunnai Zhao
$33.87
Greg
Enjoy your 128km! You are very inspiring! 👏👏👏👍
$30
Taryn Guinan
Smash it!
$215
Neng Thomas
Go for it, lovey!😄
$33.87
Michelle Harvey
Well done Glynn
$33.87
Poorvi Garg
Good Luck Glynn 🏃♂️
$54.84
Sara Rodger
You’ve got this!!
$20
Cher Dooling
Good luck Glynn, and all the best for your mum.
$215
You’re a total inspiration Glynn Thomas!!! This is the year 💪