From Dad bod to fab bod…. That’s just one of the goals for well-known former radio announcer and now Melbourne based creator of ‘From Your Pocket’ podcasts, Angus O’Loughlin who will head to the Gold Coast to stride out the 21km half marathon on Saturday 1 July.

Definitely “not a runner” the new father concedes that life was different and a little more sedentary during COVID which led to a few additional kilos and serious differentiation between him and his “beautiful” male friends.

The idea for a kilometre a week challenge to get back into tip top shape came in late December 2022 with a final decision made following a group chat with mates who also committed to the fitness marathon.

And it goes like this…. In the first week of January they ran one kilometre for the week, in the second week it was two kilometres, week three and three kilometres and by the end of the year it will be a 52 kilometre a week challenge.

With several friends and former colleagues based on the Gold Coast Angus decided the ASICS Half Marathon (21.0975km) whilst not quite coinciding with week 21, would make a tidy contribution to week 26 and 26 kilometres for the week.

Angus will run the half marathon with Gold Coast ironman, Matt Poole and a couple of “fit friends” as extra motivation for him to achieve a sub two-hour finish and a nice accolade halfway through the inaugural calendar challenge.