Cath Wallis looked at the form blankly. It was one of those ‘get-to-know-your-colleagues’ questionnaires. The ‘hobbies’ section had her stumped.
“I realised I had none,” she says.
“In the 20-plus years since I had finished school I had really focused on advancing in my career, and on my kids and all their activities. Beyond that I really had no idea who I was. I couldn’t even tell you what I liked to do anymore. It was like I was so busy, that I had lost myself.”
The then 40-year-old Canberran mum-of-three set out to fill the blank space on the form by finding a hobby and, in turn, herself.
She saw an advertisement for the Canberra 100 – a trail run through the hills, parks and bush of Australia’s capital city. ‘
That’s it, Cath thought. There
