Peter Watson

Peter Watson

At 38 Peter saw a picture of himself in the ocean and decided it was time to lose weight. His initial goal was to train for a marathon in remembrance of his brother who was a great runner but who tragically died at only 40. Pete’s initial forays into ‘running’ began with walking around the block, but about 18 months later he completed his first marathon at age 40 in Canberra.

The joy of running has led Peter to complete over 60 marathons (42.2km) and ultramarathons (anything longer than a marathon) culminating in his 2405km run from one end of New Zealand to the other end in 59 days in 2016/2017.

A short video about this can be found at:

http://www.impactfacilitation.com.au/speaking

Peter has been the President of Westies since December 2015.