By Emily-Rose Toohey
Over the weekend, the annual Pentathrun took place in Warwick and 2,000 runners took to five different courses to test their abilities.
Pentathrun secretary and race director Kerri Burtenshaw said the event has been held for 20 years and grown as a result.
“It was initially designed to provide an experience for marathon runners, and back in the day, was to prepare them for the Gold Coast marathon,” Kerri said.
“It’s a not-for-profit run by volunteers and we raised $20,000 for defibrillators in 2021.”
She said that this year’s donations will go to the same cause, alongside cash donations to clubs like Warwick Gymnastics for their support.
“We’re completely volunteer-based and the committee is very grateful year after year as we can’t do it without local support – there’s so much positive feedback,” Kerri said.
“This year we had a race against a steam train, and spectators were on the train cheering participants on, which was different than previous years.”
