Running for resilience

After a whopping five-day run from Coffs Harbour to Sydney, Resimac's regional sales manager Rodney Cottam crossed the finish line at the ANZAC Memorial on 7 July. Annie Kane finds out how and why he pushed himself to complete this mammoth challenge.

Read the article from The Advisor Magazine August 2023 here.

Veteran Rodney 'Rocket' Cottam Runs 500km To Raise Money and Awareness

Rodney 'Rocket' Cottam has run a 500km run to raise awareness and money for fellow veterans and @InvictusAus. What an absolute hero.

Watch the Channel 10 video here.

Run Rocket Run finishes 500km run in 106 hours

Rodney Cottam, Resimac’s regional sales manager for NSW, ACT, and Queensland, has completed his second Run Rocket Run long-distance challenge after running from Coffs Harbour to the ANZAC Memorial in Sydney between 3–7 July. Over his gruelling trail run challenge, Mr Cottam — a military veteran who is paralysed in his left arm as a result of spinal nerve damage from a motorbike accident — covered 500km in just 106 hours to raise awareness and funds for veteran charity Invictus Australia. As well as hoping to raise $100,000 to support the wellbeing of veterans and their families, the ex-military man of the 3rd Battalion (Royal Australian Regiment) said he was promoting physical, mental, and emotional resilience through running, under his moniker Run Rocket Run.

Watch the video here.

Military veteran pushes his mind and body to the limit | 7NEWS

Rodney ‘Rocket’ Cottam was injured in a serious car crash, and left permanently paralysed in one arm. Now he’s going on an epic trail run to push his mental and physical limits.

Watch the 7NEWS video here.

Ex-paratrooper to run 500km in five days

Former paratrooper Rodney ‘Rocket’ Cottam will attempt to run 500 kilometres in 106 hours as he raises money for Invictus Australia. Mr Cottam will need to cover an average of 100 kilometres per day as he makes his way from Port Macquarie to Hyde Park in Sydney.

Watch the video here.

Joel and The Missile catch up with the Rod ahead of his incredible journey

Rodney Cottam is running 500km in 106 hours to raise funds for Invictus Australia. Joel and The Missile catch up with the Rod ahead of his incredible journey.

Listen to the show here: The Run Home with Joel and Fletch

Episode #53: Why I started Run Rocket Run

On this special episode of The Wellness Daily Show, produced in partnership with Run Rocket Run, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Run Rocket Run founder Rodney Cottam about his life and journey, his organisation’s partnership with Invictus Australia, and his campaign to promote physical and mental resilience.

Mr Cottam speaks to Mr Doraisamy about his military background and the perspective he gained from such experiences, the hardship he has overcome following a motor vehicle accident, the toll such times took on him and the lessons he learnt, and what professionals of all stripes can take away from his journey.

He also discusses the importance of community, how and why he founded Run Rocket Run, what it aims to achieve and the various campaigns he is undertaking, why he partnered with Invictus Australia, why running is such an uplifting activity for him, and how everyone can support his advocacy.

Ex-military man to run 500km in 106 hours

We invite you to be a part of a historic moment as military veteran Rodney ‘Rocket’ Cottam embarks on an awe-inspiring trail run challenge, covering 500km in just 106 hours, raising funds for veteran charity, Invictus Australia. The run is made all the more impressive given Rodney sustained permanent paralysis in his left arm from an accident 20 years ago.  

From Monday, July 3rd to Friday, July 7th, 2023, Rodney will push his physical and mental limits, averaging an incredible 100km per day. The journey will culminate at the iconic Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, and we are encouraging as many people as possible to join us to welcome and celebrate Rodney’s achievement. 

Ex-military man to run 500km in 5 days

As if running to Mount Kosciuszko in 2022 was not enough, Rodney “Rocket” Cottam is pushing himself to run further and quicker this year to raise funds for Invictus Australia.

Last year, Momentum Media introduced you to Mr Cottam, a former military man and a regional sales manager at non-bank lender Resimac.

Mr Cottam – who was involved in a motorbike accident that left him with a long-term prognosis caused by spinal nerve damage called brachial plexus palsy – ran 350km to Mount Kosciuszko.

He raised over $41,000 for veteran support charity Invictus Australia, which Momentum Media proudly supports.

After completing this gruelling challenge, Mr Cottam hinted at participating in more challenges in 2023.

Momentum Media backs running for resilience… and a cause

When ex-military man Rodney “Rocket” Cottam was in a serious motor vehicle accident almost two decades ago that left him permanently paralysed in his left arm, he turned to running to build his strength and resilience. Now, he has partnered with Momentum Media to undertake a punishing running challenge to raise funds for a cause close to his heart.

Mr Cottam’s philosophy is simple. While our first instinct is to identify a problem and be clouded by negativity, he rejoices in finding solutions and focusing on what is within his circle of control.

“In my instance I couldn’t control what happened, or the end result of my accident. So, there’s absolutely no reason for me to focus on it,” he asserted to Momentum Media.

“All I can focus on is moving forward and figuring out how I adapt to it, get through it, and change the way I normally would do things.”

What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger

Resilience is an essential trait for surviving what life can throw at us while also enabling us to persevere in achieving our ambitions.

But while we know what it means to be resilient, taking steps to become more resilient is less familiar.

For Resimac’s Rodney Cottam, however, resilience is a measured process that has been shaped by his experience in the military, a permanent injury and running over 100 kilometres for charity.

And, as he tells Sam Nicols, resilience can be built by anyone willing to embrace it.