Australia Remembers

Running Group

Our core running group is made up of Australia firefighters, police, partners, children and family. We look upon our group as one big family. We value and respect each other working hard as a team to achieve our goals. There has literally been blood, sweat and tears along the way, this has only strengthened our group which drives us to work harder. Members of our running group have participated in some extraordinary runs over the years raising awareness of significant issues/events and kindly donating their time and money. Our ethos is Team Work, Mateship and Camaraderie, this philosophy is carried with us at all times.

Members of the group have undertaken a number of significant running events including:

• Run for a Safe Climate (Cooktown to Melbourne, via Adelaide), 2009 - 6021 kms in 28 days
• The Great Anzac Run (Gallipoli to London) - 4,500 kms in 35 days
• Melbourne Marathon - 42.5 kms
• Anaconda Adventure Races (Lorne)

How are these distances calculated?

Quite simply, we multiply each individual’s daily total by the amount of runners involved in a run/event.

For example 20 runners complete 10km per day = 200km (daily total).

Occasionally it can be difficult to cover each step of the way simply due to our own safety e.g. highways/freeways.

We have run through some amazing picturesque and significant places. At every available opportunity we involve  the local community immersing ourselves in their culture promoting our cause.