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Tasmanian Runner Support Doubles for 777 Marathon
Earlier this month, 135 runners participated in the Tasmanian leg of the 2025 Bravehearts 777 Marathon, up from 65 runners last year.
Runners choose to join the 777 National Team and complete all 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days in 7 different cities, or they join the 777 in their closest city and run that single leg of the tour. Runners have their choice of distance – 7km, 14km, 21.1km or 42.2km.
“National runners travel together around the country over the 7 days, forming strong bonds during this intense and gruelling endurance challenge,” said a spokesperson.
There were 34 National Runners in the 777 Marathon who ran all seven marathons with Robina Juanir the only national 777 Marathon runner from Tasmania and who raised $14,031.82 in support of Bravehearts.
Global organisation Rapid Relief Team (RRT) was once again one of the supporters behind the marathons, serving more than 850 meals to runners participating in an incredible feat of endurance.
Operations Manager Michael Dunn said RRT volunteers were at six of the 777 Marathons – in Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney – offering nutritious meals, hot barista made coffee and words of encouragement.
“It has been inspiring to see people from all walks of life come together in each city for the 777 Marathon, whether they are running for this important cause or for the athletic challenge,” said Dunn.
“I had a great chat with a man who had just completed his 723rd marathon at 69 years old – which is an incredible achievement.”
Bravehearts for 25 years have been dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse. The organisation’s focus is firmly on education and training, research, lobbying and therapeutic services, all of which are designed to positively impact lives.
The core of the charity’s strategy is its ‘3 Piers to Prevention’ which are designed to create a world where everyone works together to protect children.
The first pier, ‘Educate’, is aimed at providing children with personal safety education while also training adults to be aware and motivated to protect children. The second, ‘Empower’, focuses on making specialist counseling and support readily available to both child and adult survivors of abuse and those who support them, and the third is ‘Protect’ which works to ensure that all government and community systems are effective and consistently act in the best interests of the child.
Feature image courtesy of Paul Manning, Instagram @thesundaylongrun.
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