{"id":115364,"date":"2025-08-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=115364"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:01:49","slug":"golden-fun-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/golden-fun-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden fun run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUNNERS of all abilities and ages had the opportunity to test themselves on the undulating grass terrain of the official Australian Cross Country Championships course at Victoria Park last Saturday before the national level competition kicked off. The Golden 5km fun run meant runners of all paces could be part of the weekend of action where the best Australian open and para cross country runners went head-to-head. 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class=\"bwg_mosaic_thumb_spun_0 bwg-item0 bwg-mosaic-thumb-span bwg-zoom-effect\">            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bwg_mosaic_thumb_0 skip-lazy bwg_img_clear bwg_img_custom \"                 id=\"25\"                 src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_1230710_34262.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_1230710_34262.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-width=\"333.00\"                 data-height=\"500.00\"                 alt=\"Ashley Rogers.\"                 title=\"\" \/>            <div class=\"bwg-zoom-effect-overlay\">              <span class=\"bwg_mosaic_title_spun1_0\">                <span class=\"bwg_mosaic_title_spun2_0\">                  Ashley Rogers.                <\/span>              <\/span>              <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/a>             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src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_0207718_47914.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_0207718_47914.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-width=\"333.00\"                 data-height=\"500.00\"                 alt=\"Steve Moneghetti and Shiloh Watts.\"                 title=\"\" \/>            <div class=\"bwg-zoom-effect-overlay\">              <span class=\"bwg_mosaic_title_spun1_0\">                <span class=\"bwg_mosaic_title_spun2_0\">                  Steve Moneghetti and Shiloh Watts.                <\/span>              <\/span>              <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/a>                <a  class=\"bwg-a bwg_lightbox bwg_lightbox_0\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/2025August23_0936710_34314.jpg?bwg=1756298970\" data-image-id=\"22\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">          <div class=\"bwg_mosaic_thumb_spun_0 bwg-item0 bwg-mosaic-thumb-span bwg-zoom-effect\">            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bwg_mosaic_thumb_0 skip-lazy bwg_img_clear bwg_img_custom \"                 id=\"22\"                 src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_0936710_34314.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/photo-gallery\/thumb\/2025August23_0936710_34314.jpg?bwg=1756298970\"                 data-width=\"500.00\"                 data-height=\"333.00\"                 alt=\"The runners line up ready to hear the starting gun.\"             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