	{"id":121814,"date":"2026-06-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=121814"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:00:00","slug":"teen-plans-4000km-journey-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/teen-plans-4000km-journey-for-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen plans 4,000km journey for mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN Armstrong Creek resident is deep into his training to run across Australia to raise awareness for men&#8217;s mental health.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Griff Knowles will leave Perth&#8217;s Cottesloe Beach and run east every day until he reaches Sydney&#8217;s Bondi Beach, almost 4,000km away.<\/p>\n<p>If he gets there, the 19-year-old will become the youngest person to complete the Perth-Sydney run, but he said spreading the message that &#8220;it&#8217;s not weak to speak&#8221; was more important.<\/p>\n<p>Knowles hopes to raise $25,000 for Talk2MeBro, an Australian suicide prevention organisation that provides mental health awareness and education workshops.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager said his own experiences, and those of people close to him, were what drew him to the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re great blokes. I spoke to them before I finalised anything and they&#8217;re the ones who stood out to me with their values,&#8221; Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to get the word out there that one conversation can change a life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve struggled, I know people that have struggled \u2013 it&#8217;s such a stigma that needs to be broken. It&#8217;s not weak to speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the idea for the cross-country run was inspired after he completed a half-marathon for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was like &#8216;Oh, hang on, that was actually fun&#8217;,&#8221; Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I kept pushing myself and ran a marathon, then an ultra-marathon, and kept doing ultra-marathons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After running for 24 hours straight at the track at Deakin University&#8217;s Waurn Ponds campus and covering almost 195km, Knowles began looking for a challenge that could also make a positive difference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It came to me: I&#8217;m going to run across Australia,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was thinking about it for a while, and then I was just like &#8216;Stuff it. I&#8217;m just going to launch it and see what happens&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Knowles will leave Perth on 24 August and aims to arrive in Sydney on 18 November, averaging 60km each day.<\/p>\n<p>His training includes daily running, four dedicated recovery sessions each week and deliberately putting himself in uncomfortable situations, such as frequent cold showers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know when I&#8217;m out there, it&#8217;s going to be brutal, so I&#8217;m putting myself in the mindset that it&#8217;s not going to be easy and I&#8217;m just going to have to push through no matter what,&#8221; Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to donate, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/talk2mebro.grassrootz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talk2mebro.grassrootz.com<\/a> or follow @griff_knowles on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN Armstrong Creek resident is deep into his training to run across Australia to raise awareness for men&#8217;s mental health. 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