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“It was really nice to receive lots of message of support the night before and during the actual run.<\/p>\n
“I had my earphones in and each time a message came through my phone would read it out to me. I really appreciated having so much support.<\/p>\n
“The donations kept coming in which is amazing. I reached $6000 for R U OK?.<\/p>\n
“It was lots of fun being part of such a big event. There were 13,000 runners and we started at 6.50am so it was still dark.<\/p>\n
“We started at Rod Laver Arena and ran through the streets of Melbourne. Running past Flinders St Station was amazing.<\/p>\n
“We then ran along Southbank, crossed over to Southern Cross Station, down to Docklands then back along Southbank again to Alexandra Gardens.<\/p>\n
“From there we went down St Kilda Road past the Shrine and looped around the Botanic Gardens, crossed the Yarra River again and finished back at Rod Laver.<\/p>\n
“The atmosphere was amazing – running with such a big crowd felt great and there was music along the course including DJs, African bongo drums, bagpipes and saxophones.<\/p>\n
“It helped take my mind off the run and really enjoy the experience.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFTER an inspiring half-marathon run last weekend raising $6000 for R U OK?, Tess Holmes is looking forward to a rest. Ms Holmes completed the Run Melbourne Half Marathon along with 13,000 other runners. “I’m looking forward to having a bit of a rest from training because my body is feeling quite fatigued, but I […]<\/p>\n