Sunday, March 14 2010

Congratulations and thank-you!

A huge congratulations to everyone who ran, jogged, rolled, walked and cheered at Sunday's Herald Sun / CityLink Run for the Kids.

It was such an amazing sight to see 30,000 people on the roads of Melbourne in support of the hospital and the kids that they treat every day.

Together we raised an incredible $1,001,631 for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal and major sponsor, CityLink, have generously rounded the overall donation to $1,050,000.

It's not too late to make a donation to the Appeal – please encourage your family and friends to put their hands in their pockets and make a donation via Everyday Hero.

Thank you to everyone who made this event such a success and I look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Steve Moneghetti
Race Director

Race winners

Channel 7 – RCH Good Friday Appeal

Be sure to watch the 2010 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal telecast on Channel 7, commencing at 9am on Friday 2nd April. Featuring some of Australia's favourite faces, the telecast runs until midnight and the hope is to build on last year's amazing total.

Channel 7 are proudly supporting the 2010 Run for the Kids.

Vtina zooms away in a new Mazda2

Vtina Fiumara from Werribee is the lucky winner of the new 2010 Mazda2 Neo Hatch 1.5 litre 5-speed manual car valued at $18,500 (inc GST).

Every Victorian entry for the 2010 Herald Sun / CityLink Run for the Kids went in the draw to win the car.

Race day photos

Supersport Images

Participant photographs from the 2010 Herald Sun / CityLink Run for the Kids will be available from the Supersport Images website.

Photographs of individual runners can be searched by either bib number or name.

Herald Sun

All of the colour and action from Victoria's biggest fun run can also be found on the online Herald Sun picture gallery.

Photos will be available for purchase at the Herald Sun Shop, located in the front of the HWT Tower at 40 City Road, Southbank. For enquiries please phone 03 9292 1234.

Race Feedback:

We would like to thank all participants who have provided feedback in relation to the delayed start of the long course and the Finish line drinks station.

As you may have seen from the photo gallery at www.heraldsun.com.au, we had a participant in the short course who showed immense courage to walk the 5.2km just two years after a major operation and eight months after regaining the ability to walk. We made the decision to allow her to cross Swan Street Bridge in her own time which delayed the start of the long course race.

The warm weather and the fact that there were unfortunately some participants who took it upon themselves to take far more Gatorade than anyone would have expected resulted in some long course participants not receiving any by the time they finished. Gatorade supplied more than enough for every participant and our volunteers did an excellent job in ensuring as many people as possible received a drink at the end of the race.

However, the actions of the minority caused some issues that we will address for future events.

If you have any feedback for the event, please email admin@r4k.com.au

Looking for your next running challenge?

Entries for the St George Melbourne Marathon open on June 1. The event will be held on Sunday October 10 and features a marathon, half-marathon, 10km run, 6km run and 4km walk. All courses finish at the MCG. For further details go to www.melbournemarathon.com.au.