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Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Welcome to Big Red Run and Little Red Run 2014

Competitors and Crew spent the day soaking up the Birdsville atmosphere, between briefing sessions and registration. Highlights included the Birdsville Bakery, with the best Camel Pie in the country, and a Pre-Race Dinner, with words of encouragement and inspiration from the Mayor - Geoff Morton, National Parks Ranger and Traditional Land Owner - Don Rowlands, and Land owners David and Nell Brook, as well as our safety director Lucas Trihey who shared with us his experience of walking 17 days across the Simpson Desert.
The runners are off to an early start tomorrow, facing the first marathon, of six days running in either the Big Red Run (250K) or the Little Red Run (150K). Some of our runners were in last minute fundraising mode, in full costume, raising money for JDRF