Organisers of the Flying Brick Bellarine Sunset Run are busy planning for its 10th installment.
The light coastal trail event between Portarlington and St Leonards has hosted on average more than 1100 running and walking enthusiasts.
Many families and friends will once again venture to the Bellarine Peninsula to spend a weekend running, eating, drinking, smiling, and laughing with friends and loved ones.
The feature events will once again be the ProFeet Half Marathon, Steigen 10km and the Bully Buster 4km with start times sprinkled around 5pm.
“We are excited to be planning for our 10th straight event,” organiser Dion Milne said.
“Given what has happened over the last half of the decade we, along with our participants, have navigated the challenges together. There are several enthusiasts lining up for their 10th straight. Some of the children who will run and walk the Bully Buster 4km weren’t
even born when this event started, and that’s surreal.”
After its first nine years the Bellarine Sunset Run is seeing the rewards of promoting physical activity to families and children with some starting in the 4km when it was added in 2017, now progressing through to the longer distances.
“We’ve seen kids grow up before our eyes, as have the participants, they’ve seen our girls grow up too,” Milne said.
“Every February is like a family reunion of sorts.”
The Flying Brick Bellarine Sunset Run is on Saturday February 8. Go to bellarinesunsetrun.com for more information.
