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Walk or Run 3km a day to fight Australia’s toughest diseases
1-30 NOVEMBER
14
FUNDRAISERS
$261
RAISED SO FAR
15 kms
COMPLETED SO FAR
how it works
Sign up
Sign up for free here and join hundreds of Aussies taking on 3km a day this November. Get fit, have fun and raise research funds.
Set your alarm
When the UV’s low it’s safe to lace up! This November challenge yourself to 3km a day at a time, place and pace that suits you.
Make a difference
You’ll raise vital funds for Australia’s best medical researchers beating the toughest diseases like cancer and heart disease.
Your challenge?
Run or walk 3km a day to beat Australia’s toughest diseases throughout November. Whether it’s dusk or dawn, you’re helping to defeat deadly diseases that impact over 5 million Aussies.
Get fit, reduce your disease risk and raise vital funds to support world-class medical research into the hardest-to-treat cancers, heart disease, diabetes and rare genetic diseases.
It’s simple - Challenge yourself to complete 3km a day during November at a time, place and the pace that suits you. It’s safest to lace up when the UV is low, at dusk or dawn!
Will you help to defeat disease darkness throughout November?
The difference you make
Cancer
1 in 2 Australians will get cancer before age 85.
You’re transforming the darkest diagnoses for the hardest-to-treat cancers including brain, breast, melanoma, ovarian, liver and more.
Heart Disease
Every 12 minutes, heart disease kills an Australian.
Your support is beating our nations biggest killer, by funding research to predict heart attacks and make 3D printed heart valves that never need replacing.
Diabetes
Diabetes-related disease is the major cause of amputations in Australia.
You’re helping to prevent traumatic amputations for patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
Rare Diseases
Around 2 million Australians have a rare disease.
You’re shedding light on families with rare and deadly genetic diseases, by developing new treatments and providing answers to those in the dark.
Top fundraisers
Top Individuals
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Mileage Masters
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A new day is dawning on disease
Every dollar you raise will bring light to the darkest days of the 5 million Aussies impacted by a deadly disease, by funding vital research at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
You’ll support more than 250 of Australia’s best medical researchers advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases that too often steals the lives of the people you love.
Will you help defeat deadly diseases this November?
Case Study
Raising money for medical research into Australia’s toughest diseases is really important to me.
In 2024, Mila and I signed up to Run Before the Sun (now Run for Research) and walked 3km every day to raise funds for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, led eagerly by my Golden Retriever, Chester, who reminded me at approximately 4:52pm that it was time for walkies!!!
Last July I had a skin check for a mole that I had checked and cleared twice last year. This doctor recommended that I have a biopsy, and the results confirmed it was a melanoma. After having the initial area excised, I was then booked in for surgery and further biopsies to ensure the cells hadn’t spread to my lymph nodes.
After having just given birth a month earlier, the news came as a bit of a shock as I tried to navigate life with a newborn while also being immobile from the excision and surgery. After the second biopsy, the results thankfully came back with no indication that it had spread.
While I wasn’t able to walk 100% while my skin graft healed, I realised during this time that even being able to walk at all is something we take for granted every day, when some are not able to. This is why I decided to take part in Run Before the Sun while also fundraising for medical research to help those who have been through far more than I have.
I was fortunate to have such generous friends, family members and colleagues who collectively helped me raise over $1,737. This year I will be taking part in Run for Research 2025 to continue my support for ground-breaking medical research into cancer, heart disease and diabetes in support of the 5 million Aussies currently living with these horrible diseases!
