Run for your life. Run for your friends and family. Run for research.
Run or walk 3km a day to support life-saving medical research.
1-30 NOVEMBER 2025
572
FUNDRAISERS
$8,463
RAISED
172 kms
COMPLETED
how it works
Register
Sign up for free here and join hundreds of Aussies taking on 3km a day this November. Get fit, have fun and Run for Research.
Walk or Run
Complete 3km each day in November, anytime, anywhere – solo, with friends, or even your dog.
Make a difference
You’ll raise vital funds to help Australia’s best medical researchers defeat cancer, conquer heart disease and beat diabetes.
Your challenge
Run or walk 3km a day. Whether it’s dusk or dawn, you’re helping WA's best medical researchers work to prevent, detect and treat Australia's toughest diseases.
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 support life-saving medical research?
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 a fellow Aussie.
Your support is beating our nation's biggest killer, by funding research to predict heart attacks and make 3D printed heart valves that never need replacing.
Diabetes
Almost 1.9m Aussies have diabetes - a figure that has DOUBLED since 2000.
You’re helping to prevent traumatic amputations for patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
Rare Diseases
Around 1 in 12 people are impacted by a rare disease and there are more than 7000 known rare diseases in Australia.
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
Mileage Masters
Top Teams
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 to support life-saving medical research?
Christelle’s Story
In 2024, Christelle signed up for Run Before the Sun (now Run for Research) with her baby Mila and her Golden Retriever, Chester, as walking buddies. What began as a daily 3km challenge quickly became much more personal. Just a month after giving birth, Christelle was diagnosed with melanoma following a routine skin check and had to undergo surgery and biopsies to ensure it hadn’t spread.
Recovering from surgery while adjusting to life as a new mum wasn’t easy, but Christelle says it gave her perspective. “Even being able to walk at all is something we take for granted,” she shared. Her commitment to the challenge became a way to celebrate recovery, while also raising funds for life-saving research at the Harry Perkins Institute.
Christelle’s determination inspired her community, and together they raised an incredible $1,737, making her the 3rd highest individual fundraiser for 2024. She joined both event meet-ups and even won a year’s supply of coffee through a fundraising competition. Her story is a powerful reminder of why every step – and every donation – matters.
Doug’s Story
In 2016, Doug’s world changed forever when his mum passed away from cancer. Living on the other side of the world made the experience even harder. Doug recalls the heartbreak of racing home and arriving at the hospital just in time to hold her hand and speak to her in her final moments.
Motivated by this deeply personal loss, Doug decided to support Perkins to help fund better treatments and cures. “I hope one day medical research for deadly cancers like hers will lead to better treatments and cures so people like her – our mums, wives, sisters and children – get to live longer, healthier lives,” he shared.
In 2024, Doug joined the team Two Girls and a Grandad, one of the most engaging teams in the challenge. Together they raised an incredible $1,914. His story is a moving reminder of why supporting research is so vital.
Nikki’s Story
In 2019, Nikki and Joel’s lives were shattered when their son Samson passed away at just six weeks old, after a sudden cardiac arrest caused by a rare inherited genetic condition called PPA2. For over a year, they had no answers about why it had happened.
Eventually, through a genetic study, they learned the cause. By miraculous chance, their firstborn, Declan, had not inherited the mutation. With this knowledge, they were able to use preimplantation genetic testing IVF, and later welcomed their daughter Colbie into their family.
Nikki says she feels immense gratitude for the life-saving research happening at the Perkins, which had played a role in identifying PPA2 just a few years earlier. Her journey shows the profound impact research can have – offering answers, hope, and healthier futures.
