Run The Maine
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Run the Maine 2026 launched
Run the Maine held a special event at Boomtown Winery and Bistro last Tuesday evening to launch their 2026 fundraising campaign. This year Run the Maine will celebrate its 18th edition! To mark this special milestone, the committee held an inaugural launch event to recognise the community that makes this event possible and unveil the…
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Countdown to RTM
The countdown is on until the 16th installment of Run the Maine this Friday. The popular community event celebrates health and wellbeing and raises valuable funds for Dhelkaya Health (Castlemaine Hospital). This year has seen record numbers, with close to 900 participants signing up for the three runs, compared to 706 the previous year and…
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Run the Maine a success
Runners from across the region and beyond descended on Castlemaine on AFL grand final eve, September 23, for the annual Run The Maine fundraiser. It was the first time in two years that runners could return to the track after pandemic disruption forced the popular annual event to move to an online format. Hundreds of…
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Prepare to huff n puff
Eve Lamb With hundreds of runners already limbering up for Friday’s long anticipated Run The Maine, organisers have their fingers crossed for ideal conditions. “We’re on target to raise at least $15,000,” event director Gavin Krasner says ahead of the multi-distance afternoon running event happening this Friday’s Grand Final public holiday. Since Run the Maine’s…
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Running on high
With COVID putting an indefinite halt on big running challenges that typically attract throngs of keen contestants, a group of Castlemaine runners has set its own small group challenge. The keen local runners are heading off later this week to run about 100km through some of Victoria’s most breathtaking high country over three days. Castlemaine’s…
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Run your own race
Castlemaine’s iconic Run The Maine event is set to go virtual! Organisers were determined the 12th annual fundraiser for Castlemaine Health would go ahead despite the challenges of COVID and have opted to take the popular event online. RTM race director Gavin Krasner said the theme for the 2020 event was ‘Run Your Own Race’…
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Ready, set … Run The Maine
This Friday public holiday is a big one for Castlemaine as the town hosts hundreds of runners for the annual Run The Maine. Event director Gavin Krasner says the half marathon course has been particularly hitting the mark with strong registrations from runners keen to tackle the 21km distance that will follow the Maldon to…