Airport run for Telethon

Press, 15 June 1978, Page 6

Airport run for Telethon

More than 1000 men, women, and children are expected to take part in the big Operation Deep Freeze sponsored run round Christ-1 church Airport, starting -4; o.m. at the airport to. row, to raise funds >r South Pacific Television’s telethon appeal. The organiser, Mr R. (White, who is a member of I the Toe H Athletic Club, isays he intends to have runners on the 8.2 mile circuit (for 24 hours until the run' I officially finishes at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Runners are invited to; (contribute 50c to the appeal! ,as entry* fee for the run andi

Jean run as many laps as . they like. They may come , back to run more laps at ' any time of the day or ; night. Many will have sponsors on the basis of the (number of laps they com- ■ plete. Mr White, who is a marathon runner and secretary of the Operation Deep Freeze Running Club, says he has ’ received strong support from , club runners in Christchurch as well as many fun runners and family groups. I A feature of the run will be the participation of Harry (Marquet, aged 42, of the St (Martins Harrier Club, whose (five children expect to run (with him at intervals

throughout the 24-hour If the weather is favourable, Harry Marquet, who already has an 82-mile run from Auckland to Hamilton to his credit, could well cover more than 100 miles. He Will be helped at interIvals throughout the 24-hour run by Don Cameron, and another long-distance runner, John Drew, who ran the first 24-hour run in New Zealand when he completed 104 miles in Christchurch in 1963 at the age of 50. There will be a substantial [number of R.N.Z.A.F. run-, ners taking part. Dozens of children’s and I family teams of two will run*

I the distance as a relay, tak Hng turns to complete the distance for sponsorec amounts. The run will be started bj the officer-in-charge of the United States Navy Antarctic Support Force, ComImander Moss. He has made available the support force officers’ club dining facility at the airport throughout the nin, where runners can rest in warm conditions in between circuits and have soup or tea. All who complete one 01 more laps, either as teams of two or individuals will re ceive an attractively printed certificate of achievement.