The Bloody Long Walk: Melbourne
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Organiser: The Bloody Long Walk
The Bloody Long Walk in Melbourne is a 35km challenge on 19 May 2024 from Yarra Bend Park to St Kilda; the event is owned and operated by the Mito Foundation.
Walk, jog or run and enjoy spectacular scenery whilst raising vital funds to help find cures for mitochondrial disease (mito).
Mito is a debilitating and potentially fatal genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to convert food into the energy needed to power muscles and major organs; 1 in 200 people are at risk of developing mito. One Australian child born each week suffers a severe or life-threatening form of mito making it the second most commonly diagnosed serious genetic disease after cystic fibrosis.
Sun 19 May 2024, 6:00am–4:00pm
Yarra Bend Park, Fairfield, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Melbourne
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