I have been carefully monitoring the floods that have been taking place in Queensland over the past couple of months and indeed experienced parts of this during a trip to see friends in the area over the New Year period. My first observations were that I had never previously seen Queensland so green from the air, but it soon became apparent that this has come at a great cost with many who have been on the land for years and years commenting that they have never previously seen as much rain as this in all their years on the planet.
So many have merely given up cleaning up as as soon as they start it just starts raining again. In an ironic situation, where we usually pray for rain here in Australia, we are now praying the rain to cease. Aside from this, we as runners and more importantly as human beings have an obligation to help our fellow man. After all many of us have friends in this region or indeed have fond memories of running through beautiful areas of this state.
You can help by donating to the appeals that are running to raise money to help these communities. Let’s show these communities that we actively care about them.
Running together – (while showing compassion for others). Stride for Stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller
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