Johnno’s Run will now be known as Run Echuca Moama, with the event entering its 11th year of raising funds for CLRS.
CLRS chief executive officer Leah Taaffe said while the name had changed, the event would remain the same.
“We are trying to attract people to come to Echuca-Moama to participate in the event,” Leah said.
“It’s about trying to make it really clear that it’s a publicly accessible event.”
The reason for the name change is to alleviate some of the confusion in the past and ensure the event is open to all.
“We received a lot of feedback from people that they didn’t understand it was a publicly accessible event,” she said.
“They thought it was someone’s run previously.
“So opening up the name ... makes it really clear it’s open to everyone to come and participate.”
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Steve Huntley
The event will continue to support the Opening Doors Project, a CLRS initiative to raise funds to build disability housing.
“The Opening Doors project is a project that we deliver that builds homes for people with disability in our local community,” Leah said.
“It's been running for 10 years now and we have in that time period delivered five projects.
“Those projects are providing homes for 22 people with disabilities in our community across four shared homes in 10 units.”
Run Echuca Moama will be on Sunday, August 4 from the Kerrabee Sound Shell in Moama, crossing over the Murray on both the new and old bridges.
It will once again offer 21.1km, 10km and 5km options to run, walk or wheel. There will also be a junior event.
For more information, or to enter visit clrs.org.au
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