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Our team started this morning with a nourishing breakfast at our favourite vegetarian cafe in Adelaide, Joy-Discovery in Bent St in the centre of the city. Sipra Lloyd (holding the torch), the proprietor of Joy-Discovery, has coordinated the Peace Runs in South Australia since the Run began in 1987.
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After breakfast, we headed through Adelaide towards the municipality of Charles Sturt. A local youth group, "Charles Sturt Youth Actvities Centre" joined us for 5 km.
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Cassie (left) ran all the way with us, while Angela (with torch), who vounteers at the Youth Centre, ran most of the way ...
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Local running legend Ron Hines also joined us making it not just a transcontinental run, but also trans-generational.
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Ron ran a sub-3 hour marathon in his 60s, and still ran some of us ragged now that he is in his 80s! A few times, we had to ask him to slow down ...
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We also exchanged letters of greeting with the Mayor from our National Patron, ACT Chief Minister Katie Gallagher.
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A few new members have joined our international team today, for the upcoming section through to Perth and the run across the Nullarbor Plain – including Ion Frunza who flew in from Moldova last night ...
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... and Grahak Cunningham from Perth, winner of last year's Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile race held in New York, and Australian record holder for the distance.
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... where we were greeted by Mayor Gillian Aldbridge and about 100 Bhutanese who are now making their home in the region.
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A number of our Bhutanese greeters shared with us poems they had composed about peace and happiness, in their own language and in English.
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This was a colourful and touching ceremony for us, connecting with such lovely people from what is to us a remote corner of the globe ...
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In Gawler we were met by the jovial, energetic and magnanimous Mayor Brian Sambell, in his full mayoral regalia.
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When we told Mayor Sambell we had met earlier in the day with Mayor Kirsten Alexander from Charles Sturt, he remarked, "I bet she had a smile from ear to ear!" – which she did.
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Our South Australian coordinator, Stacey Marsh, has done a magnificent job organising all our meetings and schedules so far. From here to Perth, she will also take over the role of Team Captain on the road.