By Shelby Brooks
Friends and family of a Beaconsfield mum battling brain cancer walked over 1500km in 24 hours to help raise funds for much-needed treatment.
Hundreds came out to support Sarah Kelly, her husband Steve and daughter Esther at Pakenham Lakeside in July for ‘24 Hours for the Kelly Gang’.
Sarah, who is a passionate runner, was blindsided by the diagnosis last year but has found incredible support from family and friends, particularly from the running community.
The fundraiser centred around good friend and avid runner Michael Soutter as he attempted to walk for 24 hours – which he did!
With help from some dedicated support crew, he ran 85 laps of his own (127.5km) and the collective laps of everyone running and walking throughout the 24 hours was 1001 (just over 1500km).
The Kelly family intends to use the money raised towards getting Sarah into a functional medicine intensive course in Byron Bay that acts as complementary health care alongside her chemotherapy regime.
