LambEx 2024 River Run
Supported by Fat Farmers: Rural Health Initiative and their ambassador Brett Burton
Thursday 8 August
6.15am Adelaide Confernece Centre meeting point
6.30am River Run start
LambEx 2024 Fat Farmers River Run took place on the banks of the Torrens – one of Adelaide city’s most loved run/walk trails. LambEx legend Dr Penny Schulz teamed up with former football legend Brett Burton to host the LambEx River run at 6.30am on August 8.
This 5km run, jog, stagger or gentle walk around the Torrens was designed to inspire fitness and fellowship – and get you back in time for a quick shower and a power breakfast before putting on your conference kit and being back to the LambEx Conference in time for its start.
Fat Farmers helped out with a team of pacers – so the ‘serious runners’ knocked their park run PB into the park; while the occasional runners/joggers kept their eyes on the ‘mid-field pacer’; and those who just love the walk experience walked with Brett, who says he’s too old to run anymore!
100 LambEx River Runners of all shapes and sizes, kitted out in a specially manufactured LambEx Fat Farmers 100pc wool running top.
The message here Lamb Lovers, runners, occasional runners, could-be runners and dead-set walkers – is that there is much to be gained in the goodness of the fresh Adelaide winter morning.
About Fat Farmers
To inspire and encourage farmers and those living in rural communities to improve their health and wellbeing through physical activity.
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Fat Farmers started in 2010 when Greg Hean, Ben Wundersitz and Scott Hoyle (all farmers near Maitland on Yorke Peninsula, SA) started going to the new local gym. They were over 40 and joked about becoming "Fat Farmers" now they were no longer playing footy.
The name stuck as the Maitland group grew and gradually other communities got involved.
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In 2015, the Fat Farmers concept expanded beyond Yorke Peninsula, connecting with other farmers across South Australia. Fat Farmer groups (or teams) are now dotted across the state and include a diverse range of producers (cropping, grape growers, almond farms) and with groups catering for a variety of fitness levels and ages, from school children to retirees!
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