15/10/2026
Luke’s Melbourne Marathon for Very Special Kids
“Pretty proud and happy with this. Stoked to run a PB; Net time 2:53:51.
Probably a bit too optimistic aiming to run 4:00min/kms. Felt good until approx the 24km mark it got tougher for me and come Albert Park ~32kms was 90% on my way to hitting the wall.
From there, as the speed continued to drop, it was then for me about maintaining form and 1km at a time. The long run into a slight wind up St Kilda road was tough, but the 1km goals throughout helped me a lot.
Was able to find steam in the back end and to run a PB sprinting hard on ‘The G’ will always be special.
Thank you to those who have donated to Very Special Kids. Days like today are fun but sadly there’s families going through proper tough and sad times putting all of this in perspective.”
https://melbmara2026.grassrootz.com/vsk/luke-dowse?tab=donations
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