The Rotary Club of Timaru, which runs the event, made a decision last week to gamble on the alert level dropping before Sunday so they could hold the event – a gamble that paid off as the country, except for Auckland, moved out of level 2 restrictions at 6am, just three and a half hours before the start of the run. Bejon Haswell/Stuff The fundraising event gets underway on Sunday. “I think there might have been a few people who felt like getting out and doing something. Other events had been put off and this was something everyone could go to; there was a good turnout.