Sep 30, 2026 · 55 min · 28 segments
This week, Claira is joined by René Wong, founder of Hills Pay the Bills Run Club, to talk about recovery, running, grief, community and giving back. Renee shares what happened after a serious…
Clara HermitHostKirsty ThomsonGuest
Cecil G. ThomasHost
What inspired you to start using your platform to raise awareness about blood transfusion?
Whereas with the Run Club, It's an immediate, like, I always say impact over influence.
So if I'm speaking to people on the internet, I might have their attention for all of 10 seconds if I'm lucky.
If people are there in person, we're having conversations, we're getting to know each other, we're sharing stories.
But like you say, when you hear someone's personal story and you realise it's like secondhand experience, isn't it? You're learning actually this and it could happen to any one of us, to any of our friends.
So I think maybe just being forthcoming and just kind of taking it into your own hands and saying, this is my choice to do this or not, rather than waiting for someone else to do it on your behalf.
Just stepping forward and say, this is something I'm going to look into myself and actually do myself.
Do you still get a biscuit at the end? Because my granddad gave blood for years.
And one of the perks was that at the end, he got a cup of tea and a biscuit whenever he did it.
A few of the people that I spoke to that day did say, yeah, they got some snacks at the end.
What inspired you to start using your platform to raise awareness about blood transfusion?
Whereas with the Run Club, It's an immediate, like, I always say impact over influence.
So if I'm speaking to people on the internet, I might have their attention for all of 10 seconds if I'm lucky.
If people are there in person, we're having conversations, we're getting to know each other, we're sharing stories.
But like you say, when you hear someone's personal story and you realise it's like secondhand experience, isn't it? You're learning actually this and it could happen to any one of us, to any of our friends.
So I think maybe just being forthcoming and just kind of taking it into your own hands and saying, this is my choice to do this or not, rather than waiting for someone else to do it on your behalf.
Just stepping forward and say, this is something I'm going to look into myself and actually do myself.
Do you still get a biscuit at the end? Because my granddad gave blood for years.
And one of the perks was that at the end, he got a cup of tea and a biscuit whenever he did it.
A few of the people that I spoke to that day did say, yeah, they got some snacks at the end.
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