PAIN, like love, Ben Welch knows only too well, can be a powerful motivator.

And Ben and his family, well, they know all about pain.

Which is why he will be outside Mildura Hospital at 4.44am on Monday to start a 380-kilometre run up the Murray to Swan Hill and then onto Echuca.

He's running in the memory of his two brothers, and running to raise much-needed funds for mental health support serv...