‘I don’t want this to end’: runner hits Melbourne after covering length of Australia in 150 consecutive marathons
by Donna Lu from on (#67VD3)
Erchana Murray-Bartlett reaches end of epic journey from tip to toe' of Australia - smashing women's record for consecutive daily marathons
Months after starting out from the tip of Cape York, Erchana Murray-Bartlett is set to complete her 150th consecutive daily marathon in Melbourne on Monday, finishing a record-breaking journey through Australia's eastern states.
Murray-Bartlett set out in August to run more than 6,200km, raising money for the Wilderness Society and awareness of Australia's extinction crisis - just days before Ned Brockmann began his 4,000km run from the west to east coast.
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