Erchana Murray-Bartlett, an Australian runner finished running 150 marathons in 150 days. She ran a total of 3,900 miles from the northern tip of the country to Melbourne and may make a new world record.
Erchana Murray-Bartlett completes 150 marathons in 150 days!
Australian runner Erchana Murray-Bartlett finished 150 marathons in 150 days by running a total of 3,900 miles. The 32-year-old crossed the finish line and the feat may break the previous world record. Last year, Kate Jayden, a British national made the record by finishing 106 consecutive marathons. Jayden was focusing on raising money for refugees.
Similarly, Murray-Bartlett was trying to raise awareness of the impending threats to the biodiversity of Australia. Moreover, she documented her journey on Instagram. So far, she raised over $82,130 for the Wilderness society. “Australia is fantastic, it’s so beautiful, and that was one of the key things I wanted to get out of this run, it was to showcase Australia’s beauty to the world – we have globally significant national parks, the Great Barrier Reef, and exploring them on foot is such a unique, different way to do it,” stated the runner.
Erchana Murray-Bartlett aims for a world record:
Murray-Bartlett’s run took ger from north to south of Australia. She set off from Cape York in Queensland in August 2022. She ran a total of 26.2 miles every day, enduring the heat and storms across the country. “It’s very exhausting, I’ll give you that but I feel very blessed to have been out to get to the finish line,” she added after crossing the last finish line.
However, Murray-Bartlett is not the only Australian to set out to make history. Previously, Nedd Brockmann completed a total of 2,500 miles in 2022. Brockmann finished the run in 47 days from west to east Australia. He started from Cottesloe Beach in Perth and reached Bondi Beach in Sydney and received a hero’s welcome on arriving.