Run around Australia - Andre Jones
THE PLAN“An ordinary bloke that still continues doing the extraordinary – having successfully completed my 3,700km solo run from Melbourne to Darwin, I’m now expanding...
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Run around Australia - Andre Jones
Mar 14, 2019
Melbourne, Australia
Jul 20, 2019
Tennant Greek, Australia
THE PLAN“An ordinary bloke that still continues doing the extraordinary – having successfully completed my 3,700km solo run from Melbourne to Darwin, I’m now expanding my horizons – a 15,000km solo run around Australia – ‘Melbourne to Melbourne’ – taking about 345 days (and lots of photos and videos). I believe this is a world first! Although almost a dozen people have done it, no one on record has yet run solo around Australia. (solo, as in no back-up crew to assist each day).The custom-made buggy Intrepid II, will hold 80-100kgs of food and supplies. (this will include 60 litres...
Badwater Quad - Marshall Ulrich
Jul 20, 2001
Badwater, CA, USA
Jul 30, 2001
Mt Whitney, CA, USA
In 2001, Marshall Ulrich was the first runner to complete the “Badwater Quad”, consisting of two back-to-back Death Valley 300s for a total of four consecutive Badwater/Whitney transits. He completed the course, a distance in excess of twenty-two marathons, in ten days. In 2003, Sawyer Manuj became the first Asian-American to complete the Badwater duo. In 2012, Terry Abrams (54) became the first woman to complete a solo Triple 146 crossing, 438 miles, which includes two summits of Mt. Whitney. She is also the oldest woman to complete the Double, 292 miles. In 2014, Lisa Smith-Batchen (54) became the first woman to...
