The man who ran across Australia in record time, Nedd Brockmann, will today embark on a new adventure, running over 1600km (or 1000 miles) across 10 days to raise money for charity.
Brockmann, 25, announced in May that he would be taking on the new challenge on October 3 to raise $10 million for homelessness charity We Are Mobilise.
In order to break the current record set in 1988, he needs to run 160 kilometres a day for 10 days, totalling 1610km on foot.
He will be running on the Sydney Olympic Park athletic track, meaning he needs to run 403 laps of the 400m track every single day.
“October 3rd 2024, I’ll be attempting to break the world record for the fastest time to cover 1000 miles (1610km) on foot, while aiming to raise 10 million dollars to help Aussies experiencing homelessness in the process,” he said in an Instagram post in May.
“The current record stands at 10 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes and 36 seconds.
”It would be ridiculous of me not to honour the people who have gone before me as (I think) I understand the depths one must go to achieve such a thing.
“Held by one of, if not the greatest ultra runner of all time, Yiannis Kouros’s feat of endurance is simply mind blowing.”
He will begin running at 4pm today, and will livestream the run until it’s complete.
This morning, he posted a video of the blank track at Sydney Olympic Park with the caption: “Endure. In the fire once again. See ya this arvo.”
His post has garnered support from athletes and celebrities alike, including comedian Hamish Blake and cricketer Pat Cummins.
Brockmann became the fastest ever Australian to run across the country in 2022, when he was 23 years old.
He ran over 4000km from Perth to Bondi Beach in Sydney, in just 50 days.
