Aussie runner Nedd Brockmann has crossed the finish line of a massive 1,600km run to raise money for homelessness.
Brockmann took just over 12-and-a-half days to complete the monumental 1,609km run at just past 6.15am on Wednesday.
He started on October 3 with a goal to beat the world record – running 1600km in 10 days – while trying to raise $10 million for homelessness charity We Are Mobolise.
Significant injuries prevented him from beating the world record but he has still raised more than $1.8 million.
The runner broke down into tears as he finished his last lap around Sydney’s Olympic Park before being swamped by friends and family congratulating him on the feat.
While he sprinted to the end of his previous run, the cult-hero collapsed to the ground on Wednesday after finishing more than 38 marathons in under a fortnight.
‘I’ve never ever been through something like that before,’ he said after crossing the line.
‘I’m f***ing proud of that.’
Aussie cult-hero Nedd Brockmann (pictured) has completed his monumental 1,609km run in just over 12-and-a-half days, raising over $2.1million in the process
Brockmann was attempting to break the world record for running 1,609 kilometres, set in 1988 by Greek ultra-marathon legend Yiannis Kouros, with a time of 10 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes, and 36 seconds.
To succeed, Brockmann would have to cover 161 kilometres per day, which equates to running 403 laps of a 400-metre track each day for 10 days, aiming to finish by 3am on Monday.
Brockmann first rose to fame after running from Cottesloe Beach in Perth to Bondi Beach in Sydney, in just 47 days in 2022.
‘It has been hell and that’s why I love it,’ he previously said.
Having gotten off to a blistering pace for the first three days of the challenge, the minimal sleep and recurring injuries slowed him down significantly.
On day 10, he shared an update on his Instagram, stating that even though he didn’t break the record, he would keep going until he reached 1600km.
‘As humans, I believe it is our duty to see things through,’ he wrote in the post.
‘This 1000 miles around that track has been the most humbling experience of my life.
‘Never have I ever felt so many emotions to the absolute peak of them all.
‘I’ve had no function of my right ant tib (tibialis anterior) since the end of day three, so I’ve been snapping dictus band rubbers left right and centre.
Brockmann shot to national-fame after becoming the fastest Aussie to run across the nation from Cottesloe Beach (pictured), Perth, to Bondi Beach, Sydney, in just 47 days
‘No sleep because the tendinitis everywhere punches me in the throat come rest time.
‘The feet have swollen three sizes due to the rain/track. It’s healthy stuff.’
Brockmann refused to sleep for the final 24 hours before crossing the line as the athletics track was being claimed back later that day.
Olympic champion Jess Fox and UFC fighter Israel Adesanya were among the number of athletes who ran by his side for parts of the challenge.
His ‘morning routine’ included waking up at 5am to have his shins, feet, shoulders and nipples strapped before being taken to the track in a wheelchair.
More to come.
***
Read more at DailyMail.co.uk