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On Monday October 17th at around 5:30 p.m. AEDT, Ned Brockman—a 23-year-old from Forbes who moved to Sydney and was shocked by the city’s rate of homelessness—walked down from Campbell Parade and hit Bondi Beach.
His 3,952 km journey across the country from Coteslow Beach in Perth has been completed after 47 days. This is not a typo. Yes, 47 days.
His last day at Bitumen saw him snorkeling a lazy slog over a distance of 113.75 km.
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Ned Brockman, 23, departed Perth’s Cotslow Beach for Sydney on 1 September and crossed the finish line at Bondi Beach at 5.30pm on Monday.
He ran an average of about 85 kilometers a day – the equivalent of two marathons – to cover the 3,900-km journey, the fastest Australian to do so and the second fastest in the world.
He said completing the epic journey was like “out of a film”.
An exhausted Mr Brockman told Channel 10’s The Project Moments after finishing the monumental run on Monday: ‘I’ve been so lonely on Nullarbor and suddenly running into 10,000 people is just too surreal.
‘I’m so excited to be home.’
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Brendan Bradford writes that bruises, blisters and worms could not stop Ned Brockman from crossing the continent and inspiring him.
Ned Brockman arrives at North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club after running 100km per day for the homeless charity Mobilize over the past 46 days. Pictured: Richard Dobson
Ned Brockman arrives at North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club after running 100km per day for the homeless charity Mobilize over the past 46 days. Pictured: Richard Dobson
A shoe on the balcony of the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club was a fitting finale for Ned Brockman’s Superhuman Running fundraiser.
After 3,800 kilometers in 46 days, and raising over a million dollars for the We Are Mobilize charity, the 23-year-old had earned every drop.
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Leaving Perth’s Cotsloe Beach on September 1, Brockman had vowed to run 3800 kilometers across the country to raise funds for homelessness—despite running only as a hobby in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By the end of the race, Electrician had raised over $1.4 million, just shy of its $1.5 million goal.
Brockman ran an average of 100 kilometers a day during the one-and-a-half-month journey and suffered several injuries along the way—including severe tenosynovitis in his shin, massive blisters on his toes, and an overgrowth of worms.
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Ned Brockman was welcomed to the hero at Bondi Beach in Sydney after Australia completed his massive run from one side to the other.
The 23-year-old ran from Cotesloe Beach in Perth to Bondi – a journey of 3952 km in 47 days entirely in the name of charity.
They have raised approximately $1.5 million for Mobilis, a charity that helps those experiencing homelessness, with contributors exceeding 20,000.
Brockman arrived in Bondi at around 5.30 p.m. AEDT on Monday, as thousands took to the streets to cheer him on at home.
He was given a traditional indigenous ceremony before suffering the torture of walking up some stairs to address the crowd.
Brockman thanked everyone for the support and celebrated by popping a bottle of champagne and shouting “Shui!” Climb up
