What type As are doing when they want a real challenge

Running 42.2 kilometres continuously will always be impressive. But for a rising number of extreme exercisers, it is no more than a starting point.

Euan BlackWork and careers reporter

May 30, 2024 – 5.00am

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Everyone seems to be running these days, and they’re not just doing park runs. Jaw-dropping feats of endurance are popping up everywhere.

Whether it’s British runner Russ “Hardest Geezer” Cook running the entire length of Africa in 352 days, compatriot Jasmin Paris becoming the first woman to finish the gruelling 100-mile (161-kilometre) Barkley Marathons within the 60-hour time limit, or Australian sparkie Nedd Brockmann running almost 4000 kilometres from Perth to Bondi Beach, long-distance running is having a bit of a moment.