Nedd Brockmann conquers his uncomfortable 1600km run at Sydney Olympic Park

A visibly emotional Nedd Brockmann has opened up on the demons he battled while completing his uncomfortable challenge. The ultra-distance runner took 12 days to run 1600km, raising $2.6 million to tackle homelessness.

Nedd Brockmann has at last conquered his uncomfortable challenge, bursting into tears as he crossed the line.

On Wednesday morning the 25-year-old ultra distance runner completed his enormous goal of running 1600km, raising $2.6 million for We Are Mobalise to tackle homelessness.

Brockmann completed 3760 laps of Sydney Olympic Park during his challenge, for a total time of 301 hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds over the course of 12 and a half days.

In an interview on his Tik Tok live stream following the run, a bruised and broken Brockmann was able to finally rest his feet on a milk crate and talk about his achievement.

“I’ve been quite overwhelmed, I didn’t have any fun in the last 12 days,” said Brockmann.

“Usually in these things I can find some joy in it and some moments of reprieve, but I actually found there was not a minute of that.

Nedd Brockmann completed his 1,000-mile or 1,609.34-kilometre run at 6:17 AM on Wednesday. Picture: Marty Rowney/Bursty

Brockmann was emotional as he crossed the line. Picture: Marty Rowney/Bursty

“If I was in the shower getting ready, I was wasting time. If I was on the physio table I was wasting time. There was never any calm.”

“The last 12 and a half days have been no doubt the hardest of my life, 10 times harder than the run across Oz.

A crowd of more than 2,000 people packed out the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre grandstand to watch Nedd finish. Picture: Marty Rowney/Bursty

The 25-year-old broke down at the line. Picture: Marty Rowney/Bursty

“I’m just chuffed to be done.”

Nedd, who was visibly emotional and brought to tears, was cheered on by fans throughout his 12-day run, and joined by a string of famous faces who ran alongside him for stretches.

Among those to take part were former UFC Champions Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya, Olympians Jessica Fox and Harry Garside and entertainer Hamish Blake.

“I think the mutual appreciation for each other is really cool in those moments,” he said.

“When Izzy rocked up for a run, it wasn’t anything other than two mates going for a run and being inspired by each other.

Brockmann embracing friends and family. Picture: Marty Rowney/Bursty

“I’m forever grateful for everyone that rocked up.”

Many special moments were shared by Nedd's team on his social media platforms, including a tear-jerking moment showing an emotional Brockmann breaking down after the donations ticked over seven digits.

Australian Cricket captain Pat Cummins joined Nedd for a few laps last Friday. Picture: Richard Dobson

“When I hit the million that was a special moment for me, and the crowd that was here was really cool,” he said.

“It was probably the first moment I switched off from the job at hand and went “oh wow, we just raised a million dollars,” stop thinking about getting to the end of this lap and take in what’s just happened.

“I’m so grateful for this pursuit in wanting to push myself to the absolute end to show people we’re so much more capable than we think.”

Brockmann battled a serious shin injury just before his run began in August that stunted his preparation, and the injury reared its ugly head on day three of his challenge.

Nedd’s parents Ian and Kylie Brockmann. Picture: Richard Dobson

From that point on Nedd had lost the ability to lift his feet up, requiring a dictus band to continue the run.

“From day five onwards it was a downward spiral.”

Before Nedd knew it both shins were beyond repair, his toes were severely damaged from the torrential weather and his knee had blown out.

Although Brockmann was unable to achieve the world record, he has inspired countless across the nation to take up their own uncomfortable challenge, with over 6000 people taking on Nedd’s Uncomfortable Challenge starting this coming Sunday.

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