Marathon

It's hard to run the 42 km of a marathon.
This seems easy for a 32-year-old
Australian runner. She just ran one every
day for 150 days. She ran 6,300 km across
Australia for over five months. She easily
beat the old world record of 106
marathons. The woman did not qualify for
the Olympics, so she ran the marathons
instead.

The woman broke the record to raise
awareness of animals in danger. Many
animals in Australia are dying out. She
raised $70,000 for a wildlife charity. The
marathons were very hard, but she knew
she could finish. She was "covered in sweat
and flies, and everything ached". She kept
giving herself lots of tiny goals.