48+ bottles of water, blisters, aches, chafe and 110km
Premium Content Subscriber only A young Mackay lad set his alarm for 4am, eager to finish the last leg of a 150km three-day run. But after pushing through two gruelling days over Friday and Saturday, stretching from Mackay to just shy of Proserpine, his legs were on the brink of collapsing. Zayne Borg confessed he was no marathon runner but he had pushed through the aching pain in a mission to raise awareness of men's mental health and depression. "On the first day, we got our 50km from Mackay to Calen," Mr Borg said. "On the second day, we aimed for 70km but we only reached 43km.
Source: whitsundaytimes.com.au