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In 12 days time my dad and I will be running 24km’s a day, for 7 days, in 7 countries, which is the equivalent of 4 marathons in 7 days or 168km in 168 hours in 7 different countries. For the first three nights we will only be able to sleep on the plane. No beds or hotels. The temperature will likely drop to as low as -1°C, potentially even lower in certain places. Flights as long as 13 hours backed up by another half marathon and a bit every day for a week.

The logistics are as follows:

Day 1 - Fly from Brisbane to Hong Kong

Day 2 - Fly from Hong Kong to Helsinki

Day 3 - Fly from Helsinki to Paris

Day 4 - Train from Paris to Amsterdam

Day 5 - Train from Amsterdam to Brussels

Day 6 - Fly from Brussels to Singapore

Day 7 - Fly from Singapore to Brisbane

This announcement would’ve been made around about 2 months ago however I was told that I wasn’t going to be able to do it, because an MRI scan told us that I had bad bone bruising and other problems with my left knee, that was going to stop me from running. But, somehow I have managed to get back to a state good enough to train. So with that said, after 2 months of nothing, I have been training for the last 6 days, and have another 12 until we start.

Dad on the other hand, started training 8 weeks ago, kept training for about three weeks until it basically became clear that we weren’t going to be able to do it. So he stopped, only to be told a few days ago that actually I can run, and we will do it. So the poor guy has to now figure out how he can make his old legs get going in 2 weeks time.

We will be running the last 24km’s in Brisbane on the 23rd of November (if everything goes to plan), so anyone that wants to get the runners out and come for a trot is more than welcome to, quite a few people that we have told are keen to, so hopefully we will see a fair few. It might be the only way we get the thing done :). How much you run is completely up to you, do the whole thing if you feel up to it or just do the last 5-10km, it’s completely up to you.

The details for this leg are below:

Brisbane International Airport (Depart 7am)

Newstead House (Depart 8:20am) - 11km

Powerhouse (Depart New Farm Park side 8:50am) - 14km

Howard Smith Wharves (Depart 9:20am) - 18km

River Stage (Depart 9:45am) - 20.6km

Kulripa Bridge (Depart 10:00am) - 22.6km

Southbank Beach (Arrive 10:10am) - 24km

When we first came up with this idea we were looking to raise over $10,000 however with only two weeks notice before we started we thought that might have been a little too optimistic therefore we set the goal to $5,000. However after only 3 days we hit that goal so we updated the target back to the initial $10k. All the proceeds will go to We Are Mobilise, a homelessness charity that are leading the way in eliminating homelessness within Australia. This is a huge opportunity to help out those who have it rough, so any donation, big or small will be greatly appreciated and go to this amazing cause.