Can you imagine running around a one kilometre concrete loop, one hundred times, in the same day until you clock up just on 5000 kilometres?
Sarah Barnett is an Adelaide based ultra-runner who has completed many multi-day races around the world, including the Sri Chimnoy 3,100 mile race in New York.
She ran it in 50 days and 3 hours – and was the first woman to finish.
When she is at home in Adelaide, she runs 200 kilometres a week but when competing, the numbers climb towards one thousand.
Credits
I produced this story, which involved finding the story (I run ultras, so someone in the running community pointed me in her direction), researching Sarah’s background, pre-interviewing her, and writing a brief for the presenter, a (suggested) intro and interview questions.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/the-happiness-of-the-long-distance-runner/7417932