Woman runs record 150 marathons in 150 days

Woman runs record 150 marathons in 150 days

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Many people would struggle to run just one marathon. They would need months of training to get into shape to last the 42.195-km distance. However, marathons are no problem for Australian runner Erchana Murray-Bartlett. She has just run 150 of them - every day for 150 days. The 32-year-old ran 6,329 km from Queensland, at the top of Australia, to Melbourne, at the bottom. Her five-month coast-to-coast run set a new world record. It's the most consecutive daily marathons ever run by a woman. She smashed the previous record of 106 marathons in 106 days. Ms Murray-Bartlett is a professional runner. She missed out on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, so she set her sights on a record-breaking challenge.

Murray-Bartlett embarked on her marathon number of marathons to raise awareness of the extinction crisis in Australia. Many species of animals and plants are dying out in her country. Australia is rich in biodiversity, but has the worst rate of mammal loss of any country. Her run has raised $70,000 for the conservation charity the Wilderness Society. She said it was an incredibly tough five months, but she knew she could do it. She said: "Even though sometimes you are covered in sweat and flies, and everything ached, I thought: 'No, I can go one more kilometre' or: 'No, I can go 500 more metres'. If you keep stringing together little tiny goals, you can make it." This is a lesson for us all.

Match

Vocabulary Matching.

• coast-to-coast

• set

• struggle

• previous

All the way across an island, and island nation or a continent.

Created.

Try very hard to do something very difficult.

Existing or happening before something else in time or order.

• All the way across an island, and island nation or a continent.

• Created.

• Try very hard to do something very difficult.

• Existing or happening before something else in time or order.

Match

Vocabulary Matching.

• get into shape

• distance

• consecutive

• sweat

• awareness

Do exercise to be fit and healthy enough for something.

How far something is between A and B.

Following each other continuously.

The water that comes from your skin when you exercise, are hot, or have a fever.

Knowledge or understanding of a situation or fact.

• Do exercise to be fit and healthy enough for something.

• How far something is between A and B.

• Following each other continuously.

• The water that comes from your skin when you exercise, are hot, or have a fever.

• Knowledge or understanding of a situation or fact.

Match

Vocabulary Matching.

• extinction

• biodiversity

• species

• crisis

• tough

The action of a group of animals or plants having no living members on Earth; dying out.

The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular area.

A group of living things that are able to have babies together, or reproduce.

A time of intense difficulty or danger.

Very difficult or painful to do.

• The action of a group of animals or plants having no living members on Earth; dying out.

• The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular area.

• A group of living things that are able to have babies together, or reproduce.

• A time of intense difficulty or danger.

• Very difficult or painful to do.

Multiple Choice

Read the headlines, decide if they are true or false.

Many people said they struggled when they ran a marathon.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A marathon is 42.159 km in length.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A woman ran from the north of Australia to the south.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The woman represented Australia in the Tokyo Olympics.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The woman ran to highlight species extinction in Australia.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The woman raised $70,000 for a conservation charity.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The woman said she was covered in sweets and fries.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The woman suggested people could do things if they set small goals.

• True

• False

Match

Synonym Match.

• battle

• get fit

• create

• earlier

• target

struggle

get into shape

set

previous

set one's sights on

• struggle

• get into shape

• set

• previous

• set one's sights on

Match

Synonym Match.

• increase

• emergency

• death

• difficult

• was sore

raise

crisis

loss

tough

ached

• raise

• crisis

• loss

• tough

• ached

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Phrase Match

• run just one marathon.

• into shape

• coast-to-coast run

• for the Tokyo Olympics.

• on a record breaking challenge.

Many people would struggle to

need months of training to get

Her five-month

She missed out on qualifying

set her sights

• Many people would struggle to

• need months of training to get

• Her five-month

• She missed out on qualifying

• set her sights

Match

Phrase Match.

• the extinction crisis

• plants are dying out

• in biodiversity

• tough five months

• for us all

raise awareness of

Many species of animals and

Australia is rich

She said it was an incredibly

This is a lesson

• raise awareness of

• Many species of animals and

• Australia is rich

• She said it was an incredibly

• This is a lesson

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