Nedd Brockmann was supported along the journey by his mum, dad, girlfriend and over 20,000 people who made donations to We Are Mobilise. Source: Run Giants, Facebook.
The 23-year-old finished his 47-day journey earlier this week after running literally across the country to raise more than $1.5 million for those experiencing homelessness.
He ran from west to east, beginning his incredible run on September 1 in Cottesloe Beach, Perth and ending his journey at around 5:30pm in Bondi on Monday October 17.
The electrician was greeted by hundreds of people who turned up to show their support, becoming overwhelmed at the sight, however his spirits quickly climbed up again as he did a shoey on the balcony of the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club to celebrate.
Brockmann made a post on social media that detailed his triumphs over the past 47 days, saying “Now is the sign off of what has been a truly life changing experience”.
He listed his conquests as having raised $1.82 million and losing 11kgs while also saying that his body was “cooked”, the nation was “inspired”, his mind has “lost it” and he’s earnt some much needed sleep.
In total he ran 3952km, averaging almost a 100km a day to raise money for a homeless charity called We Are Mobilise, something he became passionate about after moving from Perth to Sydney when he was confronted with the high rates of homelessness.
Thousands have packed the promenade at Bondi to cheer 23-year-old Nedd Brockmann's arrival. The sparkie set off from Perth in September, vowing to run 3800km for homelessness charity Mobilise. pic.twitter.com/PczobCTp4q
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) October 17, 2022
On his passage he endured several injuries. 12 days into his journey he had a severely swollen ankle that was caused from overuse; however, it didn’t stop Brockmann who said, “We strapped it like buggery, and I banged out the 100km pretty late into the night”.
At one point his feet became so blistered that he had maggots living in his toes among masses of pus. He said that his upper body was also affected as he couldn’t properly straighten out his arms.
Speaking with Triple M, Brockmann detailed that he was burning up to 10,000 calories a day and so he could pretty much eat what he wanted to.
“I’d have two bacon and egg rolls, and then the next break was an apple turnover and a ham and cheese croissant, and then the next one was an apple turnover and a ham and cheese croissant and probably an ice cream,” he said.
One of Australia’s greatest runners Steve Moneghetti told Fox Sports that what Brockmann achieved was an incredible feat.
“I thought I was an endurance athlete, but it puts it into perspective,” he said.
“I was running twice a day, and that was only 13 hours a week, to be able to do something like that, you’d be out there 13 hours a day- it’s just incredible.”
Many have made the call for Brockmann to become Australian of the Year.
