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Extreme runners flock to outback Australia for West Macs monster trail running festival
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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5/18/2024
Nineteen ultra-marathon runners have gathered in the red centre for the annual West Macs monster trail running festival.
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A moment of calm.
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Competitors taking a deep breath before tackling one of Australia's roughest and toughest
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trail runs.
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This is the Sonder Monster, the longest event in this weekend's Westmax Monster Trail
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Running Festival in Central Australia.
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I like how hard it is, I like to suffer, I like to push myself to the limit to see if
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it's going to break me.
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It's 231km of treacherous track.
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Competitors climbing the steep slopes of Mount Sonder, before weaving their way back through
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the West Macdonald Ranges, passing iconic sights and beautiful vistas, before returning
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to Alice Springs.
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It's just epic, it's just absolutely the most beautiful, rugged terrain.
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People normally take two weeks to walk the world famous Larapinta Trail.
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These runners will be gunning to complete it in just two days.
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And they'll be chasing the record set last year by local runner and event organiser Simon
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Duke.
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A blistering 39 hours, 56 minutes and 26 seconds.
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Pushing their bodies and minds to the limit.
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Maybe lay down on the dirt a couple of times if I start to fade off a bit.
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At times to the point of hallucination.
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I start to see buildings that aren't there, I start to see people that aren't there.
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Everyone I speak to just has horror stories, so I kind of just stopped asking.
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This isn't the only race taking place this weekend.
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Hundreds more will hit the trails for the 5, 25, 65 and 128km events.
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It's something that now the whole town is getting around and also that Australia nationally
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in terms of trail running knows about.
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The ultimate challenge in a landscape like no other.
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