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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Craig Jeffrey

‘I started seeing robots’: what happens when you run nearly nonstop for three days

Craig Jeffery running in the Delirious 200 mile (360km) continuous foot race.
Craig Jeffery running in the Delirious West 200 mile (360km) continuous foot race. Photograph: Astrid Volzke/The Delirious West

During a 100 mile (160km) race around Mount Kosciuszko last year, I was caught in a lightning storm. I got talking to a fellow runner who was sheltering with me. She told me that there was an even longer race, out in Western Australia. “You must do it!” she said. “The food is incredible, and people share disgusting pictures of their toes afterwards.”

It sounded brilliant. The race is called Delirious West, a 200-mile run completed in a single push.

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