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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Record-breaking ultrarunner has 500ml of pus drained from leg: ‘I just didn’t quite feel right’

Australian ultrarunner Phil Gore eats a meal and receives foot treatment while resting between ‘laps’ of his 152-hour solo back-yard marathon.
Australian ultrarunner Phil Gore eats a meal and receives foot treatment while resting between ‘laps’ of his 152-hour solo back-yard marathon. Photograph: William Buck

Phil Gore’s legs have delivered extraordinary numbers, including running more than 1,000km last month in a solo attempt during a backyard ultra marathon. This week, they produced another: 500ml of pus, roughly the equivalent of a pint.

The 40-year-old Australian saw a doctor earlier this week after a pain in his leg was not going away following his extraordinary, 152-hour solo ordeal aided by Nerds, meat pies, Coco Pops and a cheeseburger.

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