Just in the last couple of minutes my brother in law texted to say he's catching a flight to Adelaide to run his 9th marathon.

Yesterday I heard about a fellow I work with - older than me - who has done quite a few marathons, completing a 100 km Ultra-Trail run through the Blue Mountains last weekend. Here's a diagram showing the cross-section of that one:

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If you look closely you might notice that the finishing stretch is up a set of stairs, the Furber Steps. There are 951 steps in that stairway, and they are steep.

They are welcome to it.