The charity challenge saw participants run or walk 50km this month to raise funds for life-changing research into multiple sclerosis.
Robbie Landale more than quadrupled the set 50km target, covering 219.60km of the collective Robbie Landale/This Year In Deni team’s 467.32km total.
Landale also surpassed her monetary goal of $3000, raising $3711.
Other team members also finished the challenge strong, collectively raising more than $7000.
Teammate Eliza Eastman raised the second most, with $1353.05.
‘‘Our fundraising went well, we had to keep upping the goal,’’ Landale said.
‘‘Our team did such a fantastic job. I walked all of mine but I know many in the team ran a lot of it.’’
Fellow local participant Boddie Arthur also crushed his goals, completing more than 100km and beating his $600 target to raise $1020.50.
Arthur said the challenge was fulfilling and helped him ‘‘achieve something for the people that are suffering with MS’’.
‘‘For me it was my way of helping them and giving them some hope that one day we can find a cure for this disease.
‘‘It is amazing how many people have actually followed my progress through the month. I had a lot of people asking me how many kilometres I was going to do that day, but I never really had a set goal to run each night.
‘‘I do know that most times when I was running I would hit a certain distance and I would say ‘let’s push to the next intersection or light post’.
‘‘My whole family — my immediate family and my in-laws — were very supportive. My wife Emma even helped write a few things on social media, because she said I was getting too repetitive with what I was writing.
‘‘Next year for the MS run I might have to change it up a bit. If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to send me a message.’’
While the challenge is over, donations are still be accepted.
Go to https://www.themay50k.org/fundraisers/boddiearthur or https://www.themay50k.org/fundraisers/RobbieLandaleThisyearinDeni to support the local campaigns.