Cliff Young

All of the professional athletes knew that it took about 5 days to finish the race.

In order to compete, one had to run about 18 hours a day and sleep the remaining 6 hours.

The thing is, Cliff Young didn’t know that!

When the morning of the second day came,

everyone was in for another surprise.

Not only was Cliff still in the race, he had continued jogging all night.

Eventually Cliff was asked about his tactics for the rest of the race.

To everyone’s disbelief, he claimed he would run

straight through to the finish without sleeping.

Cliff kept running.

Each night he came a little closer to the leading pack.

By the final night, he had surpassed

all of the young, world-class athletes.

He was the first competitor to cross the finish line

and he set a new course record.

When Cliff was awarded the winning prize of $10,000,

he said he didn’t know there was a prize

and insisted that he did not enter for the money.

He ended up giving all of his winnings to several other runners,

an act that endeared him to all of Australia.

December 21st, 2008 | by Debra Oakland |
LIVING IN COURAGE

When ‘one’ does something without Fear,
What ends up happening are ‘miracles’, yet,
They are not miracles at all, this is only ‘natural’.
~ pamela leigh richards