Australian Couple Running time 365 marathons in a year

                            

MELBOURNE, KOMPAS.com - A couple home state of Victoria in Australia 60-year-old has started the new year with a marathon every day for a year.

Alan Murray (67) and Janette Murray-Wakelin (63) will jointly run every day around Australia. They plan to do a marathon 365 times in 365 days during the year 2013 to raise money for charity. On the first day of 2013, they embarked from Melbourne, and then turned clockwise journey around the Australia.

According to the ABC website , if successful, then at the end of the year they would run as far as 15,500 kilometers. Both hoped that what they do can be an inspiration to other people to make healthier choices in their lives.

Correspondent reported Compass in Australia L. Literature Wijaya , at the age of 52 years, Mrs. Murray-Wakelin was diagnosed with breast cancer and expected to die within 6-12 months period. When he decided not to undergo conventional treatment and then consume only raw foods.

"I think with our age, this is something that can inspire others to realize that it's never too late to make changes, and to think more consciously about what we do, so we can be healthier, younger every year, instead of getting old. "said Murray-Wakelin.

" For us, we think about the food we eat, so we were healthy, and Our lifestyle is also a healthy lifestyle. "he added.

Over the past year, they have been training by running about 7000 km. Alan and Janette have been married for 43 years and comes from New Zealand. The marathon is not the first thing they do.

In 2000, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Janette, they ran around New Zealand, as far as 2182 kilometers, by doing 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days.