Woman runs record 150 marathons in 150 days

  

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Many people would struggle to run just one marathon. They would need months of training to get into shape to last the 42.195-km distance. However, marathons are no problem for Australian runner Erchana Murray-Bartlett. She has just run 150 of them – every day for 150 days. The 32-year-old ran 6,329 km from Queensland, at the top of Australia, to Melbourne, at the bottom. Her five-month coast-to-coast run set a new world record. It's the most consecutive daily marathons ever run by a woman. She smashed the previous record of 106 marathons in 106 days. Ms Murray-Bartlett is a professional runner. She missed out on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, so she set her sights on a record-breaking challenge.

Murray-Bartlett embarked on her marathon number of marathons to raise awareness of the extinction crisis in Australia. Many species of animals and plants are dying out in her country. Australia is rich in biodiversity, but has the worst rate of mammal loss of any country. Her run has raised $70,000 for the conservation charity the Wilderness Society. She said it was an incredibly tough five months, but she knew she could do it. She said: "Even though sometimes you are covered in sweat and flies, and everything ached, I thought: 'No, I can go one more kilometre' or: 'No, I can go 500 more metres'. If you keep stringing together little tiny goals, you can make it." This is a lesson for us all.

1. RUNNERS: Students A strongly believe governments should all make us into runners; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Explain.
2. GOALS: What are your goals regarding these things? Complete this table.

	Goal?	How to achieve it?
English
Fitness
Food
Hobby
Work
Travel

3.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

1.	struggle	a.	All the way across an island, and island nation or a continent.
2.	get into shape	b.	Created.
3.	distance	c.	Try very hard to do something very difficult.
4.	coast-to-coast	d.	Existing or happening before something else in time or order.
5.	set	e.	Do exercise to be fit and healthy enough for something.
6.	consecutive	f.	How far something is between A and B.
7.	previous	g.	Following each other continuously.

    Paragraph 2

8.	awareness	h.	The water that comes from your skin when you exercise, are hot, or have a fever.
9.	extinction	i.	Knowledge or understanding of a situation or fact.
10.	crisis	j.	The action of a group of animals or plants having no living members on Earth; dying out.
11.	species	k.	The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular area.
12.	biodiversity	l.	A group of living things that are able to have babies together, or reproduce.
13.	tough	m.	A time of intense difficulty or danger.
14.	sweat	n.	Very difficult or painful to do.

4. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. struggle
2. get into shape
3. set
4. previous
5. set one's sights on
6. raise
7. crisis
8. loss
9. tough
10. ached

1. target
2. create
3. death
4. increase
5. battle
6. earlier
7. was sore
8. get fit
9. emergency
10. difficult

5.Role play

Role  A – 150 Marathons You think doing 150 marathons is the toughest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tough. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these (and why):

Role  B – Fluency in English You think fluency in English is the toughest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tough. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these (and why):

Role  C – Stopping climate change

You think stopping climate change is the toughest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tough. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these (and why):

Role  D – Less Smartphone Use You think less smartphone use is the toughest thing. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't as tough. Also, tell the others which is the easiest of these (and why):

Role E-Climbing Everest Role F-Becoming a billionaire

6.Discussion - Running Marathons

1. What do you think of marathons?
2. What do you think of the record 150 marathons?
3. Would you like to run marathons?
4. How healthy is running for the body and mind?
5. Should schools get all children to run regularly?
6. What are the good and bad things about running?
7. Do you think professional runners have a good life?
8. What advice do you have for Ms Murray-Bartlett?

11. What do you think of running?
12. What issues would you like to raise awareness of?
13. What do you think of the extinction crisis?
14. What tough things have you done in your life?
15. When was the last time you were covered in sweat?
16. What tiny goals do you have?
17. What questions would you like to ask Ms Murray-Bartlett?

7.Spelling

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