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Run Geordie Run Mark Allison lands back in Newcastle | |
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Charity runner Mark Allison has arrived back in the North East after his 2,400-mile trek across Australia. | |
Mr Allison, known as Run Geordie Run, landed at Newcastle International Airport earlier having raised almost £50,000 for good causes. | |
The 42-year-old had reached Shellharbour on Australia's Pacific coast at 23:50 GMT on Saturday. | |
He said: "It's been an incredibly difficult journey and it's great to be back in one piece." | |
Speaking in the arrivals hall of the airport, he described the run as a "rollercoaster" and said: "I have been to the brink physically and mentally. | |
"I'm just so relieved to have got to the finish line in one piece, which is more than can be said of my luggage. Apparently it's in Dubai!" | |
Thoughts of family | |
Mr Allison, from Blyth, Northumberland, set off from Perth in October. | |
He was just 180 miles from the finish last month when he decided it was too dangerous to continue because his route followed a busy motorway. | |
But within 24 hours he had changed his mind and decided to follow a more difficult, but safer, path. | But within 24 hours he had changed his mind and decided to follow a more difficult, but safer, path. |
However, even after completing his journey across Australia there were further struggles as the car he was using to get to the airport broke down - making him late to catch his flight to the UK. | |
The money he has raised will be donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and The Children's Foundation. | |
He said he had managed to run about 40 miles a day by thinking of his family. Both his parents died of cancer. | |
In 21 years he has now raised more than £200,000 for good causes. | |
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