<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A British endurance athlete has become the fastest person to run across Australia, making it from Perth to Sydney in just 35 days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>William Goodge set out from Cottesloe Beach on April 15 and kept an average distance of more than 100 kilometres per day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He arrived in Sydney this afternoon, capping off the brisk 3800-kilometre run.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/joe-biden-cancer-things-to-know-about-bidens-prostate-cancer-diagnosis/2857c117-c868-4d0e-8119-5f67df66a384"><strong><span>How treatable is Joe Biden's 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His run beat the previous record of 39 days and earns him the fastest foot crossing of Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Goodge has been raising money for the Cancer Council of Australia in memory of his mother, who died in 2018.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Goodge was met by hundreds of fellow runners at Centennial Park in Sydney's east about 3pm, before the group made their way towards the finish line at Bondi Beach.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/runner-becomes-the-fastest-person-to-run-across-australia/74760fd5-027b-4ef8-bea1-c50554c865ee" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several streets were swamped as the crowd made their way east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Goodge arrived at Bondi at 4.07pm, where he was welcomed by a large crowd.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>

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