Running on a Dream

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The story of Pat Farmer, who was first inspired to run when he saw Cliff Young in the first Sydney-Melbourne ultra-marathon, running past his workplace. He gave up his job to follow his goal of becoming the best ultra-marathon runner in the world, setting himself numbing feats - two Trans-american races, in which he finished second and fourth, twice across the Simpson desert, Hong Kong and China, in the process raising millions of dollars for various charities. The biography reveals how Farmer's world fell apart in 1998 with the sudden death of his wife, Lisa, leaving him with two young children, and how the support of his close-knit family helped him to continue running. His six-month, 14,500km Around Australia Run was the culmination of his career.