Janette Murray-Wakelin

In 2001 Janette Murray-Wakelin was diagnosed with a highly aggressive carcinoma breast cancer and given six months to get her affairs in order. Unwilling to accept this sentence, she made changes to her lifestyle. Within six months Janette was given a clean bill of health. To inspire and motivate conscious lifestyle choices, to promote kindness and compassion for all living beings, and to raise environmental awareness for a sustainable future Janette and her husband Alan Murray ran around Australia: 15,782 km or 366 marathons each in 366 days. On 1 January 2014, as they ran their 366th marathon, they set a new world record for the most consecutive marathons as the oldest and only couple to run around Australia, fuelled entirely on fruit and vegetables and wearing 'barefoot shoes'.