in australia has done just that — and for 150 days straight, no less. 32—year old marathon runner erchanatralia, to the country's southern edge. her effort sets a new world record for the most consecutive daily marathons by a woman. well, world record—holder erchana joins us now from melbourne, where she's been doing a series of interviews for different media outlets for breakfast programmes there. it's wonderful to have her on our outlet. thanks so much for sparing the time for sufferers of all, congratulations, this is such an amazing accomplishment. this on every day we see something like this, so i must ask, what made you decide you wanted to do this? well. decide you wanted to do this? well, hello! yes, — decide you wanted to do this? well, hello! yes. i'm _ decide you wanted to do this? well, hello! yes, i'm actually _ decide you wanted to do this? well, hello! yes, i'm actually sitting - hello! yes, i'm actually sitting here at the australia open. {lilli here at the australia open. 0h goodness! for _ here at the australia open. 0h goodness! for the _ here at the australia open. 0h

earlier, i asked erchana why she decided to run this marathon.we are world leaders in biodiversity loss. our deforestation rate's up there with the amazon, and unfortunately we have almost 2,000 native species, plants and animals, that are in danger, on the endangered list. i grew up running through these places, i grew up running through parks and mountains, and i thought it would be a really good idea back then to counteract a good world record with a bad world record, and that's how tip to toe was born. that is a great way to address something that, as you say, is worrying so many people. but it also involves a lot of discipline and dedication. just talk us through how you prepare for something like this. i have a background in running — i was a road marathon runner prior to tip to toe, so i had a lot of endurance in the legs. where i had to change it up was be strong and healthy. i always figured i would get fit as i was running, so instead, rather than getting too fit and wearing myself out before i started, i actually put on a little bit of