It was the iconic year of 1983 when Cliff Albert Young stormed home to win the first Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon. At 61, the untrained eye, mass media and unsuspecting public did not expect this “Boy from down Beech Forest way” to win and upstage the trained younger athletes but he did. Australia was certainly awakened to the sport of ultrarunning. A closer look at the form guide would have revealed that he certainly had some form on the board and certainly had the breeding to be a champion ultrarunner.
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