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    2,200 Miles And 4 Months Later, Runner Finishes Trek Across Australia

    Katie Visco said it was a "pinch" that drove her to undertake such an ambitious task with her husband in support. "I had been dreaming about this for a while," she tells NPR.
    by Colin Dwyer Nov 21, 2019 2 minutes
    Among the obstacles Katie Visco and her husband, Henley Phillips, had to get past were the Flinders Ranges, here seen near Hawker, Australia. "We felt so much joy," Visco says of the sight.

    Let's start by stating the obvious: Australia is not the U.S.

    Now, self-evident as that statement may seem, it is one thing to simply accept the lesson when reading it on a page — and quite another to experience the lesson viscerally, day after blazing day, mile after grueling mile, as you try to run the entire length of each landmass.

    Katie Visco

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